the unwisdom of a child

[analogZero]

Now I've done some rather stupid things as a child, and in hindsight they make me laugh. While they may be moments where you learn from your mistakes, it begs the question, why would you make that mistake in the first place. I hope I'm not the only one, and that somebody else will share in the blissful and excusable idiocy that is childhood.

first post (starting off small): I though it would be more efficient to butter my toast before I toast it. So whilst applying english sized portions of butter to my bread my mother happened to notice me. She didn't ask what I was doing until I had the bread hovering over the toasted I was about to set aflame (quite potentially other things in the kitchen as well). I learned that toast buttering has it's order for a reason.

to be continued...

[Yessy89]

Hmm I always butter my toast before toasting it and nothing ever gets burned!

Well when I was five I always thought that saying something straight was okay! But when my mom went to a funeral I accedentally asked why was he in that horrible "bed" and why where people crying when he was only sleeping. My mother totally got read and hit my hand! Told me to sit down and not talk..I was a little confused and all but yeah I've learned to speak when asked and all that!

[Neriko]

O. o I didn't know bread would burn if you put butter on it and then stick it in the toaster ... I always though the butter would melt off into the toaster ... that's why I've never tried it before >__>

[blaariffic]

Hmm...
Well there was that time I thought ti was a good idea to stick a 3 volt motor into the outlet (which I said on the ' Something scary' thread...)

The logic was 3V motor spins faster when attached to a 9V motor....so plug it into the outlet and it will spin really fast!...
Well....sparks flew... motor died (with blueish scars on it) and wires charred but I left with no injuries...luckily the carpet didnt set ablaze

Then there was this time I was playing with fire...in the same said carpeted room..
But this time I was 'smart' and used a metal lunchbox....tossing in various household stuff to see what was burnt the coolest....

So after a bit of that I decide ok thats enough....and close the box so to smother it right.....wait a couple seconds....and decide ok..move the lunchbox out of the way...
So I pick it up...however 3 things I didnt check for became immediately apparent which were:
1. There was still a fair amount of liquids still in there.....
2. This liquid was on fire....
3. The hinge of the lunchbox isnt water proof and leaks...
Leaks?..Yes leaks....
And so it was dripping flammable liquid that was on fire ..landing on the carpet...again....
Worse is my reaction...which isnt to lay the box flat so it cant leak out ..instead I just try to hold it higher from the carpet in hopes the flammable liquid burns out before hitting the floor....

Luckily our house still stands to this day...havnt burnt it down yet...

[Yessy89]

Originally Posted by blaariffic

Hmm...
Well there was that time I thought ti was a good idea to stick a 3 volt motor into the outlet (which I said on the ' Something scary' thread...)

The logic was 3V motor spins faster when attached to a 9V motor....so plug it into the outlet and it will spin really fast!...
Well....sparks flew... motor died (with blueish scars on it) and wires charred but I left with no injuries...luckily the carpet didnt set ablaze

Then there was this time I was playing with fire...in the same said carpeted room..
But this time I was 'smart' and used a metal lunchbox....tossing in various household stuff to see what was burnt the coolest....

So after a bit of that I decide ok thats enough....and close the box so to smother it right.....wait a couple seconds....and decide ok..move the lunchbox out of the way...
So I pick it up...however 3 things I didnt check for became immediately apparent which were:
1. There was still a fair amount of liquids still in there.....
2. This liquid was on fire....
3. The hinge of the lunchbox isnt water proof and leaks...
Leaks?..Yes leaks....
And so it was dripping flammable liquid that was on fire ..landing on the carpet...again....
Worse is my reaction...which isnt to lay the box flat so it cant leak out ..instead I just try to hold it higher from the carpet in hopes the flammable liquid burns out before hitting the floor....

Luckily our house still stands to this day...havnt burnt it down yet...

>_> Oh wow! U are lucky!

[Koopaking]

Well when I was a kid we would get a real Christmas tree each year. One year we had this great big one right in the middle of the living room. I noticed that our cat started climbing up into the tree, and I thought that was so neat. If the cat climbed up the tree, so could I. I got about 6 inches off the ground before the tree toppled over and fell to the floor with a crash, right on top of me. I landed on a coffee table and broke it, and all the water in the tree base got all over the carpet and some of the presents. And, like the good kid I was, I didn't tell my mother. I got up, took a look around, and ran up into my room. About five minutes later I heard my mom scream My Christmas Tree!!! What the hell happened to the Living Room?!?

[analogZero]

Originally Posted by Yessy89

Hmm I always butter my toast before toasting it and nothing ever gets burned!

Well when I was five I always thought that saying something straight was okay! But when my mom went to a funeral I accedentally asked why was he in that horrible "bed" and why where people crying when he was only sleeping. My mother totally got read and hit my hand! Told me to sit down and not talk..I was a little confused and all but yeah I've learned to speak when asked and all that!

do you have a toaster oven? or a toaster. toaster over + prebuttered bread is amazing. toaster + prebuttered bread = fire hazard. butter melt to bottom, butter burn. cheese does the same thing. (y)


and blaariffic, I too have many a fire story from my childhood. my favorite is starting a campfire with my friend in his garage only to be caught by the babysitter whilst feeding the fire with random flamable items we could find. good show.

[quietchat]

I can think of tons. Could it be while scrubbing a pool that I dragged an electrical cord through water? No wait, that was when I was 16. Let's see... setting broom straws on fire in the basement, finding out my grandfather was keeping adult only stuff all over the house, crashing into my grandfathers truck on a wagon when I was 7, what should I go with?

[analogZero]

my introduction to scissors left no memory, but I have a rather sizeable scar across the top of my left foot to prove what happened.
my brother beat me out for funnest scar though, when he dove head first into the laudry hamper.
few years later we would be riding blankets down wooden stairs into a wall made of stone together.

[Raven]

My first experience with my fathers pocket knife, I managed to pull it open about 90º and decided to push it the rest of the way open. Emergency room and stitches on my thumb.
My brother was practicing for t-ball with his fancy new metal bat and didn't notice me step inside his swinging radius. Emergency room stitches on my face. But hey, now I have an artificial dimple when I smile.