Weird stuff you did as a child

In 4th grade, my friend and I used to send each other Pokemon comics during break time. They were about Pikachu and Chinchou learning about science while pulling pranks on each other. Other mons in our comics were Togetic, Squirtle, Zubat, Marill, Butterfree and Beautifly.

Speaking of science, majority of the topics discussed were about anatomy, and many strips involved FantasticVoyagePlots.

There was also a spinoff where Pikachu mutations had superpowers to cure other mons.

Do you at least remember how the rest of it went?

I used to wrap my arms around behind my head when I ran. (I think I thought I was imitating an AT-ST?)

I also thought I could run faster by holding them rigidly together in front of me, because that's how velociraptors ran, and they're so fast they have "velocity" in their name!

edited 2nd Apr '15 11:51:10 AM by Noaqiyeum

Except Velociraptor a) almost certainly wasn't that fast and b) ran with its arms folded against its body, like a bird's wing. Sorry.

edited 2nd Apr '15 12:00:09 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

I'm sure he knows that now, but probably not as a kid.

A) This is not an argument you could have won with seven-year-old me.

B) That's a better description of what I meant, actually.

Yeah, being a dick wasn't my intention.

;D

I don't know why I just remembered this, but when I was a kid I had this picture book of the Presidents with a little poem couplet thing for each. But it was a bit outdated and only went through the first President Bush, when Clinton was the President a the time. Most of the poems mentioned what number the President was and had a little factoid.

So I took a Post-It, wrote "Now Bill Clinton is 42/His nose is red and his eyes are blue" on it and stuck it in the back of the book.

Sometimes I would try to pet bumblebees while they sat on flowers because I liked how fuzzy their backs felt. Somehow, I never got stung while doing this.

Did you check what year it was written? It's possible you simply read it after Clinton was elected.

I did. I thought my post had implied that. I think the book was from 1990 or so and I got it used from a library in the mid-late 90's. I just thought Clinton should be in it too.

I had this thing going on for a month or so where I constantly and quite vividly imagined I had a version of the Omnitrix from Ben 10 that could turn me into any animal (modern or prehistoric), and could have fictional ones added. I spent as much time as possible in dinosaur^note well, okay, my 'default' was actually a Hyaenodon from Walking With Beasts form.
I was a weird-ass kid.

I WANT ONE!

I was terrified by Boo. Yes, Boo.

Found a copy of the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris when I was maybe 5. I loved dragons and dinosaurs so I started reading it. I only got a few chapters in before my mum found me reading it and took it off me.

I don't remember finding the graphic descriptions of murder or swearing disturbing or funny or anything...

I just remember thinking "Well, there's no dragons in this at all" and feeling short-changed.

edited 6th May '15 3:11:46 PM by Jonny0110

My parents told me that I would stuff newspapers in my mouth when I was an infant.

If I could, I would often give lyrics to any song/music cue/jingle/whatever if they didn't have any words in them. I don't remember all of those type of instances, though I do remember the "lyrics" I gave Super Mario Bros. 3's lose-a-life jingle:

• "Idiot - That's not - whatcha s'posed to do! - Boo hoo."

While on the subject of music, I thought it was possible to play music in Spanish and other languages.

When I was younger I did a lot of crazy things Such as - up yelling fuck in a grocery store Getting naked when I was four and as a joke running around and pooping on the floor you can yell at me if you want

First thing I could think of off the top of my head was that I never locked the door when using the bathroom. Ever. So there were times when one of my older siblings would walk in while I was doing my "business".

Apparently, when I was little, sometimes I didn't even shut the door.

No, really, there's even a picture in one of our photo albums somewhere that shows this. (Don't ask why...)

I thought white butterflies were poisonous.

For an extended period of time when I was little, I took the "Letter/Number Of The Day" bit from Sesame Street very seriously and would often do things related to said letter and number all day. If I somehow missed that day's episode of Sesame Street, I would simply designate a semi-randomly chosen letter and number as the Letter and Number of the Day myself. I even made up "Shape Of The Day" and "Color Of The Day" categories as well.

When I had to improvise, oftentimes the chosen Objects of the Day were simply W, 8, Circle, and Purple because those were my favorite things out of each category.

What did those things entail?

I'm pretty sure it included pointing the letters and numbers out in books, TV shows, games, and whatever else I saw that day.

edited 13th May '15 11:14:55 AM by kablammin45

What a gr8 idea.

edited 13th May '15 2:11:22 PM by Jonny0110