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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#901: Dec 22nd 2023 at 7:33:24 PM

@WarJay: I did the same thing with caterpillars.

Edited by Demetrios on Dec 22nd 2023 at 9:33:48 AM

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#902: Dec 22nd 2023 at 7:34:53 PM

One time when I was a kid (like, in the 5-7 range), my friend and I were trying to convince his younger sister to repeat words we found funny. I don't really remember most of the words we were trying to get her to say, but I think at least a few of them were Toilet Humor-related, and my grandma (since we were at her house at the time) was not happy, and threatened to make us repeatedly write down those particular words.

We tried compromising by asking my friend's younger sister to say "person" (which, for some reason, was also a funny word to us). My grandma didn't really like that one either.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#903: Dec 23rd 2023 at 1:13:08 PM

[up][up]I'd play with worms.

[up]Reminded me of when I was a kid and I thought "purple" was an Inherently Funny Word.

For every low there is a high.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#904: Dec 23rd 2023 at 9:11:20 PM

Since YouTube wasn't invented yet, I liked to start up 3D Dinosaur Adventure so I could have some of its great music playing in the background for whatever occasion I thought would best suit it.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Eggy0 Wizards Don't Own Cats (she/her) (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Wizards Don't Own Cats (she/her)
#905: Dec 24th 2023 at 9:28:23 AM

I chewed on stuff. Not just pens, literally stuff. I don't even remember what I've chewed, only that I've chewed things like bottlecaps I think.

AdventurousYak9234 A silly sausage from Great White North Since: Feb, 2023
A silly sausage
#906: Dec 24th 2023 at 2:45:02 PM

I used to do that too. I would chew on one of the rings from a ring toss game I had and my cardinal Beanie Baby's head.

"COCONUTS HAVE WATER IN THEM!"
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#907: Dec 24th 2023 at 4:33:38 PM

I chewed on a stick when I was little. Like... one I found outside.

Edit: I might add that I also walked on all fours like a dog while holding the stick. I don't know why, either.

Edited by punkcrow on Dec 24th 2023 at 2:54:00 PM

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
Hqami from the catacombs full of catazombs Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#908: Dec 24th 2023 at 9:47:48 PM

I peeled the bark off sticks using my teeth, and some kids made fun of me because they thought I ate sticks.

Stop playing rimshots this isn't funny
Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#909: Dec 25th 2023 at 12:15:57 AM

While we're talking about playing with bugs, I used to like to play with ladybugs in kindergarten.

Oh, I believe in yesterday
AdventurousYak9234 A silly sausage from Great White North Since: Feb, 2023
A silly sausage
#910: Dec 29th 2023 at 7:01:45 PM

I just remembered another thing I did. When I was watching a cartoon that had no dialogue, I would just make up my own dialogue. I even did this for the Fairly Oddparents episode "Pipe Down!" (which defeats the purpose of the episode, Timmy wished for a world without sound.)

"COCONUTS HAVE WATER IN THEM!"
MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#911: Dec 29th 2023 at 9:16:10 PM

[up]Back in my Grade 6 days, I did the same thing in my mind while watching Pingu.

punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#912: Dec 30th 2023 at 9:47:59 PM

That time when I was about 10 where I thought that saying "me and X" (instead of "X and me") was the most awful thing anyone could say. I remember a teacher telling us that saying "me and X" is incorrect grammar because it's "talking rude" (since it puts yourself first), and I was a bit Literal-Minded.

I remember having a few grammatical errors that I was a bit of a stickler for pointing out, but that was one of the major ones. I don't wanna "talk rude", do I?! It got to the point where I told my mom that my friend was "talking rude"... because my friend kept saying "me and X", even when I corrected her.

Of course, this leaves aside the fact that "talking rude" is improper grammar - it'd be "talking rudely" - and correcting someone's grammar in casual conversation is typically seen as rude to begin with.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
riptideRuptur Rotom from Ghost Planet (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
Rotom
#913: Jan 1st 2024 at 8:10:51 PM

id put glue stick on my fingers and rub them together until it formed a little glue ball. it's a good fidget toy but id lose it like 2 days after it was made, and it would use up a lot of glue.

nowadays i just make kneaded erasers instead. now i get to sacrifice my erasers instead of glue. yippee

Edited by riptideRuptur on Jan 2nd 2024 at 12:11:24 AM

Red Oni, Blue Oni, look who's playing guitar-oni (they/them)
Kiobi20 Since: Sep, 2016
MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#915: Jan 2nd 2024 at 10:00:06 PM

Since I saw the 2004 Nelvana logo on my VHS of Max and Ruby: Max's Valentine, I thought up lyrics to the logo's music: "Top of Greenland, Denmark." This was obviously inspired by the atlas books I read.

punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#916: Jan 4th 2024 at 9:55:20 PM

I apparently once asked my mom where my flashcards were because "I want to teach some to Bananas, my monkey".

I'm guessing I was referring to a toy or an Imaginary Friend.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
AdventurousYak9234 A silly sausage from Great White North Since: Feb, 2023
A silly sausage
#917: Jan 6th 2024 at 5:37:10 AM

[up][up] Similar to that, when I was a little kid watching Disney movies and the Walt Disney Pictures blue castle came on, I made up words to the last part of the music "Woody is joy!", because the Disney movie I watched the most when I was little was Cinderella and that has the Toy Story trailer on it, hence why I thought of Woody while seeing the logo.

"COCONUTS HAVE WATER IN THEM!"
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#918: Jan 6th 2024 at 10:57:26 AM

Back when I was in daycare, I remember that it was a fairly regular occurrence for someone to spill milk during snack time - and when that happened, all of us would point at the spill and chant "Milk attack, milk attack!" until the daycare workers came in to clean it up (and subsequently, asked us to stop).

It's no use crying over spilled milk, but to us, it was worth chanting over.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#919: Jan 9th 2024 at 12:12:00 AM

I ate a bunch of post-it notes once.

No, I don't know why. I didn't have pica or anything (at least, I don't think I did). I just kinda did it on autopilot while playing on the computer one day.

Reminds me that I also chewed on my toys a lot when I was really young. I bit the tail tip off of a plastic lizard, and bit the nose off of my mom's old Raggedy Anne doll.

Edited by WarJay77 on Jan 9th 2024 at 3:12:45 PM

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MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#920: Jan 23rd 2024 at 10:01:54 AM

One time when I was at my cousins' house, Rubbadubbers came on Treehouse TV. Before then, I had only seen a promo for that show on the channel. However, for some reason, I didn't pay much attention to the show while it was on. So, when the end credits appeared on TV, I had a "What have I done?!" moment and cried.

Later on, on the day that we were going to colour Easter eggs at my grandparents' house, I saw the promo saying, "Rubbadubbers. Today on Treehouse." This made me want to watch the show, since I still hadn't watched an episode yet, but I coudn't check to see when it would air, since my grandparents only had analogue cable TV. Because of this, my mom made an audiocassette recording that started with her saying, "Tell me about Rubbadubbers." No matter what she said to me about how we needed to spend time preparing for the egg-colouring, I kept saying the show's name in a sad tone of voice. Eventually, I said, "Maybe Rubbadubbers will come on while we're colouring Easter eggs?" My mom replied, "I doubt it! And that's all for this report!"

Later, the first part of that recording got taped over by accident. Because of this, we made a remake … with the roles reversed! At one point, my mom said, "Maybe we can colour eggs while Rubbadubbers is on," too early, which made me say the closing line in a rushed tone of voice. Since it was too early, I kept going, and she eventually said, "Maybe we can watch Rubbadubbers while we colour eggs." By that time, it was actually time for the end, so I said the closing line in the proper tone of voice.

punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#921: Jan 23rd 2024 at 6:57:44 PM

One time when my friend and I were around 5, we found a camera and started taking pictures with it, which included a picture of a toilet flushing.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#922: Jan 30th 2024 at 9:27:36 PM

Like many kids, I would often pee in pools (whenever me and my family stay at a hotel) since I thought it would be clean. It's until I'm an adult that not only is that a bad idea, it's also just gross.

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punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#923: Jan 30th 2024 at 10:22:53 PM

[up] On a similar note, I used to drink pool water because I thought it tasted good. It probably doesn't make it much better, but I'm pretty sure I only drank the water in my grandparents' pool instead of random public pools...

Chlorine poisoning might be what's wrong with me now.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#924: Jan 31st 2024 at 2:11:01 PM

I hope you two didn't swim in the same pool! :P

I don't remember ever peeing in pools since I was fully toilet trained, but I did sometimes pee in the garden when I was too lazy to go inside. In my defense, it was my friend's idea. My dad told me off when he caught me, but I think my friend got away with it.

For every low there is a high.
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#925: Feb 3rd 2024 at 12:20:37 PM

Apparently when my mom was a kid, one of the songs that she was supposed to sing at church had the line "When I was naked, you gave me your coat"... except, she thought that she wouldn't be allowed to say the word "naked" in church (even if it was part of one of the songs), so she'd intentionally skip over the word.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.

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