When I Was A Kid..

[sharien chan]

To sharien chan:
Now, I remember a Tums commerical with their familiar jingle and then an older lady saying, "You should know better." XD

in my defense I was 4!

[minakichan]

Since I have run out of stories about myself, I shall tell of the exploits of my little brother.

He's five years younger than me, and he was the. cutest. kid. ON THE ENTIRE PLANET. I am serious. I think anony-chan can back me up on this? I was happy to have such a cute widdle bro =3. But now that he's a teenager, it's all gone, so he's angsty and complainy and angry now =/.

-He has really long eyelashes and a cute, round face, so Asian mothers and would come up and be like "啊，小妹妹好可愛~！" or, "Aw, what a cute little GIRL~!", much to his chagrin XD This happened on multiple occasions. I LOL'D. (... I guess I can't laugh about it anymore, because over Spring Break, one of my mom's friends saw me and was like "啊，這是Kevin的弟弟嗎?" "Ah, this is Kevin's little brother, right?" ...>< OUCH.)
-I don't think it was totally uncalled for. When he was really little, probably before preschool, I was in elementary school and I wanted to grow my bangs out, so I bought a bunch of plastic colored barettes to clip back my hair. He was so jealous and whined about it until my mom told me to let him use my clips. o_O He chose these white sunflower ones, and we took pics. ...Except I can't find the pics anymore, so he claims it never happened and my mom can't remember it.
-One of my favorites: I wasn't actually there, but my mom told me. He was in preschool or something, and they were taking the bus. A tall, bald, black man came in, and my brother called out "IT'S MICHAEL JORDAN!!!!" really loudly. My mom cracked up but the poor sir looked really embarassed ^^;;;

[Tsukuyomi]

in my defense I was 4!

*Gives Sharien a cookie* It's alright ^^

I remember sneaking Flinstones Vitamins too ^^;

[KeybladeWarrior]

in my defense I was 4!

She was saying the words to a person who had heartburn and did not take Tums for the problem.

[sharien chan]

[quote="Tsukuyomi (post: 1226162)"]Lol, I totally did that too \o.o/ Well, I was told that they weren't candy, so I tried to stay away, but things became difficult when there was no other candy xDD]

I dunno...they were quite delicious XD totally loved the green ones. Now I find them nasty.

[sharien chan]

[quote="Tsukuyomi (post: 1226325)"]*Gives Sharien a cookie* It's alright ^^

I remember sneaking Flinstones Vitamins too ^^]
Lurve! They were so good. I was so sad when my mom switched me to the Shamoo vitamins (?lol) and they were nasty! So awful and sour and I couldn't take them.

[chibiphonebooth]

when i was little, i used to think the word 'prevent' meant 'to make.'

so i would get really really confused when smokey bear would come on the tv and be like, 'only you can prevent forest fires!" and i would go, '...but aren't forest fires bad? D: "

[Tsukuyomi]

when i was little, i used to think the word 'prevent' meant 'to make.'

so i would get really really confused when smokey bear would come on the tv and be like, 'only you can prevent forest fires!" and i would go, '...but aren't forest fires bad? D: "

That.. has.. got to be one of the cutest stories I have heard, Chibi ^________^

Cough drops were another thing I tended to eat as candy when there were none ^_^;

[KeybladeWarrior]

This is going to be very gross: I used to love to eat my boogers, especially the dried ones. XD; Chibi's story is cute and remined me of all those Smokey the Bear commericals.

Does anyone remember McGruff? "Take a bite out of Crime."

[sharien chan]

Does anyone remember McGruff? "Take a bite out of Crime."

I still know the address for him XDD

Scruff mcgruff
chicago Illinois
60652

Yeah!

[Tsukuyomi]

This is going to be very gross: I used to love to eat my boogers, especially the dried ones. XD]
Lol, I had a feeling it was this You mentioned this before actually

I still know the address for him XDD

Scruff mcgruff
chicago Illinois
60652

Yeah!

Lol, that's so cool ^^ I remembered the Chicago Illinois, but that's about it He came to our school one time back in Elementary School ^__^ I soooooooo miss those school assemblies ^__^ We had a zoo one where there was this huge snake they laid out on a table ^^ It almost jumped off to try to catch a bird ^^;

[GeneD]

I was thinking about this the other day: my brother and I always used to put together magic shows for my parents. We got a tricks book from the library and spent the whole day practising. The evening we had our show and my parent had to pay to come see it.

We also used to dress up a lot, usually in different themes. We have photos of us dressed up in all our really weird clothes like swimming goggles and one where we had plastic shopping bags on over our clothes.

[Tsukuyomi]

and one where we had plastic shopping bags on over our clothes.

Ooooooh, plastic shopping bag vest ^^ I remember those as well ^^

[Danderson]

I used to play with boxes......I'd get a big present for Christmas or B-Day and I'd only play with the large box.....I liked Choo-Choo Trains.....I was known as the Choo-Choo Boy.....I watched Classic Disney movies like Bambi and the Jungle Book......My first introduction to well done animation.....

[sharien chan]

I used to tie wrapping paper to my feet and "skate" around on carpets XDDD

[Tsukuyomi]

I used to tie wrapping paper to my feet and "skate" around on carpets XDDD

Chyaaaaaa, I so did that too ^^ With plain socks worked as well

[Conner999]

[SIZE="3"]When I was 5 and my brother was 3, my mom was pregnant with our little sister. She tried explaining that there was a baby in her stomach. We thought she ate her. And then through hysterical laughter she said something about all babies coming from stomachs. My brother then asked if she ate us too. =D

Until I was about 13 I thought babies bursted out of a mother's stomach like an alien. I was disappointed at the truth. =/

I used to have all kinds of OCD disorders. They were by choice though, not exactly by compulsion. Though I was compelled to do it because it was fun and made things interesting.. Does that count? Anyway, I would count my steps everywhere, open/shut things evenly (If I opened the freezer door twice, I would have to open the fridge door twice just because. Also bedroom doors, drawers and cabnets but not so much) I would imagine an invisible tether to my back, forcing me to go out of a room the same way I came in, keeping objects and such in mind, to avoid tangling my tether, avoid stepping on cracks or certain colored tyles in stores and such (they were lava!!!) and more. =D

I used to think licorice jelly beans were magic. (They tasted so much better than anything else!) But now I KNOW that they are magic. ;D

I was staring at a $5 bill once, and noticed that there was very small writing around the edges of the circle around the president's face. I told my parents that it said "The United States of America" and they didn't believe me because they couldn't see it. I insisted, so they took a magnifying lense and looked at it, and again clamed I was lying "there's writing, yes, but it's Chinese letters." because they couldn't see it even with a lense. Later on they heard later on that it really did have those words on the $5 bill. They thought I had just heard that fact and imagined that I could read it. Pff. People don't take kids seriously, especially if they have superpowers.

After I saw Toy Story, I started talking to my toys like they were sentient, even though I knew they weren't. But I tried to make myself believe they were because I didn't have any friends.

My grandparents have this thing they call a Boy Cheese Sandwich. They invented it when my uncle was a young boy, and he was crying because he didn't want to eat "girl cheese sandwiches" like his older sisters. So they made him a grilled cheese with peanutbutter on it and told him the new name, which satisfied him.

I used candy as medicine, especially jelly beans. One day when I was about 3 I looked into my mother's purse and found bright red and orange capsules (Tylenol) and figured the bright colors meant they were candy, so I ate them! Or started to, until they broke open and tasted nasty. I spit them out thankfully. I had too much ingenuity for my own good. I always got around "child safety" devices. I guess they were like puzzles. I still like puzzles. =)

I remember the Flintstones and Shamoo vitamins too. There were also these nasty nasty "organic" vitamin gummy bears... THEY RUINED gummy bears for me for a long time. It's still hard for me to eat gummy bears. >_< Gummy Worms FTW.

I discovered at an early age that I could imagine myself being stronger and tougher, and I would feel less pain and be stronger than all of the other kids. They thought I was weird when I didn't get hurt. Mind over matter. =D One time I took on three 6th graders at ONCE, when I was 1st grade, and WON.



"When I was younger, I convinced the whole second grade in school that I was Sailor Moon with brown hair. XDDD"

Haha, a boy in 1st grade said he had Sailor Moon powers while he was play fighting. I had no idea what he was talking about (Pokèmon was my first Anime, years later) We all thought he was cooler because of such. But now I just think he was really weird.



"I used to walk around the house carrying a hand mirror pointed at the ceiling. I would use the ceiling as a reference to find my way around the house. I have no idea why."

Oh! I did that too! I started out using it while walking backward to look over my shoulder and navigate that way, then sideways, and then I held it up to my face so I could only see the ceiling and walked around like that as a challenge, being careful not to cheat. =D



"I used to think animal crackers were "alive" and simply pretended to be inanimate since they looked like animals (the influence of the Brave Little Toaster, I suppose), so when I ate them I would bite their heads off first so they wouldn't suffer and turn them over so didn't see it coming. I also ate the ones with missing limbs and such first to put them out of their misery."

Haha, I would eat their limbs off first, one at a time, and THEN bite their heads off. I ate their body last. I thought they were made of the animal they looked like.



"I told my four-year-old cousin that if she ate too many carrots she would turn orange."

But y'know, that's true. There was this carrot diet going around, people ate nothing but carrots for every meal. The pigment of their skin and even the whites of their eyes started turning orange.



"For the first time is certainly right, the first time in the history of the universe, since no species of mosquito can sting, only bite."

Well, it's more of a puncture and slurp than a bite really.


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[sharien chan]

I one time licked my thumb and put it on a plug in our family room. Being electrocuted hurt!
Everyone likes to joke around that I haven't been normal since XD

[Tsukuyomi]

I one time licked my thumb and put it on a plug in our family room. Being electrocuted hurt!
Everyone likes to joke around that I haven't been normal since XD

Lol, meeeep, that's not good My little cousin did that when my oldest sister was SUPPOSED to be watching her I think I went to the bathroom at that moment, so wasn't there to stop her xD;

[Doubleshadow]

I one time licked my thumb and put it on a plug in our family room. Being electrocuted hurt!
Everyone likes to joke around that I haven't been normal since XD

I put a fork in the light socket specifically after I was told not to.

[Nate]

I put a fork in the light socket specifically after I was told not to.

[Tsukuyomi]

Some how.. I knew that was coming

I was almost egged into sticking the lead of a push pencil into a light socket o_o;

I was dared one time to pick up this broken Mt. Dew bottle when I was four o.o I did it knowing perfectly what could happen. My had was bleeding really bad ^___^; I was scared of being yelled at more so then the pain o_o;

[minakichan]

Oooooooh, I put in paper clip in an electric socket in my sixth grade math class because I was totally bored. It make loud noises and sparks =D

I didn't get in trouble though...

[Tsukuyomi]

Awww, you didn't get hurt did you O____O

I remember thinking there really was another world on the other side of the mirror ~(O_O)~

[animewarrior]

Did anyone else think the TV was actually a portal to the movie/show you were watching? The reason we couldn't get through was the shield...DARN YOU SHIELD!!! I wanted to go and stop the hunter from killing Bambi's mother....*sniff*

[minakichan]

Did anyone else think the TV was actually a portal to the movie/show you were watching?

No, but I was afraid of getting flushed down the toilet =/

[Tsukuyomi]

Hmmm, good question, but I did always wonder how the picture appeared on the tv screen ^________^

[OhElk]

I thought TV was dumb.
MOVIES whoever I was obsessed with.

[Tsukuyomi]

I remember wanting to live in a rose like that one girl on The Little Prince ^_____^ She was so pretty.. AND LIVED IN A ROSE ^___^

[KeybladeWarrior]

I wanted to be Batman's sidekick.