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When I was a wee one my parents always said I was going to grow up to be an engineer because of all the experiements and contraptions I made. I'm sure I made a lot of pointless things, but only the biggest failures I remember.

I can't remember exactly when this was, but I was probably 4 or 5 at the time. I was living in Florida and it was hot as hell and I really wanted a Slip 'N Slide. I needed a Slip 'N Slide. It was at this point I decided to make my own.

I examined our mildly steep driveway and determined it would be perfect for me to build a Slip 'N Slide of my own. I went and took every towel in the house; bath towel, beach towel, whatever. It was a household of seven people at the time, so there were a lot of towels to be found. I layed all the towels down in a line, and proceeded to soak them with the garden hose.

I felt my engineering marvel was complete and it was time for a test run. Upon the maiden run of my newly constructed Slip 'N Slide, I discovered towels probably aren't the best surface for sliding on.

I imagine someone came home to a driveway full of dirty wet towels, but by then I was probably hard at work on my next project.

Oh axe! We used to have this "Slip-n-Slide" that you talk of, they're pretty awesome.

I think the stupidest thing I did as a kid was when I was around 9 or 10, we have these really large sticks that grow in our garden for no reason, so we used to sword fight with them, one day I was fighting my brother with these huge sticks and I somehow got my stick straight up his nose, instant nosebleed. My parents found this hilarious and made us line up while they took a photo, as soon as I find the picture I'll scan it for you guys, good times.

we have these really large sticks that grow in our garden for no reason

Like bamboo sticks? Those things could be hard as a bat when they dried.

When I was 7 or 8 some kid whacked me in the face with a bamboo stick and it chipped my tooth. :(

i thought i could jump off of a plane, and right before i hit the ground i could jump on something else and then onto the ground :eek:

one time at my grandmothers i want to go outside but i wasnt allowed to at the moment. so i decided that i had to get passed this door with glass panels on it. so being the logician i was, i went full tilt at the door and ran right through the glass. didnt get far before i was grabbed and was taken care of the cuts i had. i have a scar going across my nose because of it that i still have

i thought i could ride my tricycle down the stairs :o

my older brother and i used to shoot 'roman candle' fireworks at the faggy hungarian neighbour kids who used to play gay instruments like the bugle and the trombone.

now that i think about it: this should be in it's own thread called 'best ideas i ever had'

In Arizona, summertime water fights are a must. Also, Mr. Sun loves us so much he makes it extra hot. More hot = plz to drink more water. Water guns tend to double as canteens.

So, I asked my little brother if he would like a drink out of my water gun. He said great! So I placed my water gun in his mouth and started squeezing the trigger as fast as I could.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, and him, that I peed in the water gun first. :D