Oh, one more I just remembered: Human Slinky.
When I was about four or five, I lived in a developing part of my town. There weren't any kids my age living around me, so I spent most of my time reading an imaginative comic called Calvin and Hobbes.

I came across this comic that pictured Calvin as a "human slinky" as he fell down a flight of stairs.

I guess I wanted to experience an activity like this first-hand, so I threw myself down the stairs leading to the basement of my house.

I didn't trip down them, or stage it as an accident. I literally threw myself down.

The best part is, I remember thinking "...actually, that wasn't that bad, but I should've got more momentum".



My parents still don't believe I did it willingly.
(???????????????, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 20:04, 1 reply)

calvin and hobbes
when i was little, for about a year i refused all food apart from tuna sandwiches, purely because of this strip! definitely a lot safer than the slinky trick!
one line that sticks in my mind, 'Yeah, let me see your bat a minute'!! love it!
(trident, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 21:00, closed)