» Impromptu Games You Play

Fire in the Hole
When I was young(er) and an easily influenced Boy Scout we used to go camping, and prepare big open fires, and played the Missile Game:

YOU WILL NEED: an assortment of part-used aerosol cans

HOW TO PLAY: place your can into the fire at a suitable angle, retreat behind solid object like a big log, duck down until you hear a bang and a whizz. Look out from your place of cover and see how far your rocket went.

BONUS MARKS: for ground explosion, smoke trail, and hitting something like a house or car.

P.S. Don't try this at home, it's dangerous
(Mon 29th Mar 2004, 16:17, More)

» Lies Your Parents Told You

Yummy Food
My Mum told me that I wouldn't like certain foods, and I believed her until I was about 16. Believe it or not these included pizza, burgers, kebabs, curry, and bolognese!!!

Once I went to Uni at 18 they pretty much made up my whole diet.
(Fri 16th Jan 2004, 14:56, More)

» Irrational Fears

More wood...
My old boss, a relatively normal, confident man, freaked when he saw me put a wooden coffee stirrer in my mouth. He squirmed, but the only rational reason he could give me for not doing it was that I would get splinters - it's made of balsa wood or something really soft, and you can't have splintering drinks stirrers!?

I like the feel of wood on my tongue - oo-er!
(Wed 28th Jan 2004, 16:08, More)