Childhood memories bring in a wave of emotions about the naïve self we were as kids. Reminiscing the old carefree days loaded with petty mischiefs and adventures reminds us of the countless questions young minds have and their urge to venture on brave quests without any fear of consequences. Revisiting childhood while rekindling with old buddies keeps the memories of fun days alive. Writer Olivia Cucinella shares how in her community people shared some of the funniest childhood stories as they remembered their childhood in their community meets shared by Bored Panda. Here are the fifteen people and their hilarious childhood anecdotes:
4. Smarty in the primary
1st year in primary school. I was 5. At the end of the day everyone had to stand and say a prayer together before we left (Catholic school. Go figure). One day I realized that everyone, including the teacher, prayed with their eyes closed so I just left when they started.
5. Five-legged elephants?
My grandmother took me to the Jacksonville Zoo. I was 6. I was excited to see all the animals IRL that I saw pictures of, or on TV. I knew all their names and wasn't shy about demonstrating my knowledge. When we got to the elephants, I caused a big stir. I noticed something odd and yelled out, "Hey Grandma! Look! Loook!! That elephant has FIVE legs! 1-2-3-4-5!" When she stopped laughing and got her breath, she explained that it was a male elephant.
6. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
When I was 7 or so, I was singing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Bette Midler). But I was a little confused about the lyrics. "He's the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of company b, said he couldn't blow a bugle so he blew me." I had no idea why my mom was laughing so hard.
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7. Shaky hands the entire day
Well, when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old and was in Sunday school, the girl that was seated next to me had Down syndrome (still remember her name lol and I'm 44 now). One day we were in our classroom and one of the light switches was broken and didn't have its cover, so being the a*****e I was as a kid, I told the girl to shove her finger in the hole, which she told me she wouldn't do, despite me insisting, lmao. She never touched the open light switch, and I was so fricking curious that I ended up shoving MY finger in the hole, and because karma is a b****, I got an electric shock and spent the rest of the class with my hand trembling like crazy...
8. The honest kid
My mom came out of the bathroom after having done an eyebrow pencil, and I said, without missing a beat, "OHH, Maman, you made man eyebrows!" She went back and changed them.
9. From train bearers to trained bears
When I was 5, we went to the wedding of a relative. My mom explained there would be a ring bearer and a train bearer. I thought she said trained bears so as the bride passed I loudly said "Where are the trained bears?" Boy was mom embarrassed.
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10. Go to the cockpit dad
I was my dad's princess. He indulged my every whim. Of course, kids like me are stinkers. The first time he took me on a plane to visit my grandma, I was about 5, I insisted he gets up, go to the cockpit and tell the captain to "make this plane go faster. Right now." Boy oh boy, once I reached adulthood, he told that story to everyone. I never lived it down, but we would laugh about it. Lost my precious dad in 2012. I miss him ribbing me about it. I'm not quite as demanding now.
11. Blanket adventures
So as a kid I thought I could parachute from the loft down to the first floor... with a blanket... And my parents would never know. My giant swollen foot and me withering around crying sure hid it all well!
12. Offensive gibberish
Not me but my brother. One day he was trying to sing along with a BTS song, but he doesn't know Korean so it was all just gibberish. Well, my dad (who speaks Arabic, Spanish, and English) comes into the room and hears this and he starts to yell at my brother. Apparently, my brother said like five super bad Spanish words in a row.
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13. Digging holes in the backyard
My little brother and I dug a hole in the backyard, trying to get to China. Someone told us we could, and we believed it for some reason. We ended up hitting and breaking some sort of pipe and the hole filled with water. We didn't know what to do, so we covered the hole back in with dirt, and pretended it never happened. We had a swamp for a backyard for months. Our mother called the water company to complain about a large bill or two before the "burst pipe" was discovered. We never said a word. We were rotten kids. We laugh about it together from time to time. We both have kids that are mostly grown up. We tell each story of what they think they have gotten away with.
14. The tail tales
My father told me I was born with a tail like a basset hound. We had 2 adult bassets and a litter of puppies, so I found this believable. I was 10 before I asked my mother if I had a scar from where my tail used to be. She was very mad at my dad!
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15. Swooning for a new hairdo
When I was about 5, I had bangs, which I absolutely hated. One time we were vacationing in a hotel in the mountains, and I told my mom I wanted a haircut without bangs, "like the gentleman over there", pointing at a random guest. The gentleman was bald.
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