Childhood disasters that you should not have survived

Judging by today's standards we should all be terribly maimed or dead....and I am not that old. What are the catastrophes of childhood that you survived?

Liesa's picks

1. jumping off the cliffs of the upper levels highway (1970's)
2. handles bars coming of my banana seat bike going down a hill
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DoeFromTO's picks

1. accidently falling backwards (somersault) down the shale beside Kakabeka Falls
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melfie's picks

1. No seat belts
2. Mayo-room temp on 5 hour old sandwich in non-insulated lunchbox
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bouncingtigger's picks

1. built tree forts
2. had rides in the wheelbarrow in the garden
3. Doubled on a bicycle
4. learned to drive a tractor at the age of nine and then helped on the farm
5. Rode in the truck box on hot summer days
6. played baseball, football, soccer, etc. without protective equipment
7. had baths in a regular bathtub (with parental supervision) and didn't drown
8. rode a bike without a helmet and fell off numerous times
9. didn't have baby einstein, leap frog, etc and still learned to read and write
10. had to wear your brothers and sisters hand me downs and they weren't brand name
11. had to play outside and use your imagination (gasp!!)
12. had two channels on the TV and had to get up and go to the TV to change said channels
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mmullins's picks

1. Potato Gun
2. Gasoline on BonFire
3. Dry Ice Bombs
4. Swimming in the Lake unsupervised w/o lifejackets
5. Fireworks
6. rode a bike without a helmet and fell off numerous times
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kayla's picks

1. pissing on white pants
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dprecosk's picks

1. Given folk remedies instead of being taken to the doctor
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