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mundane things that were really exciting when you were a kid

harru [Edit] [Delete] 118 replies 15:18, 20 February '07

#1: going to the bottle bank.
#2: watering the garden.

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  • when

    i was a kid we used to go and collect glass bottles from everybody's house and take them to the recycling thing for a nominal fee.

    i was such a cunt as a child, obviously.

    JacobJones | 20 Feb '07, 15:19 | X
  • Going to the dump.

    tom_from_sparks | 20 Feb '07, 15:19 | X
    • Hahahaha, yeah!

      I used to love that!

      yo_soy_welshmun @tom_from_sparks | 20 Feb '07, 15:23 | X
      • I still do!

        Usually come home with random things I've found, ha ha.

        dark_truffles @yo_soy_welshmun | 20 Feb '07, 17:12 | X
  • I still like going to the tip

    Look how manly I am throwing this rubbish away.

    fullerov @janfurnace | 20 Feb '07, 15:20 | X
    • that was my summer job!

      and hopefully will be this year too!

      yo_soy_welshmun @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 15:23 | X
      • Will thewarn help?

        or is he barred from using the hosepipe?

        yo_soy_welshmun @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 16:01 | X
        • I'd love to live in your house.

          adopt me?

          klaire @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 22:49 | X
        • #3:

          pressing the button in the lift.

          harru | 20 Feb '07, 15:20 | X
          • that's still exciting

            :|

            rapscalion-jones @harru | 20 Feb '07, 15:21 | X
          • and the button

            on a pedestrian crossing?

            JacobJones @harru | 20 Feb '07, 15:21 | X
            • oh yeah

              & not waiting for the green man, if you were with a rebellious adult.

              #4: using dad's deodorant after going swimming.

              harru @JacobJones | 20 Feb '07, 15:24 | X
        • ^ most mundane post of all time

          well done! :)

          JacobJones @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 15:22 | X
          • ^ mental div

            IndieAndy_Jones @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 15:36 | X
            • washing uncle steven's trousers

              devonmalcolm @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 15:22 | X
              • I hope

                they weren't soiled.

                StaceySailplane @devonmalcolm | 20 Feb '07, 15:23 | X
                • in a way

                  devonmalcolm @StaceySailplane | 20 Feb '07, 15:24 | X
            • I still do

              DAMN the council for stealing my smashing fun

              Slicky @malibu_stacey | 20 Feb '07, 15:22 | X
            • bottle bank.

              yeah, *sigh*
              i used to love that.
              SMASH

              going into an office.
              i used to love going to work with my dad when i was too young to be at home alone.
              now offices= boring!

              katekamikaze | 20 Feb '07, 15:23 | X
            • Going up the loft

              starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 15:24 | X
              • I used to hate doing that

                because of the spiders.

                And I was always made to because I was small so it was easiest to get the Christmas decorations from out the back.

                commandercool @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 15:25 | X
                • i was never allowed

                  cos there was no proper flooring.

                  and i never got to when i grew up either.
                  and now my parents dont live there anymore. which means ill never get the chance.
                  :(

                  katekamikaze @commandercool | 20 Feb '07, 15:27 | X
                  • knock on the door and ask the new residents

                    if you can go up the loft. If they say no tell them it's your dying wish and cough a little.

                    starshaped @katekamikaze | 20 Feb '07, 15:31 | X
              • That's still fun

                Especially if you have to climb up without ladders.

                Dalkin @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 15:27 | X
              • I went up the loft at my Mum's house at Christmas

                I came down with a Lou Reed single, broken scalectrix, a cardigan and an NES.

                yo_soy_welshmun @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 15:28 | X
                • See, it's like a treasure

                  cave of treasures. I need to explore my parents loft again, I think my sylvanian families are up there somewhere.

                  starshaped @yo_soy_welshmun | 20 Feb '07, 15:32 | X
                  • I used to work with a 34 year old man

                    who had the whole Sylvanian families collection except for the badger doctor or whatever. He spent all his time at work on ebay looking for Dr Badger.

                    yo_soy_welshmun @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 15:38 | X
                    • This is actually the first time

                      I'd thought about Sylvanian Families in YEARS and it immediately spurred me to look on ebay to see what's out there. I had the Gypsy caravan and the beavers lived in it.

                      starshaped @yo_soy_welshmun | 20 Feb '07, 15:47 | X
                      • Update:

                        it's the bear doctor.

                        yo_soy_welshmun @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 16:01 | X
                        • This one?

                          http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sylvanian-Families-Bear-Doctor_W0QQitemZ200078031647QQihZ010QQcategoryZ14734QQcmdZViewItem

                          starshaped @yo_soy_welshmun | 20 Feb '07, 16:08 | X
                          • Yeah

                            he looks nerdy. Bet he's a good doctor, though.

                            yo_soy_welshmun @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 16:11 | X
                            • I'd trust a bear

                              to diagnose me

                              starshaped @yo_soy_welshmun | 20 Feb '07, 16:13 | X
              • I still like going up to the loft.

                It's cool and quiet and completly isolated. I read with a torch up there occasionally.

                dark_truffles @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 17:15 | X
            • still exciting

              going in the carwash!

              nice_squirrel | 20 Feb '07, 15:26 | X
              • good call!

                #5: using any form of public transport.

                harru @nice_squirrel | 20 Feb '07, 15:27 | X
              • I LOVE the carwash

                shame it's so environmentally MEAN

                pushing the trolley in the supermarket
                sitting in the front of the car

                Slicky @nice_squirrel | 20 Feb '07, 15:28 | X
            • Going to Middlesbrough town centre!

              Stockton was so much bollocks that when we went to boro, it was amazing!

              james_delve | 20 Feb '07, 15:29 | X
              • LOL

                Dalkin @james_delve | 20 Feb '07, 15:31 | X
                • Exactly!

                  james_delve @Dalkin | 20 Feb '07, 15:36 | X
                  • It's true though

                    Dalkin @james_delve | 20 Feb '07, 15:37 | X
                    • Damn straight.

                      james_delve @Dalkin | 20 Feb '07, 15:55 | X
            • I used to live in a pub

              and when the draymen arrived every week I was so, so excited. It was brilliant watching them throwing the barrels about effortlessly, and staking the crates of bottles, and they both had these ace flatcaps and fabulous 'apron' type things. They were awesome. I loved those times.

              bamos | 20 Feb '07, 15:29 | X
              • it has to be said though

                things that were mundane when you were a kid but would be tremendously exciting now pretty much = living in a pub

                ex_cynic @bamos | 20 Feb '07, 16:49 | X
            • #6:

              being allowed to use an exciting stationery appliance. e.g. staplers and hole punches.

              harru | 20 Feb '07, 15:29 | X
              • and photocopying

                limbs/faces in my Dad's office

                Slicky @harru | 20 Feb '07, 15:31 | X
                • other peoples

                  or your own?

                  starshaped @Slicky | 20 Feb '07, 15:33 | X
                  • my own

                    and my sisters'

                    Slicky @starshaped | 20 Feb '07, 15:38 | X
            • Ditto for

              inside of the racks of carpets in carpet shops.

              commandercool @soup100 | 20 Feb '07, 15:36 | X
              • Going to McDonalds

                jammin @commandercool | 20 Feb '07, 15:47 | X
                • ^^^

                  McDonalds birthday parties!!! In the giant fridge!!!!

                  bamos @jammin | 20 Feb '07, 15:49 | X
                • I wasn't allowed to go to McDonalds

                  as a child :(

                  commandercool @jammin | 20 Feb '07, 15:49 | X
                  • And look how you turned out!!!

                    Proof, if it were needed, the McDonalds is essential to the healthy wellbeing of chlidren around the world.

                    bamos @commandercool | 20 Feb '07, 15:50 | X
            • ^ this

              That used to be brilliant. I also used to tidy up the shelves in supermarkets as I went by. Little did I know that I would actually be getting paid to do it when I hit 16

              dove_from_above @soup100 | 20 Feb '07, 15:50 | X
            • I would helpfully give back

              the stuff I found to the shop assistant. I never understood why they weren't grateful. I also loved hiding behind the clothes so that when someone would start to leaf through they'd get a fright!

              starshaped @soup100 | 20 Feb '07, 16:42 | X
            • Sleepoverzzz

              they're still fun.

              Kids...LOVE TO SLEEP OVER!

              Which advert?

              ehwhat | 20 Feb '07, 15:50 | X
              • butlins

                what do I win?

                Slicky @ehwhat | 20 Feb '07, 15:51 | X
                • a box of kittens

                  Sent Recorded delivery.

                  ehwhat @Slicky | 20 Feb '07, 15:54 | X
                  • can we make it puppies?

                    Slicky @ehwhat | 20 Feb '07, 16:12 | X
            • going on the train

              Mortgage_Boy | 20 Feb '07, 16:06 | X
            • Drugs

              EJamesB | 20 Feb '07, 16:10 | X
              • yeah trains deffo

                moodiejg @EJamesB | 20 Feb '07, 16:14 | X
            • sleeping out in the garden

              shucks | 20 Feb '07, 16:17 | X
            • Pressing the bell button

              on the bus.

              DING DING!

              monpot | 20 Feb '07, 16:40 | X
              • that's still exciting

                i don't get the bus very often

                IndieAndy_Jones @monpot | 20 Feb '07, 16:43 | X
                • I'll ring your bell

                  yo_soy_welshmun @IndieAndy_Jones | 20 Feb '07, 16:45 | X
                  • i thought you hated me on DiS

                    you women are so bloody confusing, i don't know whether I'm coming or going.

                    IndieAndy_Jones @yo_soy_welshmun | 20 Feb '07, 16:46 | X
                    • Massive generalisation about women: Number 1

                      Women change their minds more often than they change their pants.

                      yo_soy_welshmun @IndieAndy_Jones | 20 Feb '07, 16:54 | X
            • Going on escalators

              i was really disappointed when i first went on the underground escalators as a grown up, i'd remembered them being huuuuuuuuuuuge when i was a kid

              IndieAndy_Jones | 20 Feb '07, 16:44 | X
            • down and up escalators.

              shucks | 20 Feb '07, 16:45 | X
            • Loads of stuff that's already been mentioned...

              Going on the train, pressing the button on buses, and especially collecting the security tags and stuff at shops.

              Also:

              Playing on the roof
              Yo-Yos
              Hide and Seek (in the dark!)
              Nerf Guns!

              TheWildSon | 20 Feb '07, 16:48 | X
              • playing on the roof is even more fun now than it was before!

                yoyos are awesome!
                hide and seek!!!!!!

                klaire @TheWildSon | 20 Feb '07, 22:51 | X
                • No mention for the nerf gun!

                  That's the best of the list!

                  Playing on the roof was awesome. Flats were built next to my Dad's flat so we'd go on the outsidey bit of the window, so we'd jump across and play on the unbuilt new roof (it was one of the floors), and scaffolding.

                  This *wasn't* the safest thing for 7 & 10 year olds? Psh...

                  TheWildSon @klaire | 20 Feb '07, 23:14 | X
                  • I remember playing Tig up there actually...

                    So fun!

                    TheWildSon @TheWildSon | 20 Feb '07, 23:15 | X
            • the 'wild' area at school

              which was actually just some overgrown grass, and not full of snakes as were led to believe.

              shucks | 20 Feb '07, 16:53 | X
            • Christmas.

              And getting to pay at the counter for things in shops.

              dark_truffles | 20 Feb '07, 17:18 | X
              • roundabouts

                the ones at playgrounds. But i'd invariably make myself sick by spinning on them too much and too fast. Fun though.

                And carwashes at the petrol station when you're inside the car and you see the big cylindrical brushes whooshing across your windows! Fun times...

                Bigbluesky @dark_truffles | 20 Feb '07, 17:38 | X
            • Power cuts

              innit.

              jonny_rat | 20 Feb '07, 18:34 | X
            • Power cuts were ace!

              I_Have_An_Idea | 20 Feb '07, 18:41 | X
            • getting to "drive" the shopping trolley

              yes_ | 20 Feb '07, 18:45 | X
              • Getting to sit in the shopping trolley.

                dark_truffles @yes_ | 21 Feb '07, 06:09 | X
            • Pressing the button to cross at pedestrian crossings

              Throwing those dangly bathroom light pull switches against the wall and catching it again
              Eating

              thommo | 20 Feb '07, 18:54 | X
            • Driving through tunnels

              or under bridges used to make any journey 100x more fun.

              My nephew's just started getting excited by it too... awesome :o)

              Alkoholfuelled | 20 Feb '07, 19:06 | X
            • Sitting in the front seat of a car.

              breadfan | 20 Feb '07, 19:07 | X
              • Criminal!

                I_Have_An_Idea @breadfan | 20 Feb '07, 19:07 | X
            • Mixing cake mix...

              and licking the bowl. And your mum giving you the off cuts of pastry to play with when she made a pie...you could make mini jam pasties and things!

              I_Have_An_Idea | 20 Feb '07, 19:38 | X
              • :o

                Raw egg! Your mum was trying to give you salmonella!

                commandercool @I_Have_An_Idea | 20 Feb '07, 19:39 | X
                • she failed...

                  but I am now a trained assasin with a speciality in dough-based killing techniques.

                  I_Have_An_Idea @commandercool | 20 Feb '07, 19:50 | X
                  • Wow!

                    A salmonellassassin? Awesome!

                    commandercool @I_Have_An_Idea | 20 Feb '07, 19:51 | X
            • 18 yr old female babysitters

              discussing some like it hot

              creakyknees | 20 Feb '07, 19:51 | X
            • ...

              Sitting on the top deck of a double decker bus. Also digging holes in the garden.

              cheap-tat | 20 Feb '07, 19:56 | X
            • Definitely

              pushin the trolley in the supermarket, i remember it was around the time Schumacher started racing for Ferrari, so obviously my trolley was my red F1 car. There's also a car wash at the supermarket that was pretty cool.

              DeLarge | 20 Feb '07, 22:47 | X
            • Actually

              on the subject of the car, my afvourite thing was when my dad opened the sun roof, i think that was race car related as well. The more i think about it the more i seemed to want to be a racing driver. Lost dreams...

              DeLarge | 20 Feb '07, 22:48 | X
            • Seriuosly

              how young were you when you started that?!

              DeLarge @Pigfoot | 20 Feb '07, 23:07 | X
              • Well

                I would agree that you get those special feelings before your 11, but i wouldn't agree with the immediate family part. Did you have a troubled childhood by any chance? Watching the bill was great too, but its shit too. Actually, that's what we sjould be discussing, the decline in quality of the Bill, or Cop shows in general, CSI is getting worse.

                DeLarge @Pigfoot | 20 Feb '07, 23:21 | X
                • I meant

                  its shit NOW, not 'too', it started out great.

                  DeLarge @DeLarge | 20 Feb '07, 23:22 | X
                  • Sorry

                    but i dont think i get you. Who is insoector munroe?

                    DeLarge @Pigfoot | 20 Feb '07, 23:39 | X
                    • like a british karl kennedy:

                      http://tinyurl.com/2bmcfa

                      harru @DeLarge | 20 Feb '07, 23:42 | X
                      • Oh him!

                        I remember now, i only remember the faces of the Bill cast because i was very young when i watched it. Well there's a claim to fame right there. The only famous person I've ever met was Les Dennis

                        DeLarge @harru | 20 Feb '07, 23:56 | X
                  • #7

                    being allowed to stay up late enough to watch the Bill.

                    harru | 20 Feb '07, 23:12 | X
                    • The Bill was one of mine!

                      But I was never interested in the show.

                      The music would come on, and I'd run around going "the bill's on! the bill's on! the bill's onnnn!!!!!"

                      Then when the music finished, I'd get really bored, and go to sleep :(

                      TheWildSon @harru | 20 Feb '07, 23:31 | X
                      • i think polly page

                        was one of the first people on tv that i fancied.

                        harru @TheWildSon | 20 Feb '07, 23:32 | X
                        • I dunno

                          about fancyin Polly Page, she ruined it for me when she had an affair with one of the men, it started to get personal. Get back to the crime fighting!

                          DeLarge @harru | 20 Feb '07, 23:37 | X
                        • me too!

                          klaire @harru | 20 Feb '07, 23:37 | X
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