# When I was little, I did this along with a whack of other things **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627 "2022-02-16T20:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627/41 "2022-02-18T17:30:28Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Until the day one of the stones went off target a bit and hit some pipe infrastructure that was attached to to the side of the tank. Instead of nice loud _TWANG!_ we heard a dull _clank_ followed by a barely audible hissing sound. Chlorine tank probably : ) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627/42 "2022-02-18T17:38:17Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > For all of you that pulled wings and legs off of insects, how many progressed to being serial killers? You can be truthful, I promise not to tell anyone else. Come and meet me tonight at the warehouse next to the chlorine tank behind the abandoned railway station at half past midnight and I will tell you. ::whistes innocently, shuffles feet and slowly walks away the way @Lancia left, totally innocent:: ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627/43 "2022-02-18T18:07:53Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > In the spring when the snow was melting and water was running everywhere, we’d build dams or try to force the water into a maze of “rivers”. I used to do this as well. Because the dam structure was made out of snow, it was inherent that it would fail due to melting at some point. Part of the fun was trying to predict exactly where it would fail. And then of course watching it all get swept away. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627/44 "2022-02-18T18:48:34Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Come and meet me tonight at the warehouse next to the chlorine tank behind the abandoned railway station at half past midnight and I will tell you. I knew there had to be at least one of you. I’ll be there. I think it’s only fair to remind you that I am an American, thus I never leave home without being heavily armed. I have also been told I am quick on the trigger and near sighted, so don’t be holding a phone in your hand. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627/45 "2022-02-18T18:52:54Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > ::whistes innocently, shuffles feet and slowly walks away, totally innocent:: I broke a water pipe while dangling under a pier. It was gushing water into the sea where nobody could see it unless they were swimming directly below. I just went along my way not thinking about it until years later when California started suffering its perennial droughts. Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627/46 "2022-02-18T19:12:48Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I broke a water pipe while dangling under a pier. It was gushing water into the sea where nobody could see it unless they were swimming directly below. I just went along my way not thinking about it until years later when California started suffering its perennial droughts. Sorry… Mein gott ! It was you that the almond farmers ordered that big hit on a few years ago. 😱 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627.md?page=2)