Duncan Edwards wrote:Theo wrote:Lots of hilarious stuff on here"Childhood Trauma Edition"
Fred588 wrote:Not everyone escaped their own stupidity way back when. My Mom was a nurse and saw many cases of fatal stupidness...
I can relate to this as I also have a family member in the medical field who's had the privilege of meeting many Darwin award recipients, and I've got to hear many a stories of stupidity.
My father-in-law was a physician who worked a rural emergency room for a while after returning from Vietnam. He refused to let my wife have a motorcycle as a result of that. I managed to visit the twilight zone and wreck my bike while imitating Evel Knievel. Not an uncommon occurrence at the time. As for fireworks, firearms, just plain fire, we frequently tested Darwin's limits. We sent one friend to the burn ward on morphine while making an "atomic bomb firecracker" one day. His eyesight was saved by his coke-bottle thick glasses. We created dangerous toys without much help really. All before we were old enough for more lethal playthings like cars, drugs, and girls. The culture didn't give much thought to it.
Seventeen-year-old adrenaline-junkie girl with a private pilot's license. 'Nuff said. Thankfully, I survived my "bold pilot" phase and was able to become an "old pilot."
