What silly/stupid 'challenges' did you do as a teenager?
Just read this article on BBC website about teenagers getting stuck in baby seats on swings and the belief is that it stems from a social media challenge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53578780
and it got me thinking, what silly or stupid challenge did you do when you was a teenager (younger than 17)?
The 5 that i can remember playing is:
1 - A version of the game called 'Chicken' but with knives (always used pen knives). Two people would stand a certain distance away from each other. Each person would stand with their legs apart and then each person took it in turn to throw their knife to see if they could get it to land between the persons legs. The closest was the winner (i never got hurt but I know some that did, knife in the leg or in their foot)
2 - Stairs Jump. Basically this was who can jump from the highest step/stair without causing them-self any injury. I only ever tried this at home and would always loose to my elder brother until mother caught us one day and threatened us with the cane if we did it again.
3 - Play swings jump. The idea of this was to go to your local park where there were swings, swing as high as you can and then jump off. The person who went the highest, landed the furthers away from the swing and did not hurt themselves was the winner.
4 - Swing 360 - The winner was the one who could complete a full 360 on the swing, meaning you had to a do full rotation of going over the top swings bar. In my day this was extremely difficult because the swing seats were always made of thick heavy rubber/plastic and the seat was held to the frame by metal link chain, meaning it was extremely heavy, hence why the challenge.
5 - Soda can Challenge. The idea of this was to get any fizzy drinks can, shake it as hard as you can and then pierce a pencil size hole in it so the pressure is then released. You then place the can close to your mouth and see how long you can handle having the fizzy drink forced into your mouth. The strength of the liquid being forced out the can is meant to be so strong that your not able to swallow the liquid fast enough and thus you either gag or remove the can from your mouth causing the pressurised liquid to squirt over you. The winner was the one who cold hold the can against their mouth the longest.
What was your challenge when you was at school?