Join for free
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >
ruthio
Chatterbox
ruthio is offline
Southern UK
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 11,732
ruthio is female  ruthio has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:17 PM
1

Teenage High Jinks

OK confession time!

On the supermarket trolley thread I mentioned the phrase high jinks... let's not go into all that again...what did YOU do when you were 12 - 16 kind of age which could be described as high jinks.

Of course you were perfect!

But come on...confessions please, and did you get caught?!
Julie1962
Chatterbox
Julie1962 is offline
Surrey
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 42,846
Julie1962 is female  Julie1962 has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:34 PM
2

Re: Teenage High Jinks

Well breaking milk bottles was a craze when I was that age, on the way to school on the way back, most of us did it. Looking back no idea why ! But that and a bit of graphitti was as dangerous as we got.

My sisters were younger than me by time they got to that age the milk bottle craze was over but shop lifting cheap stupid things was the craze. Neither got caught neither stole anything expensive and neither would dream of doing it after that age.

I think we jump on kids too much these days forgetting what we did. Anyone says they did nothing must have had perfect lives or have forgotten the scrumping etc
May
Chatterbox
May is offline
SCOTLAND
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 8,549
May is female  May has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:41 PM
3

Re: Teenage High Jinks

I'm too old to remember that far back...and that's all I'm saying on the subject
Julie1962
Chatterbox
Julie1962 is offline
Surrey
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 42,846
Julie1962 is female  Julie1962 has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:47 PM
4

Re: Teenage High Jinks

Originally Posted by May ->
I'm too old to remember that far back...and that's all I'm saying on the subject
Might be best if it was bad silence says its own thing IMO
CeeCee
Senior Member
CeeCee is offline
UK
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,619
CeeCee is female  CeeCee has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:49 PM
5

Re: Teenage High Jinks

The worst things we did was chalking on the pavement (playing tracking) and scrumping apples. We would be out from dawn to dusk, but it was in the country, so we cycled many miles to surrounding villages, but never vandalised or damaged anything.

We were council house kids, but had parents who would have skinned us alive if we caused problems.

P.s. When I was raising my kids I was made aware that my daughter and her pals had been chalking all over the local cricket pavillion. She was made to take a bucket and brush and scrub every bit off. She is in her fifties now, but still remembers the humiliation of being seen cleaning up. She never did it again.
Artangel's Avatar
Artangel
Chatterbox
Artangel is offline
UK
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 21,097
Artangel is female  Artangel has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:53 PM
6

Re: Teenage High Jinks

Rat Tat Ginger on people's doors and running away.
Knocking on doors asking if a person (imaginary name) lived there!
Me wearing a long coat, sitting on someone's shoulders and knocking on doors!

Just innocent fun, never vandalising or destroying property.
Mups's Avatar
Mups
Chatterbox
Mups is offline
Northamptonshire
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 46,083
Mups is female  Mups has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 12:57 PM
7

Re: Teenage High Jinks

I can only remember doing door knocking then scarpering too, or scrumping apples. Like Art, I didn't ever vandalise or hurt anything.
Mags's Avatar
Mags
Supervisor
Mags is offline
South West UK
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 47,931
Mags is female  Mags has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 01:24 PM
8

Re: Teenage High Jinks

Was I ever 12-16?

I can't remember that long ago
Muddy's Avatar
Muddy
Chatterbox
Muddy is offline
UK
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 31,286
Muddy is female  Muddy has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 01:28 PM
9

Re: Teenage High Jinks

The worst I did was getting on ( other ) peoples horses in fields .
I loved horses and my parents could not afford riding lessons .
CeeCee
Senior Member
CeeCee is offline
UK
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,619
CeeCee is female  CeeCee has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
07-08-2017, 01:45 PM
10

Re: Teenage High Jinks

No horses, but we did used to try and ride the cows in the field next to our home. They were never keen to have us on their backs. Talk about "bucking broncos".
 
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >

Thread Tools


© Copyright 2009, Over50sForum   Contact Us | Over 50s Forum! | Archive | Privacy Statement | Terms of Use | Top

Powered by vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.