My favorite childhood toys were firecrackers, BB guns and matches, in any combination thereof.
We used to pour gasoline in toy race cars, then push them past a patch of burning gasoline on the driveway. Great fun!
Of course. Of course. Fire. Loud noise. Disintegrating things. Things that can be made into missiles which can be aimed.
Loud noises.
One time my mom brought us home from the swim club and within two minutes my little brother had the bushes in front of the house in flames and the fire department on the way.
He convinced everybody it was spontaneous combustion.
My little brother was gooood.
My favorite childhood toys were firecrackers, BB guns and matches, in any combination thereof.
Yup...
We also discovered the amazingness of dissolving Styrofoam in gasoline. It made a nice sticky, flammable ‘paste’. We’d twirl the end of a stick in it and you’d have quite a nice torch.
We’d also use it the paint the wood crosses we’d stand up in black neighborhoods. Light that up and it’s a great party! /sarc
And rock fights. Rock fights.
I was on a scholarship from the city...they were living the good life in a very wealthy town near the school.
And don't forget the pen knives we all carried to play mumbly peg?? That was grammar school.
Did you know that you can take a strike anywhere match, place it in the barrel of an empty BB gun, pump the gun up and fire at a hard target. The match will explode on impact just like a firecracker.
(Don’t try this at home)
(at least have a fire extinguisher nearby)
Yeah, I remember those days.
What me and my pal Joey used to do was duct tape a couple of M-80s
to the bottom of a frisbee, and then... never mind...
Mine included slingshots, baseball bats and any action figure with a gun. I thought light sabers were stupid.
You too! What a coincidence. Did you forgot about model rocket engines?