What is (are) the craziest thing(s) you've ever done?, And would you consider ever doing it again? Options

[lien]

Thought this might be fun...

[beau99]

Going to an all-day concert in the middle of August without sunscreen and water.

I felt quite shitty afterwards, but I'd do it again depending on who's playing.

[Senghe]

I'm so boring - I can't remember anything death wish crazy that I've ever done.

Nearest I got to it was last October when I did an 'old enough to know better but who gives a shit'. There was me, 36 years old and pushing the teenage kids out of the way to get to the front at an InMe gig, then singing dancing like a loon all night. Kids kept trying to push me out of the way, but I just deflected them with my elbows. Dave the lead singer kept looking me dead in the eye as I was right at his feet, but I don't know if he wondered what an old fart ws doing there or because I knew all the words to the obscure b-sides/half the new songs debuted on this tour (courtesy of YouTube) and I was pogoing and throwing the horns like a tit. He did tell us we were the best and most insane crowd all tour, so I think it was appreciated.

The crazy bits were I knew I was going to end up deaf for a week after as I could feel the hairs in my ears vibrating all night. I also only made the last train with about 3 minutes to spare and I'd have gladly missed it and had to take a £50 taxi ride home than miss the end of the gig. And I was in bed for about 3 days after as I can't stand the pace any more.

[edstipe]

When I was in high school I worked in the auditorium as part of the stage crew for any performances that were held there. We used to have "chicken" contests up in the attic/catwalk area in the ceiling of the auditorium. Basically, there was a hole cut into the ceiling that was used to project overhead lighting onto the stage. My fellow crew members and I would challenge each other to hang out of the hole as far as we would dare, with only the metal bar on which the lights were hung holding us for support. That basically meant wrapping my legs around the bar and hanging out past my waist, knowing full well that if my legs slipped I would plummet to a messy death. If you have ever looked up to the ceiling of an auditorium and realized how high up it is (over 100 feet) it would be pretty obvious why I consider it to be pretty crazy.

Other than that, I have done my fair share of streaking -- through streets, parties, fields, etc.

I also swam into a riptide at the beach once to rescue my younger brother who had been caught in it. It might not sound that crazy, but I don't know how to swim, so I was pretty lucky to have survived that.

I don't think I'd have the guts to do #1 again, but I'd have no problem with #2 or #3.

[Heather]

Hmm I haven't really done anything that crazy. I guess the craziest thing would be white water rafting on the Yough river in Western PA without a guide or a helmet. I did it a few years in a row back in my early twenties. Talk about an adreneline rush! I would do it again but I'm not sure I have the stamina for it anymore. I was in much better shape back then. It is one of my favorite memories though and I'm so glad I did it.

[Tabucky]

Swam in the ocean while drunk. Yes, I'm a dumbass.

But the best was a few years ago in Costa Rica. There was a beach where there were 15-foot waves, but the scary part was that the area to swim in was only about 15 feet wide itself, with sharp, craggy, giant rocks on the sides. There was also a fair amount of sharp rock on the ground underneath the water, and to top it all off, a pretty heavy riptide was occuring at the time. So of course, ignoring advice from my parents and the locals there, I went into the water when no-one was looking. It was insane, and it's safe to say I could've died many times while in there (I nearly got dragged into the rocks several times), but I got out when a wave toppled on me, knocking me down and giving me cuts on my back from hitting the ground. It was still really fun.

[Heather]

Swam in the ocean while drunk. Yes, I'm a dumbass.

But the best was a few years ago in Costa Rica. There was a beach where there were 15-foot waves, but the scary part was that the area to swim in was only about 15 feet wide itself, with sharp, craggy, giant rocks on the sides. There was also a fair amount of sharp rock on the ground underneath the water, and to top it all off, a pretty heavy riptide was occuring at the time. So of course, ignoring advice from my parents and the locals there, I went into the water when no-one was looking. It was insane, and it's safe to say I could've died many times while in there (I nearly got dragged into the rocks several times), but I got out when a wave toppled on me, knocking me down and giving me cuts on my back from hitting the ground. It was still really fun.

Yikes that is scary. I have had some scary times in the ocean myself. A couple of years back I got in the ocean and it was so rough I couldn't get back out! I kept on getting knocked down every time I tried. I eventually got out but it was kind of scary there for awhile. I think it may have been a riptide because the beach I was on is famous for them. Not to mention that section of the beach is also famous because a shark attack occured there a few years back! Needless to say I don't go out into the ocean quite as far as I used to.

I have also done the swimming while slightly drunk thing. That is really not a good idea! The ocean was nice and calm that day though.

[burd]

In 1992, a month or so after we graduated high school, my friend & I drove to Saratoga in her car (it was her first car and she just got it a week prior). We had no directions. We had no money (well, we THOUGHT we had money. We had $40 each and we bought 1/2 pound of turkey, a bag of rolls, a thing of mustard & some soda). We told our parents we were going to Great Adventure for the weekend, but in reality, we had GA tickets for U2's Actung Baby tour up at the Saratoga Raceway in NY. We told them the Great Adventure story because we tried asking if we could go to Saratoga & they said 'no' ... while we already had tickets.

We stopped at a police booth and asked if they had a map we could look at. We wrote out the most ridiculous directions and SOMEHOW made it to Saratoga a day and a half early. We camped out and made some cool friends. The first night we slept in the car in the parking lot of a hospital. We figured, they have vending machines, bathrooms, phones, and doctors. We have turkey sandwiches and 40 bucks. What could go wrong???

Luckily, the first night, nothing went wrong. We woke up, got out of the car to stretch, and turned around to see about 5 hospital employees staring at us. Nobody said a word as we went in to wash up in the bathrooms & grab some "breakfast" from the machine. Then they waved as we drove away. Again, with no words being exchanged.

We waited and waited and waited at the gates for the doors to open. Some local news crew came up to the front of the line where we were and wanted to interview us. My friend and I were like, "NOOOO WAY! We're supposed to be in JERSEY! If our parents see us on tv, we're FUCKED!"

Some dude came out with a bullhorn telling us where to line up and to prepare because they're going to open the gates. Now bear in mind this is at a racetrack where the only thing in town is, well, a fucking racetrack. So when they opened the gates, some big ass bell rang and someone on the PA system actually said, "AAAAAAND THEY'RE OFF!!!"

We ran. RAN. Ran like I've never run before. And we didn't know where we were going. We were just running around, randomly looking for racetrack staff pointing us in the right direction, screaming completely incoherently, no usable words at our grasp.

Then we saw it. Bono's catwalk. *GASP* We HAD to be at the catwalk after driving with no directions to fucking Saratoga with GA tickets for this tour, after lying to our parents about the entire weekend. We fucking flew. I don't remember it at all. I'm sure we bumped into people and maybe even knocked someone down ... but we made it. UP AGAINST THE CATWALK. They would be playing their little acoustic set THREE FEET FROM OUR FACES. NOTHING could pull us away from this spot. Nothing, of course, unless I decide to pass out.

So suddenly my friend and I are NOT at the catwalk, but at the Red Cross station. I have no idea what happened between drooling with anticipation knowing that Larry's conga drum would be *right*there* in a matter of hours, and hearing strangers under a tent call my name and make me drink water.

The show had not started yet, and there was NOOOO way we were getting back to the catwalk unless Bono himself dropped us off there. And even that promised potential of trampling. So we found an empty section of seats on the side of the main stage and stood there. Disposable Heros of Hypocracy, then Primus (FUCKING AWESOME) came out in pajamas hahahaha and then ... U2. With the tvs, and the lights, and the sunglasses, and Edge's handy-cam ... you know, before they went insane and forgot how to write new songs.

The concert was awesome. The drive home felt effortless. The next day at home, all hell broke loose. Two weeks later, I was supposed to take my car and head off to college. It turns out my mom and my friend's mom were MUCH smarter than we gave them credit for. They called Ticketmaster saying their daughters were missing ... "and can you please tell us what shows are going on in the area this weekend?"

"Well, ma'am, Carly Simon is here, Bonnie Raitt is there, blah blah is over here, bluu bluu is over there ... and U2 is at Saratoga Raceway."

Fuck me. Busted.

I was still off to college in two weeks, but I had to find my own way there because mom made me turn in my plates on my car. The car sat in the garage for a whole fucking year ... nobody drove it, nobody started it, for a whole year, it sat and rotted in my mom's garage. And then when I came home, a year later, my punishment continued and mom made me sell my car.

Later on we found out that some other group of kids our age were on a similar voyage. They didn't sleep at a hospital though. They slept at a rest stop on the NY Thruway and never made it to the show because someone broke into their car while they slept, beat them up, and took all their money.

We really lucked out and that is something I would DEFINITELY do again ... as long as I plan it properly. We were fucking stupid. But it was sooooo much fun.

[Kymra]

Holy Shit Janice!! Now THAT was a story. I can't believe how harsh your punishment was though, way too harsh!

Ok, mine was at a Six Flags in Darien Lake, NY. We were there to see Phil Lesh from the Dead. They sold a combo ticket where you could do the park during the day, and the concert at night. So basically a ton of hippies took over the park for the day. Well, we decided it would be fun to partake in the pyschedelic type of spirits and then attack the park.

Now, I have had a fixation with flying since I was a kid. I dream about being able to fly at will. I see that they have this ride where you are in a harness and hoisted up to the top of a huge pole ( in this case 180 ft.) and you pull a cord and you fly! It's like a giant pendulum type of thing. It costs extra too, about $50. I MUST do it, I say to my husband. Since he is sane, he recruited his best friend to go on it with me. We buy our tickets and we have to wait 1 hour.

In that hour, I start to get high. REALLY high. It's our turn to go up. So I am basically tied in with a series of straps and am standing on a teeny piece of plastic. Up we go... then we hear the voice on the PA say 'Pull the cord!' My friend does, but nothing happens. Oh shit. We are suspended 180 ft in the air above a pond, which now that i am above it I can see how shallow it really is. Not much more than a puddle, really. So the guy is yelling 'Pull it, pull it!' And my friend is trying and trying...then we hear STOP! Do NOT pull the cord. We are bringing you down......



We are lowered manually down to find that the operator had us hooked in wrong. If we had succeeded in pulling the cord, we'd have tumbled right out! Thank god my husband's friend is such a freaking WUSS!
They asked if we wanted to go back up... and I'm like Hells Yeah I haven't flown yet!! So we did, and indeed I flew

Did I metion this all happened while I was tripping?!?!?!?

I never said I was sane

Would I do it again? Probably.

[Smokin]

I have done some daft things in my time, surfed in shark infested waters off the Cape Coast, been taken around a race track in a race prepared car which meant no seat or seat belts, the driver just told me to brace my self, hold on to the roll cage and hold on extra tight when he braked.

But the best of all has to be Bungie Jumping. There is something about throwing yourself off a bridge with nothing but a big piece of elastic tied to your ankles. I have done it a few times but the best was off a bridge on the east coast of South Africa, it is a 216m (708ft) drop to the bottom. You have no idea how much goes thru your mind as you are falling!!

definatly a must for any adrenaline junkie!!

[burd]

Kymra's a buuuurd! I knew it!


This post has been edited by burd: Jan 17 2007, 6:53 am

[ladylakini17]

I'm so boring - I can't remember anything death wish crazy that I've ever done.

Nearest I got to it was last October when I did an 'old enough to know better but who gives a shit'. There was me, 36 years old and pushing the teenage kids out of the way to get to the front at an InMe gig, then singing dancing like a loon all night. Kids kept trying to push me out of the way, but I just deflected them with my elbows. Dave the lead singer kept looking me dead in the eye as I was right at his feet, but I don't know if he wondered what an old fart ws doing there or because I knew all the words to the obscure b-sides/half the new songs debuted on this tour (courtesy of YouTube) and I was pogoing and throwing the horns like a tit. He did tell us we were the best and most insane crowd all tour, so I think it was appreciated.

The crazy bits were I knew I was going to end up deaf for a week after as I could feel the hairs in my ears vibrating all night. I also only made the last train with about 3 minutes to spare and I'd have gladly missed it and had to take a £50 taxi ride home than miss the end of the gig. And I was in bed for about 3 days after as I can't stand the pace any more.

i love InMe!! lol

[ladylakini17]

Swam in the ocean while drunk. Yes, I'm a dumbass.

But the best was a few years ago in Costa Rica. There was a beach where there were 15-foot waves, but the scary part was that the area to swim in was only about 15 feet wide itself, with sharp, craggy, giant rocks on the sides. There was also a fair amount of sharp rock on the ground underneath the water, and to top it all off, a pretty heavy riptide was occuring at the time. So of course, ignoring advice from my parents and the locals there, I went into the water when no-one was looking. It was insane, and it's safe to say I could've died many times while in there (I nearly got dragged into the rocks several times), but I got out when a wave toppled on me, knocking me down and giving me cuts on my back from hitting the ground. It was still really fun.

dumbass

ah we should party! id hit the waves with ya!

[tswart1]

A decent amount of stuff I did in my younger yrs....

For starters...

Me and my friend once put 8 chocolate x-lax tabs in a couple of Ho-Hos and gave them to some kid on our JV team before his cross country race. Apparently he had to sprint off into the woods in the middle of the race. The bus ride home was smelly as well. At the time it was funny but it was so much he almost had to go to the ER. He was messed up for days.

[burd]

This isn't really crazy, and it wasn't me ... but I still think it's really funny.

You know those little spray guns that some kitchen sinks have? About 15 years ago, my little brother thought it would be funny to wrap a rubber band around it so it would stay on. The first thing my mom used to do after coming home from work was fill up a tea kettle in the sink. So one day, after work, in her silk suit hahahhaahaha she went to the sink to fill up her kettle, and she got soaked. She was so pissed hahahahaha still cracks me up.

My brother does some pretty funny stuff. Another little gem was when he & his buddies didn't have any cash, so they went to a gay bar in Manhattan & let guys buy them drinks all night hahaha