I was always doing something with fire when I was young. poured a couple gallons of Dad’s mower gas down a storm drain in the back ally and tossed a match in. Pretty flames shot out of that man hole and the next couple down the ally! Another time, made rocket fuel on Mom’s stove. Melted saltpeter and sugar in a tin can (The old kind, with soldered seams and ends.) on the burner. Solder melted! Ruined stove, burned wall paper behind the stove, burned “popcorn” off spot on ceiling, spilled on floor and burned carpet, filled house with smoke!
Worst I’ve ever done was prying open our Big Ben alarm clock to see “what made it tick”. The spring sprung out, the clock was ruined, but my parents were OK with it, because I was curious. I was worried there for a while though. No…worst was siphoning gas from a farmer’s tank, curious to see how a siphon works. Was burping up gas fumes all night. A big mistake. Dad was mad because I was stealing gas.
We have a 300 foot long driveway. When we had the house built, I wanted to have center-line lighting installed with sequencing flashes rolling towards the garage (it’s called a “rabbit”). My wife nixed the idea: too close to the airport.
One summer, it was my job to water the front lawn. I would sit on the porch with the hose sprayer and make sure the whole lawn was covered. Then I’d spell out “TOM” a couple times. (Tentoes would not have fit) Sure enough! Before long you could read my name in the grass. Dad thought it was clever. Mom was not amused. The next year Dad watered the front lawn.
I have lots of lawn, and passenger airplanes from two airports often fly over at a low altitude. I’ve been really tempted to write “Hi” with fertilizer more than once. The elderly neighbors called in a panic, once, because they’d heard a huge explosive noise on their roof. I went over. No damage, thank heavens, so I doubted it was a meteorite. My guess was blue ice, aka a poopcicle, from one of those planes.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
SAVE ME!
codycab over 4 years ago
DO A BARREL ROLL!!!
sirbadger over 4 years ago
Maybe he was planning to write “Welcome to” and then write the wrong city name just to confuse pilots and passengers.
SHIVA over 4 years ago
And everybody thinks he’s so cute & precocious!!
Johnny Q Premium Member over 4 years ago
True story: When Marlon Brando was a schoolboy he wrote the word ‘sh**’ on the blackboard in kerosene and set it on fire!
Red33410 over 4 years ago
Last frame:“The little MFer isn’t going to tell me what he wanted to write!”
su43dipta over 4 years ago
C+H 4EVA
incognito over 4 years ago
I do…
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
At least he asked, my brothers would have just done it. They once made rag balls, set them alight and played catch over the top of the house.
Algolei I over 4 years ago
“Land here, free parking!”
jagedlo over 4 years ago
yep, Dad…some things are better left unsaid!
cubswin2016 over 4 years ago
I bet Dad wants to know and won’t admit it.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Actually, now I’m curious.
rmercer Premium Member over 4 years ago
“ALIENS LAND HERE!”
colddonkey over 4 years ago
As kids we wrote big words in the snow at winter time. Only trouble was the path from the words led to home. Boy oh boy my father was not happy.
chick485 over 4 years ago
I was always doing something with fire when I was young. poured a couple gallons of Dad’s mower gas down a storm drain in the back ally and tossed a match in. Pretty flames shot out of that man hole and the next couple down the ally! Another time, made rocket fuel on Mom’s stove. Melted saltpeter and sugar in a tin can (The old kind, with soldered seams and ends.) on the burner. Solder melted! Ruined stove, burned wall paper behind the stove, burned “popcorn” off spot on ceiling, spilled on floor and burned carpet, filled house with smoke!
Jeff0811 over 4 years ago
Or as they said on Gilligan’s Island, “Look, S-O-L, Sol, they’re honoring you.”
Ray_C over 4 years ago
Worst I’ve ever done was prying open our Big Ben alarm clock to see “what made it tick”. The spring sprung out, the clock was ruined, but my parents were OK with it, because I was curious. I was worried there for a while though. No…worst was siphoning gas from a farmer’s tank, curious to see how a siphon works. Was burping up gas fumes all night. A big mistake. Dad was mad because I was stealing gas.
dflak over 4 years ago
We have a 300 foot long driveway. When we had the house built, I wanted to have center-line lighting installed with sequencing flashes rolling towards the garage (it’s called a “rabbit”). My wife nixed the idea: too close to the airport.
FrannieL Premium Member over 4 years ago
SOS1
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
Whatever he wrote, the “E” would be backwards…
jrankin1959 over 4 years ago
Just as well…
rshive over 4 years ago
Our family house was right in the landing pattern of the local airport. We waved at the pilots as they came and went.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 4 years ago
“Don’t be ridiculous” … Calvin’s mission is to be ridiculous.
mistercatworks over 4 years ago
Perhaps “dangeously unsupervised child”?
carlzr over 4 years ago
Calvin just asking for a can of gas is reason enough for his father to say “No!”
33Angel over 4 years ago
Yes you do, Dad…
kab2rb over 4 years ago
No you do not want to know.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
OK, then; can I borrow your laser pointer?
1MadHat Premium Member over 4 years ago
War & Peace.
Tentoes over 4 years ago
One summer, it was my job to water the front lawn. I would sit on the porch with the hose sprayer and make sure the whole lawn was covered. Then I’d spell out “TOM” a couple times. (Tentoes would not have fit) Sure enough! Before long you could read my name in the grass. Dad thought it was clever. Mom was not amused. The next year Dad watered the front lawn.
BiggerNate91 over 4 years ago
Can I just point out that Calvin is still awake at 8:00 at night?
Redd Panda over 4 years ago
Send lawyers guns and money.
marilynnbyerly over 4 years ago
I have lots of lawn, and passenger airplanes from two airports often fly over at a low altitude. I’ve been really tempted to write “Hi” with fertilizer more than once. The elderly neighbors called in a panic, once, because they’d heard a huge explosive noise on their roof. I went over. No damage, thank heavens, so I doubted it was a meteorite. My guess was blue ice, aka a poopcicle, from one of those planes.
oakie817 over 4 years ago
I do
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
“TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER—-PLEASE?”
anomaly over 4 years ago
“Empty your tanks!”
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 4 years ago
I want to know!
Bring da bling almost 3 years ago
Or maybe he meant something else, it was probably saying, Aliens do not fear, you are safe here
Loki91308 over 2 years ago
NEW DAD WANTED, maybe..