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LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts)
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:18 AM Jul 2022

Do you ever think back on all of the strange shit that has happened to you in your life?

Either that, or reflect on some minor thing that you did a long time ago that still makes you cringe and get embarrassed?

I have two stories that I am thinking about today that you may or may not find entertaining. All of this stuff happened when I was a kid.

1) One night, I was really hungry. It was kind of past my bedtime, and I had not had much to eat that day. This was before my dad passed away, so I was probably 9 or 10 years old. My parents were either sleeping, or busy with something in another part of the house.

I went to the refrigerator, and there wasn't much in there. But there was some cream cheese. And a jar of jelly. And we had some white bread. So I got the idea to make a cream cheese and jelly sandwich. I had never heard of such a thing, but I decided to make that sandwich. I took a bite of the sandwich, and it was like I went to food heaven. I couldn't believe my luck. It was the best thing I ever tasted. The gates of food heaven had opened up for just me, and Food Jesus was standing there, beckoning me to come inside. I felt like I had struck gold or something.

I ate the sandwich, went to our rotary dial phone, and called my friend. His father answered the phone. I said IS JOHN THERE? His father said "well, he's sleeping Lucky". PLEASE WAKE HIM UP, IT'S URGENT! So John's father went and got him, and John came to the the phone and sleepily said "hello"? JOHN DO YOU HAVE ANY CREAM CHEESE? What? GO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY CREAM CHEESE AND JELLY AND MAKE A CREAM CHEESE AND JELLY SANDWICH!!! YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!! THEY'RE DELICIOUS!!! TRUST ME, IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FAVORITE FOOD. John hung up on me.

2) I lived in an urban area where the houses were close together. My side yard was only a strip of grass about 8 feet wide, and right next to my side yard was our neighbors driveway. I went out in the side yard one day, and there was a dead pigeon laying in my neighbors driveway. I got upset when I saw it. I approached it slowly to look at it. It was covered with those little brown ants. I started crying because I felt bad for the pigeon.

I went and got a shovel and dug a shallow hole in my side yard, scooped the pigeon up with the shovel, put him in the hole, and buried him.

There was this psychopath kid that lived across the street from me, and I noticed that he was standing on his front porch, watching me. The kid was a year or two older than me.

I buried the pigeon, and put a small flat rock there to mark the grave. I also made a little cross out of some twigs, and stuck it in the ground, near the rock.

When I went back into the house, I heard something outside. I looked out the kitchen window, and the psycho across the street was at the bird's grave, digging it up with his bare hands. I yelled out the window LEAVE THE BIRD ALONE! He yelled back at me I CAN FIX HIM. I'M A BIRD DOCTOR.

I ran back outside, and by the time I got there, he was standing there holding the dead pigeon, cupping it in both of his hands. I started screaming DROP THE BIRD! DROP THE BIRD! Then I started punching him in the forearms. He dropped the pigeon and we got in a terrible, bloody fight. As we both were standing there looking at each other, our noses and mouths bleeding, both of us breathing heavily, he picked up the bird and threw it as hard as he could at me. It smacked me right in the teeth. Then he ran home. I buried the pigeon again.

Happy 4th of July to you all. And in case I forget to wish you this in a few months, I tell you now. Merry December 25th.

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Do you ever think back on all of the strange shit that has happened to you in your life? (Original Post) LuckyCharms Jul 2022 OP
that was my favorite sandwich as a kid. w homemade grape jelly. mopinko Jul 2022 #1
Forgive yourself, mopinko. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #4
sadly true. mopinko Jul 2022 #12
I liked cream cheese and orange marmalade on white bread empedocles Jul 2022 #18
that's a real good combo. mopinko Jul 2022 #19
Now I have a yen, for the [orange covered ice cream] creamsicle empedocles Jul 2022 #23
Umm. Did John try the sandwich the next day? intrepidity Jul 2022 #2
If memory serves, I think he eventually tried it, LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #7
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! Ptah Jul 2022 #3
DROP THE BIRD!!!! LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #5
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #11
Well, the fact that I'm still alive at 55 is pretty strange to me if I'm honest ... Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2022 #6
I hear you. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #9
... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #14
Same. And most people don't believe it. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2022 #17
So your parents True Dough Jul 2022 #8
I want to blaze one up so bad... LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #10
OK, that bird doctor kid needs help FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #13
We were served that at a friend's party once. It really is good. He used the green. tblue37 Jul 2022 #20
Not everyone can say they beat up Benny Hinn. dameatball Jul 2022 #15
I used to spend the night with my grandmother a lot. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2022 #16
I've been told I should write a book about my weird life Bayard Jul 2022 #21
Oh yeah ... Auggie Jul 2022 #22
I was about 22, and riding my motorcyle on a quiet street near my home, at a low empedocles Jul 2022 #24
When the crazy stops, I'll let you know. nt Akoto Jul 2022 #25
Yep. The older I get, the more I think of stupidity in my life. Eh, whaddya gonna do? 634-5789 Jul 2022 #26
Those stories are classics. Thanks for sharing. SharonClark Jul 2022 #27
From time to time I think about that strange shit gratuitous Jul 2022 #28
When I lived in Texas, a party favorite was a block of cream cheese Trailrider1951 Jul 2022 #29

mopinko

(70,121 posts)
1. that was my favorite sandwich as a kid. w homemade grape jelly.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:22 AM
Jul 2022

cant top the second one. but i once told a joke at the expense of a friend's teenager, and i've never rly forgiven myself for that one.

LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts)
4. Forgive yourself, mopinko.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:27 AM
Jul 2022

It happens to the best of us. There is not a person alive who has not done something they regret. We're only human, after all.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
23. Now I have a yen, for the [orange covered ice cream] creamsicle
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 12:55 PM
Jul 2022

Couple of weeks ago, I shared a quart of orange flavored whole milk, with my 6 yr old granddaughter - the most I've enjoyed milk in a long time. [Not a big milk drinker. Save my dairy quota for vanilla custard ice cream].

intrepidity

(7,307 posts)
2. Umm. Did John try the sandwich the next day?
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:26 AM
Jul 2022

I need the follow-up on that, to get the dead pigeon feather taste out of my mouth.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
6. Well, the fact that I'm still alive at 55 is pretty strange to me if I'm honest ...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:28 AM
Jul 2022

I've done way too much dangerous stuff to have emerged unscathed by any rights, and yet I pretty much have.

And I don't even wanna get into how much embarrassing shit I've done over my life

LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts)
9. I hear you.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:31 AM
Jul 2022

I've done some shit that if I typed it out, I'd get banned from DU. Nothing illegal, but rather, dangerous and embarrassing.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
14. ...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 11:04 AM
Jul 2022

I've got at least a decade on you and I don't have anything I would add to your statement other than,

"...and I don't want to talk about it."



Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
17. Same. And most people don't believe it.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 11:21 AM
Jul 2022

I come across as an upstanding citizen and perhaps a little buttoned up. Oh if people only knew half the shit I've done and gotten away with.

True Dough

(17,305 posts)
8. So your parents
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:31 AM
Jul 2022

did name you LuckyCharms. And here I thought that it was just your DU handle!

Happy 4th of July to you too, LC. Light one up today (a firework or a blunt, your choice).


LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts)
10. I want to blaze one up so bad...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:33 AM
Jul 2022

but I'll get the munchies and spend the whole day eating garbage food. So I think I'll just plant some flowers instead.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,434 posts)
13. OK, that bird doctor kid needs help
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:40 AM
Jul 2022

But I completely agree about the sandwich. I've never made such a sandwich, but one of the easiest hors d'ouvres to have while guests are drinking before dinner is to put a glob of cream cheese on a ritz cracker and top it with pepper jelly. The mild red is good, but I like the slightly-hotter green jalapeno jelly best. No matter how big a tray I make of those, they all get eaten every time.

I may have to try the sandwich sometime.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
16. I used to spend the night with my grandmother a lot.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 11:11 AM
Jul 2022

She didn’t have air conditioning in her house.

One hot summer night, we were deciding what to eat, and looked in the fridge and found red jello and ice cream. We mixed it together, put it back in the freezer for 30 minutes. We had the most delicious dinner!

In that same kitchen…one Saturday before Easter Sunday, I was at my grandmother’s and she told me to watch the eggs (2 dozen) that she was boiling for egg dyeing. I said okay. I see some kids playing wiffle ball next door, forgot the eggs, and went to join them. About 30 minutes later, we start hearing the explosions.

2 dozen eggs exploded all over my grandmother’s kitchen! Ceiling, floor, window, walls…eggs were everywhere. I got in so much trouble.

Stay away from trouble today!

Bayard

(22,099 posts)
21. I've been told I should write a book about my weird life
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 12:14 PM
Jul 2022

But it would have to be written as fiction--no one would believe it!

When I was maybe 7 years old, our age group was picked to be the choir on Easter. We were all in our little white robes over our Easter finery, behind the velvet half-curtains up front. This was an old Baptist church with no air conditioning. I passed out cold about half-way through the service. The preacher dragged me out from under the curtains by my feet, and my poor Dad had to march down front and carry me out.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
24. I was about 22, and riding my motorcyle on a quiet street near my home, at a low
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 01:18 PM
Jul 2022

speed, enjoying the neighborhood - when a car suddenly turned in front of me!
No time to react. Just flew, slowly upside down, past the car driver's sideview mirror.
No helmet.
Landed on my right lat muscle, rolling across to my left hip.
Noticed people gaping at me, as I slowly got up.
Shrugged it off, to the horrified driver and his wife. He said, he somehow never say me.
Walked the bike home.
Found out weeks later I had a tear in my lat, that I just occasionally feel decades later, sometime with damp chill weather.
Never rode a motorcycle again - still cringe at the label, 'death machine'.
Uncomfortably, think of that, when I see a relative who owns a large motorcyle store. He was inspired to
motorcycles by the cycle ride I gave him when he was young. [Only said to him, 'had an accident'.

I'm still in awe, of the role the vagaries of chance and luck play, in life . . . and, in my life

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
28. From time to time I think about that strange shit
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 03:55 PM
Jul 2022

Then I murmur a fervent prayer of thanks that it happened before the Internet and before viral videos. What strikes me these days is not so much that people video themselves doing extremely foolish things, but that they put it on the Internet. I'd try to keep that shit hidden away forever.

Sorry, no salacious stories that I'm sharing with the masses. Because, uh, there aren't any. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
29. When I lived in Texas, a party favorite was a block of cream cheese
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 07:08 PM
Jul 2022

topped with jalapeno jelly, served with corn chips for dipping.

But since I moved to Washington State, I can't find jalapeno jelly. Bummer.

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