Has the world finally gone fu**in mad

[Cykik]

Does emptying a 12bore cartridge into a saucer & lighting wiv a match count?

[Mick_J]

Horse, I've got both hands up and a few more besides except number 13 
I have even played conkers without full PPE

[Horse]

There's  no doubt we have had a great (relatively) war free period (baby boomer) and freedoms kids nowdays dream about. My 22 year old often says he envys our era when I get together with mates and the stupid storys start, he wonders where he's gonna get his storys from in this politically correct world.

The funny part is the "dangers" we faced like dirt and risk made our immune systems stronger and us more resilient and the sad part about it is in hindsight the list of youth folleys I indicated has now probably got me on some watch list , yes the world is very different place than 40 years ago,
Have a great Easter break (woops that's not PC either!!)
   

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Nearly all of them...funny thing is we never gave it a second thought, it was all just part of  growing up.

I'm trying to let my kids have the same sort of experiences, just not always possible , so yes, the world has gone bonkers 

[Tally]

I was born in 63  and yes I've done all those things and more besides like before the biggest housing estate we have it was all empty fields and waste dumps we turned into a scramble track and we would ride anything we could lay our hands on . C50's 70's,90's dt125's,175's , my mate had an old tank of a bultaco which seized mid-air on a jump  causing him to be thrown over the handlebars on landing ,no crash helmet,or riding gear , got up dusted himself off and lived to tell the tale . Nowadays if you did that you would surrounded by 3000 cops and a helicopter over head.

[Basil Brush]

Horse - I managed 20. Again born in 63. I'm convinced the human race is mutating. Look at all those dietary things nowadays. In my day - you never heard a thing. Just ate stuff.

Oh. I used to live near a RAF bombing range that was alongside cliffs. We used to go along and hurl these things all over the place. Taking spent shells home. Now? They scour the beach every day with a vehicle. In case anyone comes to any harm - crying out loud what we used to get up to.

Best craze a school. Two bolts. One nut. Fold about a dozen caps. Put in centre of nut. Bolt a bolt either end. And hurl the thing skywards. When it hits the ground it explodes. We survived bolts flying across the school yard...

[Horse]

Basil ,
         So called "Bolt Bombs" were a favourite in aus in the 60/70s as well, used to use match heads ,caps were a bit fancy in my day we were probably a little lucky that the resultant projectile never took out an eye but the fact remains no one died from these events.
         They cancelled guy fawkes day in the 70s as death was imminent you gotta love being nursemaided to death!! 

[Kiwifruit]

Rebels all of you ..........how totally irresponsible !!

Years ago Santa was banned from throwing lollies for the kids at the Christmas Santa Parade.
Just imagine if a lolly had hit a kid in the eye or a kid got trampled by some fat bastard parent diving for a toffee.

After the tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ has hit the PC button big time.

[Basil Brush]

Basil ,
         So called "Bolt Bombs" were a favourite in aus in the 60/70s as well, used to use match heads ,caps were a bit fancy in my day we were probably a little lucky that the resultant projectile never took out an eye but the fact remains no one died from these events.
         They cancelled guy fawkes day in the 70s as death was imminent you gotta love being nursemaided to death!!

That's 'em!! Never thought of using match heads. Nice one.

Funniest thing I ever saw. Game of footie at dinner hour. Bloke with a box of matches on his jeans arse pocket - you know what's coming next. Ball slams into his arse. Pocket goes up. It still makes my eyes water thinking about it...  non of us got harmed - much...

[MarkN]

@horse
I was born in 1961 and I can proudly say that I did 23 things from your list...
We did shoot at each other with air rifles too AND make gunpowder...And I once hit a railway line warning detonator with a hammer

And I'm still alive to tell the tales 

Two years younger than you Froudy and I did 20 of these things - regularly. You can't fix stupid so just get rid of the signs and let those at the shallow end of the gene pool to it. As for suing companies ie McDonald's in the hot coffee debacle, perhaps the courts should be telling these idiots, and their lawyers, to f@ck right off

[VladTepes]

I recall using a .22LR rifle to shoot targets in my mates garden... from his bedroom window !

No cops. no black helicopters, no neighbourhood paranoia, nobody hurt.

[Tony Nitrous]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6915463/Peanut-butter-brand-withdrawn-shelves-jar-doesnt-warn-contains-nuts.html

I just thought of this thread.

My wife has some sleeping pills that she occasionally uses.

On the box was the warning "May Cause Drowsiness".

No shit Sherlock!!

[KiwiCol]

You'd bloody hope so! That's what you paid for.

[Red Biker]

In the U.S. (of course) there was a guy who tried to sue the makers of his RV as it crashed when he put it on 'Cruise control' and went for a nap in the back!!! 

[lawrie]

Me & she who must be obeyed often stop & try any little cafe we come across on our travels, no matter where, so, one day last year we were in a pleasant little roadside eatery, enjoying our whatevers, when behind us some woman started ranting on, loud so everyone heard,
'Well, I don't even have this at home, so I CERTAINLY not having it here',  she screams,  poor old waitress was getting it in the neck, then the 'chef' came out, he got both barrels as well, & of course everybody bent their necks to investigate.
What was the fuss about, THEY'D LEFT THE FAT ON HER BACON FOR CHRISTS SAKE!!  Come on cafes, get your act together, no wonder blighty is up shit-creek.