I am so glad I'm not a kid today.

[Ichiban]

I'd probably still be in jail for some of the fun stuff I did.  Here I thought taking risks and doing stupid stuff was part of growing up.

Georgia Teens Accused of Detonating 10 Small Bombs in Backyard of House
SNELLVILLE, Ga. -- Five teenagers face felony charges after being arrested on suspicion of making and detonating up to 10 bombs in the backyard of a house in Snellville, Ga., about 25 miles east of Atlanta, WSB-TV reports.

Snellville Police Det. Jim McDonald said the teens, ages 16 to 19, had made the small bombs using water bottles, bathroom cleaning fluids and aluminum foil.

He said officers found the remnants of 10 exploded devices in the backyard of the house.
"The container expands and pretty much just blows up," McDonald told the station.

Officers had surrounded the house with guns drawn after a neighbor rang police fearing someone was being shot.

The five teens face felony charges for possessing and manufacturing destructive devices, while two parents at the house will be charged with unruly conduct after telling police they thought the teens' bomb-making exploits were "harmless fun."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/28/georgia-teens-accused-detonating-10-small-bombs-in-backyard-house/?test=latestnews

Maybe they should have found some place a little more isolated.

[Magoo541]

Yep, I'd done some time too... I emptied out sparkling fireworks and put it in a CO2 cartridge with a fuse.  My brothers, both younger, and I were talking about it this summer in fact, good times

[Hazcat]

I think most of us here would have been in jail if'n we wuz born today and did what we did 'then'.

[TAB]

I think most of us here would have been in jail if'n we wuz born today and did what we did 'then'.

remember when I said all of us are felons, just have not been cuaght yet...  this is exactly what I am talking about.


I feel bad for my son, he won't be able to any of the stuff I did as a kid.

[Swamp Yankee]

Hey Magoo I did something similar just used black powder instead. Also made a bunch of other things that made very loud noises  with other kitchen ingredients that I will not mention. The best thing we made  we called a polish cannon It was made with a Pringles can and a Pony beer can duct taped together add some lighter fluid and a tennis ball, boy those things would fly when set off just had to make sure no one stood behind you as the beer can some times flew off in the other direction. Unfortunately Pringles changed the diameter of the cans and it will no longer work.

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[ellis4538]

NOT ME HAZ........never got caught!  LOL

Richard

[twyacht]

Downright scary to think I would now be a "multiple" 10 times, over convicted felon, for the stuff we did as kids...

Pool-Acid, Plastic Coke Bottle, Foil,....guaranteed to kill your neighbors beautiful grass in a 10ft. circle down to where the dirt was deemed unusable.

It was our version of "crop circles"...

I guess blowing up mail boxes, and setting off smoke bombs on our school bus going home would also be a felony today,...

Generally, after my corporal punishment was administered at school, (why we don't do this anymore is truly sad), and my Dad exercising with his aerodynamic corporate leather belt on my butt, I never did that crap again....

It was fun at the time,..though,....

How about a parental ass whoopin' and work camp, for these kids,...take them to a working cattle, chicken, whatever farm, and "volunteer" for 12 hours a day on weekends, for a while,....

Oh, but that would be excessive,.......

Felony? C'mon,...

[alfsauve]

Officers had surrounded the house with guns drawn after a neighbor rang police fearing someone was being shot.

RANG?  RANG?   Who's the author?   We don't say "RANG". We "called" or "phoned".

[tombogan03884]

The Cleaner and tin foil reaction generates a dangerous acid residue, but the kids would face the same charges if they had used dry ice and water.
Pathetic.

[Solus]

The Pringles Syndrome ...  that is what ails our society today.