What do you miss about being a kid?

Archeron · 07-07-2006 04:07PM #1

Earlier today, I just had a flashback to when I was ickle, and I used to grab my giant bucket of lego, and head for the jungle at the back of the garden to build myself a city. I used to love just sitting there pretending to run an empire, and its amazing how involved you actually got with these games!! To be honest, even though I'm now 29, I would probably still enjoy doing this if it werent for the fact that you'd probably get locked up in a mental institution. Instead I just play the PS2 (and build virtual empires

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What do you miss most about being ickle?

poggy · 07-07-2006 04:10PM

off all summer and watchin cartoons for the whole thing,
would do that now if i could get away with it!!

EWheelChair · 07-07-2006 04:12PM

Not having a care in the world.. not having to think about the future or anything.

soupie · 07-07-2006 04:13PM

used to love playing with dinkys(cars) lying out all over the sitting room floor making a traffic jam runnin into the three storie garage with a car park, supermarket and petrol pump.

Again I'd love to do it now but white jackets dont suit me!

Sparky · 07-07-2006 04:14PM

Not having to pay bills.
Always having that buzz feeling by staying out a little late.

Winters · 07-07-2006 04:15PM

Yea .. not having debt or bills to worry about.

Stupid growing up!
*grumbles*

Donegal Lass · 07-07-2006 04:16PM

actually wanting to get up at 7 in the morning!!:rolleyes:

Ruu_Old · 07-07-2006 04:17PM

Having no bills to pay like the others have said, everything seemed so easier. Playing football all day in the summer months and not having to get up.

Miss Fluff · 07-07-2006 04:22PM

Santa Claus - still haven't quite got over the fact he doesn't exist

Beetlebum · 07-07-2006 04:25PM

Archeron wrote:

Earlier today, I just had a flashback to when I was ickle, and I used to grab my giant bucket of lego, and head for the jungle at the back of the garden to build myself a city. I used to love just sitting there pretending to run an empire, and its amazing how involved you actually got with these games!! To be honest, even though I'm now 29, I would probably still enjoy doing this if it werent for the fact that you'd probably get locked up in a mental institution. Instead I just play the PS2 (and build virtual empires )

What do you miss most about being ickle?

That's so sweet, you just made me smile:o

Ruu_Old · 07-07-2006 04:26PM

Miss Fluff wrote:

Santa Claus - still haven't quite got over the fact he doesn't exist

What do you mean doesn't exist?:eek:

Miss Fluff · 07-07-2006 04:28PM

Beetlebum wrote:

That's so sweet, you just made me smile:o

Me too. A very, very cute thread btw

crosstownk · 07-07-2006 04:31PM

Oh yeah - the summer holidays were brilliant. We'd head off to the 'back field' which was a building site and get jaunts in the JCBs from the builders. We'd 'help' the bin men and then get a spin on the back of the truck - the smell didn't bother us. We'd arrive home filthy for dinner and afterwards we'd play football on the green til dark. No bills and no worries..............

Pigman II · 07-07-2006 04:37PM

Being easier to impress.

mike65 · 07-07-2006 04:37PM

EWheelChair wrote:

Not having a care in the world.. not having to think about the future or anything.

Second that, load of time loads of freedom.

Mike.

the Shades · 07-07-2006 04:42PM

Water fights against all the other kids on nice summer evenings.

Vokes · 07-07-2006 04:51PM

The summers out playing footie till it was pitch black

Wertz · 07-07-2006 04:52PM

Feeling rich when all you had was a pound note in your pocket

Getting up to watch saturday morning TV (which is utter crap now even if you are a kid from what I've seen)

Getting off school for the summer holidays.

Christmas morning.

Water fights and general mischief...rarely happens if ever as an adult in day to day life.

The Saint · 07-07-2006 04:56PM

How days seemed to last a life time.
The smell of mothers apple pie cooling on the window sill.
Running through the fields chasing butterflies.
How every day was an adventure.
How the neighbourhood seemed to be extent of your world and anything beyind it was dangerous and unknown.

How great it was not to write gay posts.

projectmayhem · 07-07-2006 04:57PM

not having to buy a DVD to enjoy transformers or teenage mutant ninja turtles, because they're on tv... all the time

Ballerina · 07-07-2006 05:19PM

aw this thread makes me sad that im not a kid anymore

basically EVERYTHING thats been said plus not knowing what death was and also thinking your parents knew everything about everything and could protect you from everything

although,at seventeen,im still young and half a three month holiers so....:p

Kernel · 07-07-2006 05:24PM

Breastfeeding.

Adam · 07-07-2006 05:35PM

Way to spoil the mood Kernel!

Everything mentioned, and playing tennis on the street every time wimbledon came round, and setting up our own world cup when it was on and playing out the matches after watching them...

This thread makes me sad also

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 07-07-2006 05:37PM

Being so accepting, meeting some new kid who lives 'round the corner and just like that you're best friends... where in adult life it seems to take years of knowing someone and even then you have to make them fill out the forms.
And that's if you even like them... after all, you've had years to think about all the traits you dislike in people... and they've had years to become very fúcked up individuals themselves... the friend checklist seems to grow in complexity year on year.

All the other stuff aswell that you can't do as an adult... like go out and cycle your bike around the neighbourhood in your underpants swinging a tennis racket around... you'd be locked up.
I dunno, maybe if I'm drunk one night I'll give it a go.

Though having said that... there were a lot of really shítty things about being a kid aswell... having to beg your parents to buy you things you wanted.
Being an adult and having your own money... especially if you've got a good disposable income can absolutely rawkx0rz.

Wertz · 07-07-2006 05:39PM

Oh oh, kicking the crap out of your mates after watching a Bruce Lee movie

Oh and camping in the back garden.

Chakar · 07-07-2006 05:40PM

EWheelChair wrote:

Not having a care in the world.. not having to think about the future or anything.

That pretty much sums it up for me

Kernel · 07-07-2006 05:41PM

fade_to_grey wrote:

Way to spoil the mood Kernel!

Ah ok then, I miss playing football and running about for 5 hours solid and still feeling fine the next day. And summer holidays that seemed to last forever while you hang around with your mates. Oh, and I miss the Amiga.

There, nostalgia!

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 07-07-2006 05:41PM

Wertz wrote:

Oh and camping in the back garden.

lol yeah, what was that all about, eh?

:rolleyes:
Was fantastic fun, but I can't remember why.

seamus · 07-07-2006 05:43PM

Definitely the summer holidays. Just going out on the nice sunny days, calling over to your friends and finding fun stuff to do all day.

Bliss!

Sengoku79 · 07-07-2006 05:47PM

The cartoons were the best!
Transformers, Thundercats, Mask, etc

Your first kiss, just the sheer innocence and thrill of it even though it was only a peck.

Adam · 07-07-2006 05:49PM

Kernel wrote:

Ah ok then, I miss playing football and running about for 5 hours solid and still feeling fine the next day. And summer holidays that seemed to last forever while you hang around with your mates. Oh, and I miss the Amiga.

There, nostalgia!

Ah the Amiga...

I

Amiga!!!

What do you miss about being a kid?

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