Comments on: ATTENTION ALL GROWNUPS.

ATTENTION ALL GROWNUPS.

Fat Elvis — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:13:41 -0800

"Your "inner child" has long been waiting for a chance to usurp control of your body and force it to perform certain actions. The time is now at hand. Read and follow the instructions below."

By: oissubke

oissubke — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:19:41 -0800

That saliva squirting trick is awesome. I just made a mess of my monitor.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:23:20 -0800

"Keep a pocketful of dimes and quarters with you at all times, and constantly leave them in knee-level weird places where only a child would ever look...In the coin slots of gumball-dispensers (give 'em a half-turn.) Imagine the eventual entertainment that will result." I often do that, because I remember being six or seven and finding that someone had left a coin in every single gumball machine at the supermarket, the discovery of which drove me out of my head with sheer joy.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:26:09 -0800

Gleeking, works best after a nice cold Coke. In high school I saw this done, not grade school. Thanks for refreshing the memories.

By: condour75

condour75 — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:34:05 -0800

WOW. I haven't yet mastered the voluntary gleek. But I will study with the commitment of a samurai apprentice. Great link Fat E!

By: yhbc

yhbc — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:44:11 -0800

I am NOT sniffing my monitor. For that matter, most of these are NSTDAW (not safe to do at work) unless you have a locking office door.

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:05:56 -0800

This is great! Just keeps going and going...Here's one of my own: Live in a place that has several inches of snow (like 8 or more). Arrange for a brief warming period that turns the top inch or so into an easily broken sheet of brittle ice. On a very clear and quiet night, punch out flat chunks of the surface part and send them skittering quickly across the frozen surface, kind of like shuffle board stones (or pucks or whatever they're called). As the pieces disintegrate the noise they make will go up in pitch. Throw a bunch at once and make John Cage music.

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:06:58 -0800

Here's one I haven't seen yet on the list (courtesy of my high school physics teacher): Lightly prick the tips of all ten fingers with a pin. Now, hold your arms out to the sides and spinreallyreallyfast. You can splatter the whole room with blood!

By: robbie01

robbie01 — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:46:42 -0800

Here's a favorite of mine, best to play (as they all are) on your more slow-witted friends:
Have someone sit up straight next to a table. Have them extend both arms in front of them, such that their fingertips *barely* reach the table when their arms are straight. Have them hold this position for a few moments. Now, have them keep one arm perfectly still and remind them to sit still and not move their back or either shoulder. Gently take their other arm and bend it at the elbow. Massage their elbow for about 5 seconds, and then carefully lay their arm back down into its original position. This arm will now be 1-2" shorter than the other arm. (you've basically just had them stretch out their tendons and then relaxed the tendons in one arm to get the effect.)

But it's much more fun to tell them it's permanent.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:49:26 -0800

hippugeek, thanks for a much needed laugh. and on preview, robbie, I'm trying that on my girlfriend tonight.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:27:07 -0800

great link. [this is good]

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:34:23 -0800

Good lord, I thought no one outside my family did the elbow trick! You know, of course, that if you kiss your elbow, you will turn into the opposite sex. This is assumed to be a permanent condition as well. This one isn't so much a body trick, but what the heck: Peel the stringy glue off the back of a catalog address thingy, and roll it up into a ball. Stick it high up on a wall (semi-gloss paint is best), and watch it slowly unravel and creep down the wall like a living booger.

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:20:22 -0800

[this is SO good]

By: ?!

?! — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:30:44 -0800

While standing in line or waiting in a metro station just place a few quarters or insert country appropriate coin here on your upraised elbow, snap, catch them in your hand and watch passersby stare with awe, envy, and irritation. Give coins to children who want to learn. This is best as a team demonstration. Also, when space is limited, catch off back of hand.

By: briank

briank — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:48:56 -0800

If I admit to having tried about 80% of these many times over the years, will you still love me?

By: wanderingmind

wanderingmind — Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:45:44 -0800

I love this link. I really do. Thank you (and yes, I've done several of these myself).