Crass or Painful
Scott Mclean
Nerves are not happy with me the last few days so here goes.
As I saw kids at the Y indulging in horse play, (Where did that phrase come from anyway?) I started thinking of the mean or crude things we do to each other in our youth.
On the crude side, you have the gas chamber or Dutch oven. This is where someone passes gas in bed and holds the covers over the other person’s head. This is unfortunately done a lot by adult kids. Quite often this results in one person sleeping on the couch.
Another is when someone passes gas into their cupped hand and throws it into another person’s face often called a snack pack. A container with a lid can be used to make a gas bomb where you ask someone else to look in the container and they get an unpleasant surprise. To be fair, most jokes like this are played by males.
Now to the painful pranks.
I think everyone is familiar with the painful prank called titty twister or purple nurple. Enough said.
There is also the act of poking or pinching someone often called goosing. Anyone who has been nipped by a goose knows where that came from.
There is the knuckles ground back and forth on the head that kids used to call Indian rub. Not sure whether Native Americans or people from the southwest Asian country should be offended.
One that we hopefully have out grown is the snuggle or wedgie. The real artists at this could almost bisect you with the crotch of your clothing.
Some pranks are more common in adults. One of the mechanics where my Dad worked showed me a fun trick. He would charge up an old ignition condenser and leave it on the workbench. He would then ask someone passing through to hand it to him. When the victim managed to touch the case of the condenser and the end of the wire at the same time, they got a violent shock. This led to cussing from one person and fits of laughter from the other.
My last example is one that makes you wonder how humans continue to reproduce and survive. For some unknown reason, males of our species have a fascination with hitting, kicking, or striking with other objects, each other’s family jewels. Somehow we still are around.
Please don’t go out and relive your childhood by committing any of these acts. Not many anyway!
Bye.