Crazy Kid Stuff!!!!!

[BL_RV0]

When I was 11 my friend and I thought it would be "cool" to make a human catapult. We built the thing over the next couple of weeks and somehow my mom never found out about it. We tested it by firing watermelons and pumpkins into an open field. Worked amazingly. They flew about 220 feet. Here is the stupid part. My friend and I lived on a steep hill right next to each other, and he lived below me and had a swimming pool. The plan was that I would get into the catapult and make the ~70ft journey from my back yard to his pool. Really bad idea. We added about 20 more bungee cords for extra power. I massively overshot. I flew about 150' and landed on his roof. I was knocked unconscious and rolled off the 2 story roof onto the concrete 20' down. I don't remember anything for 5 days after that, I was in the hospital. I broke both of my legs, both arms, and nearly broke my neck in such a way that I almost died. It was a weird experience, I had 5 months of physical therapy, and I'm back to normal 10 surgeries and 4 years later...

[JERRY2KONE]

DUDE I am sorry to hear about how badly you were hurt. I hope that it makes you think a little harder before doing anything out of the ordinary. Wow what an experience. Best wishes to you for a full life.

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

When I was 11 my friend and I thought it would be "cool" to make a human catapult. We built the thing over the next couple of weeks and somehow my mom never found out about it. We tested it by firing watermelons and pumpkins into an open field. Worked amazingly. They flew about 220 feet. Here is the stupid part. My friend and I lived on a steep hill right next to each other, and he lived below me and had a swimming pool. The plan was that I would get into the catapult and make the ~70ft journey from my back yard to his pool. Really bad idea. We added about 20 more bungee cords for extra power. I massively overshot. I flew about 150' and landed on his roof. I was knocked unconscious and rolled off the 2 story roof onto the concrete 20' down. I don't remember anything for 5 days after that, I was in the hospital. I broke both of my legs, both arms, and nearly broke my neck in such a way that I almost died. It was a weird experience, I had 5 months of physical therapy, and I'm back to normal 10 surgeries and 4 years later...

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

When I was 11 my friend and I thought it would be "cool" to make a human catapult. ...

Wow! I almost didn't believe that story, but it was too crazy to have been made up! I'm really glad you survived and were able to get back to normal. The miracle of modern medicine.

As for myself, I used to have the bad habit of jumping off of 1 story houses. My back and knees are thanking me now and for the rest of my life.

The things we do to impress people.