I think I may have started a thread on old M&N, but I need proof that this was done by other children and that I am not alone and strange.

yeah, and i used to get busted for it, royally.

though my awesome immune system is probably down to shit like this, and kids these days are all allergic to air because of parental paranoia. suck it.

i would spit in my hand and then rub the fly screen. i never licked the fly screen directly.

your mum was right to whack you, voxfuzz.

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i would spit in my hand and then rub the fly screen. i never licked the fly screen directly.

Thats what I did, I was too fearful to lick anything after eating many, many flies when I was younger and the beltings I got

What was the attraction of licking the fly screen?

salty.

fly poo.

it makes kinda bubbles ,thats what attracted me

Awesome. I have finally found proof of normality.

Awesome. I have finally found proof of normality.

dude, i am no-one's barometer for normal...

we need a control hamster.

Is this like a euphemism?

I have never heard of anyone ever. ever. even allude to this..

I used to try an eat a fridge magnet shaped like a cupcake, after being told several times it's not real..

yeah it was rad
you could see bubbles through the little squares

Dunno about fly screens, but the very thought of biting a seatbelt and pulling it over my teeth makes me nealy vomit with shivers. That's what learned in childhood.

were you warned off touching the hot side of the iron as well, voxfuzz?

were you warned off touching the hot side of the iron as well, voxfuzz?

yeah. and warned off putting my tongue on the freezer ice. and sticking my knees through small holes between fence palings. and riding my bike with no shoes on. and not cutting my own hair wet. and not measuring things before cutting them. etc.

all of which i did with unpleasant results.

I hate you, I hate you, I hate you Anne Scully!

Oh wait... Actually, it was Alison Ashley wasn't it?

So it's not a euphemism?

i used to always bash into the fly screen and knock it off its runners. got beltings for that too.

never licked the screens.. but I assure everyone that your flavourless piece of bubblegum will regain its flavour after you've wiped it on the concrete driveway.

i do have a vague memory of doing this.

what about putting your hand in the electric frying pan because it doesn't look hot?

did anyone else do that?

i once put my finger into a functioning portable fan to try and stop the blades. boy did that turn out well

Hmm I may have done that too.

Did anyone find it hilarious to speak into a fan while it was going and pretend you were a Transformer?

yes, rorge. yes i did.

fans were my fly screens.

Did anyone find it hilarious to speak into a fan while it was going and pretend you were a Transformer?

fuck. yes.

ditto re: sister's call of spitting on the old petrol heater in the lounge, or flicking wet hair at it. listening to it sizzle.

My brother was the one with all the filthy habits, though he did convince me to eat a worm once. And sand. And dirt. Fuck he was cruel.

that's what little sisters are for.

I'm putting my money on team ''You guys are fucked'' for this round.

We would just put my sister in a paper bin, throw a hose in it then sit on the lid. She'd bang on it heaps to let her out, which we would when the water got high enough.

Strange she doesn't enjoy swimming now though..............

piss off, every one has childhood experimentation - the very fact that so many people have identified with this one means you're the anomaly, dude.

x- post - that was for modi.

Nah, even I knew flyscreens were dirty, just by the name of them.

piss off, every one has childhood experimentation

Even the nazi's.

Wait, nicko, are you saying you you experimented with children?

pfft. i never got sick from anything like that.

and my mum is a fucking serious hypochondriac.

Didn't have fly screens in England.

However, I vividly remember being very tempted to taste the urinal cubes when I was in grade 1. I NEVER did, but damn they looked like sugar!

he did convince me to eat a worm once. And sand. And dirt.

Hatts, I can't tell you how many times my brother convinced me to lick 9 volt batteries. I never seemed to learn.

Haha, just like Homer with the donut. At least I lost all trust by the age of 5.

Yes, I'm an anomaly. Fear me.

licking 9 volt batteries is awesome fun

I still remember the taste

licking 9volt batteries gives you psychic powers

this is one of my favourite ever threads. I can still taste the wire on my tongue.