Just thought of this whilst rambling on in another thread....
I didn't go very far in the childhood 'Dare' thing, but I do remember the challenges - you could be 'Dog Dared' to attempt something (a minor challenge) or 'Double Dog Dared' - more serious.

Of course it went up the scale ending in the 'Double Triple Dog Dared' challenge :)

To walk away from this was the ultimate in humiliation :hihi: and of course it was also the worst, most impossible challenge of all....:D Anyway, to get back to the point.....

'Dares' as a child - how far did you go? What did you do?

At a mates house in 1984 her Mam was making her Dad's bate box for morning...she left it on the side and went to watch TV....I was dared to open it up and put cat food in his sandwiches...I did and to date I can only assume he did eat them....:thumbsup:

I was also dared to run topless up to the Acropolis in Lindos, Rhodes in 1988...I did... but locals were not impressed as a religious building...but that's 18-30 holidays for you!!!

as a child i did not really play dares from what i remeber.. but i have done it many drunken nights.
on a trip to blackpool we were playing dares and flashed a cop car on the motorway from the bus..

same trip dared to snog one of the girls who was gay.(i am a girl for those who dont already know!)

most dares are usually snogging or flashing though!

Originally posted by Shiesh


I was also dared to run topless up to the Acropolis in Lindos, Rhodes in 1988...I did... but locals were not impressed as a religious building...but that's 18-30 holidays for you!!!

You're still going topless Sheish - I've read your bad day thread......and what you got up to! And it wasn't even a dare!!!
:heyhey: :hihi:

no that was unfortunate today...:blush:

Thinking back - we used to do some really scary (and totally stupid) dares as kids :loopy:

Tis a wonder i'm still walking this earth. We lived quite close to the main London-Leeds railway line and used to walk along the lines.... and all sorts of other stupid stuff.

I rode across Ethiopia on mi bike with a pork pie on me head.

Originally posted by Hels
Thinking back - we used to do some really scary (and totally stupid) dares as kids :loopy:

Tis a wonder i'm still walking this earth. We lived quite close to the main London-Leeds railway line and used to walk along the lines.... and all sorts of other stupid stuff.


Crikey Hels....that is damn right stuuuupid...:rant:

If you were a child o mine you'd have had yer ass tanned..:D

When I was a kid, the top diving board at Sheaf Valley baths was the untimate dare, some of my mates nearly killed themselves. Happy days, happy days.

Originally posted by Shiesh
At a mates house in 1984 her Mam was making her Dad's bate box for morning...she left it on the side and went to watch TV....I was dared to open it up and put cat food in his sandwiches...I did and to date I can only assume he did eat them....:thumbsup:

I was also dared to run topless up to the Acropolis in Lindos, Rhodes in 1988...I did... but locals were not impressed as a religious building...but that's 18-30 holidays for you!!! think draggletail may have omited to ask for photographs as proof :banana:

Originally posted by nick2
When I was a kid, the top diving board at Sheaf Valley baths was the untimate dare, some of my mates nearly killed themselves.

Not surprised, Should have waited until they put water in the pool. :loopy:

Originally posted by depoix
think draggletail may have omited to ask for photographs as proof :banana:
Good point - can we have proof please shiesh :D

Originally posted by Draggletail
Good point - can we have proof please shiesh :D

er....:suspect: that's what the PM's button for...I couldn't possibly post it on here:confused:

Yeah I have proof.....:thumbsup:

As a child I indulged in all manner of life-threatening stunts to amuse and delight my friends. I remember vividly one particularly daring trip along the railway line between Dronfield and Bradway. A friend of ours (ie me and my twin brother) who was even more stupid than we were brought a step ladder along, so we could climb up one of those chimney things that stick out of the ground, to let fumes escape from railway tunnels. We were horrified to discover it was about 100ft deep and lined with black, damp bricks. We could just about make out the hole at the bottom end, which from where were were looking appeared about the size of a 2p piece. However.....fast forward ten minutes, and we were RUNNING around the circumference of the chimney, which was about nine inches wide. I, as usual, was eventually awarded first prize for daring; always having to go one better, I hung by my fingertips INSIDE the chimney, motionlessly, like a bat, waiting for a train to go through the tunnel. The updraft and noise was amazing!

When we got home, Mother asked, 'where have you been?' We replied, simply, 'playing out'. That was that. And we had fish fingers, chips and peas for tea.

Originally posted by LordSnooty
I hung by my fingertips INSIDE the chimney, motionlessly, like a bat, waiting for a train to go through the tunnel. The updraft and noise was amazing!

Good job none of those bricks were loose.......:suspect: :gag:

Originally posted by LordSnooty
We were horrified to discover it was about 100ft deep and lined with black, damp bricks. We could just about make out the hole at the bottom end, which from where were were looking appeared about the size of a 2p piece.

Mine was very similar. We once went to the Ladybower overflow and went down the stepped rim until we were on the last step, looking down into the void. Still makes me shiver even though it was nearly 30 years ago.

we used to dare each other to walk from 1 end of middlewood hospital to other on our own,quite scarey that was,used to take some right bottle

Got up to all sorts as a kid - some of the stuff I remember included smashing various windows (sorry!), playing chicken with various vehicles, walking along train tracks, walking through underground drainage systems with candles etc, burning things, breaking into various abandoned places, playing with fireworks, shooting at each other with professional archery equipment, shooting each other with air rifles, riding on the back of trams, playing on heavy plant equipment (had a key that started them all up), 'borrowing' a powered platform that ran on the Supertram rails used for installing overhead cables - it went quite fast down Townend :D I'm not proud of it but got to admit some of it was pretty amusing...

To any kids reading this - it's not big and it's not clever :)

I remember being dared to steal something from the garage. I stole a packet of rolo's which I slipped up my coat sleeve. I think I was about 11.

On leaving the garage with my booty a police car drew up beside me, rolled the window down and the officer started asking me allsorts of questions, name where I was from, what school I went to - turned out he knew my parents. In my panic though I had dropped the rolo's from my sleeve and they landed at my feet. I must of been white with fear :o and had guilt written all over my face.

Eventually after what seemed like an eternity of him toying with me before he was surely going to throw me in the back of the car and cart me of to jail he said "Off you go then and don't forget your sweeties, you've dropped them there"

I decided then and there I was not cut out for a life of crime.

Used to be dared to go and knock on people's doors and run through their gardens.

Stupid stuff like that!

Me and my mates once took it in turns to curl up inside a service hatch that was about 2½ft x 4½ft and only 2½ft deep. It was bang between the railway tracks so the train went directly over you. It was some sort of empty dug out that used to have cables inside it, and someone had removed the lid. I only did it once because it scared the crap out of me but some of my mates did it loads of times. You actually had plenty of clearance between you and the train but it was the noise and vibration that scared you, plus the fact it went dark as the train passed over, it made you feel like you wanted to try and get out. Of course it was impossible to get out until the train had gone past or you would have to roll beteen the wheels. If I found out my son had ever tried anything so stupid I would go ballistic.

A lot of these have things to do with railway tracks :suspect:

This is a dare my Dad did when a so called grown up!!! He was dared to jump from the top of the stairs in one leap to the bottom in one go - needless to say he broke his leg. :loopy:

As a child I dared myself to walk through middlewood hospital ......and walked into a newly cemented still wet carpark. Up to my knees in slushy cement mix - my mom went ballistic!

I don't think I grew out of the 'being dared to do things' stuff until my 20's. I accepted inane dares like pouring water onto builders heads from a third floor flat and posting letters back through the letter box at the postie. I feel embarrassed to think I did such immature things but it was fun at the time!

My brother was once dared/challenged to eat 6 Big Macs in one sitting....

Found this old thread and it provided me with a few chuckles and wanted to add it to the top of the list!

I only ever really did run-of-the-mill dares from what I can remember but I'm sure plenty of other forum folk must have some amusing tales to tell and I am in the mood to laugh!

:hihi: