Throwing lemons at cars
When I was around 10 or 11 years old my friends and I used to like to throw lemons at moving cars. We lived near a busy street with lots of trees and lemon bushes. Usually when we hit a car it would slow down, but then continue. One night we hit the wrong car. It was a super nice Cadillac. When we hit this car .. it slammed on it’s breaks and then went into reverse at 50 mph. It skidded to a stop right in front of the bush we were hiding in and a huge, huge, HUGE guy got out. He was definitely a pimp or a drug dealer. We all thought we were dead. I was literally looking at his shoes from about 3 feet away. He looked around but didn’t see us .. and then got back into the car. That was the last time we threw lemons at cars.
August 10th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Frick’n FUNNY lemon-throwing story/lesson. It’s great to be a kid.
thanks for your way,
-jif
September 5th, 2007 at 3:35 am
Nate, I have a lemon story too. Trent Pridemore and I (6th grade) were throwing lemons down on a construction site where a bunch of carpenters were working. Many “splats”. One guy snuck off the site and came around right behind us and stood there silently with his arms folded. We threw a few more and then sensed his presence and about died when we turned around. He was nice and lectured us about the danger. Lesson learned also.
But I can top that! One Halloween a bunch of us (16-ish) were using slingshots with actual rocks (small) to plink cars. It was mayhem because people would be really pissed but we always had an escape route. Well, we got braver and braver to the point I would jump out of the bushes and let them have it while standing right in their headlights. The main problem was it was too late on a school night and my dad was driving around looking for me. He found me the hard way as my last victim. I paid and paid for that one.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
That’s an awesome story! What bad luck. My dad and his friends used to jump out in front of cars just to see them skid to a stop … and one time his friend did .. and it was an old lady and she didn’t see him and ran him over .. he was okay .. broke something .. but it put an end to their game
October 9th, 2007 at 3:41 am
hey, this is your entry for Revista Colectiva. It was one of my favorites. The theme is amazing, it definitely brings back all kinds of childhood mischief.
check out the pictures from the launch event on flickr.com/photos/revistacolectiva
great work, see ya