The last time you tried...

There was a dude that I had to toss out once. He was a guy I went to high school with and just became a cop in my same town. Absolutely nobody like the guy. I mean he was a decent enough guy before he decided that taking steroids and cocaine was a good idea.
You combine that with a whole bunch of martial arts and a gun and arresting powers.....
 
WandS honest to goodness I was just thinking about when you would show up. Cool story. Whitney Khristina told a story about playing truth or dare but evidently when you were a girl you play Dare & Dare.
 
Hey everybody - I recalled an attempt to be cool!

When I was 15 years old and living on the island of Okinawa, a 17 year old friend and his 14 year old brother dared me to swim through an underwater tunnel. The tunnel was nearly 100’ long and was completely submerged. It linked a small tide pool under a gigantic coral cave to the ocean. There was enough sunlight coming from the ocean side opening that you could see from one end to the other...slightly see that is.

I was up for the dare (gosh damn dares!!!!) and I literally dove right in after a couple of deep breathes. Well halfway through I could feel vine like plants coming off the walls of the tunnel - the tunnel was at most 36” across - and I panicked with fear that I might get tangled. There was no air pocket in this tunnel. I’m actually getting anxious even writing this post. I got through the tunnel and out of the water.

I didn’t have any form of claustrophobia before that. But I absolutely do now - I’m certain it was caused by that silly escapade.

I hope I earned my coolness factor.
You earned it. But as the mother type....I would have kicked your tail for such a thing! OMG! Amazing you are alive!
 
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You earned it. But as the mother type....I would have kicked your tail for such a thing! OMG! Amazing you are alive!

It is a bit of a miracle Debi. And I deserved that butt kick too.

I was absolutely terrified when Shelly Winter took that long swim then died in the original Poseidon Adventure movie. I can’t believe that real memory wasn’t enough to stop me from trying that dare. But I wanted those guys’ approval and respect. And I was apparently willing to risk both my life, and ultimately my comfort in small spaces, to get it. What a butthead.
 
It is a bit of a miracle Debi. And I deserved that butt kick too.

I was absolutely terrified when Shelly Winter took that long swim then died in the original Poseidon Adventure movie. I can’t believe that real memory wasn’t enough to stop me from trying that dare. But I wanted those guys’ approval and respect. And I was apparently willing to risk both my life, and ultimately my comfort in small spaces, to get it. What a butthead.
Went in to look cool, came out a badass haha.
 
WandS honest to goodness I was just thinking about when you would show up. Cool story. Whitney Khristina told a story about playing truth or dare but evidently when you were a girl you play Dare & Dare.
Funny story is dare or dare started when me and my older cousins were playing truth or dare and to try and be cool and one up everyone I vowed to never pick truth and to do any dare asked of me no matter the consequences. And if I were to ever refuse I owed everyone present during the game $200. And then my cousins didn't want to be one upped by the youngest so they all started just doing dares. And that was how dare or dare was born, by everyone trying to look cooler than the other. And we would always try to come up with crazier and crazier dares every time, it got out of hand a lot.
 
Funny story is dare or dare started when me and my older cousins were playing truth or dare and to try and be cool and one up everyone I vowed to never pick truth and to do any dare asked of me no matter the consequences. And if I were to ever refuse I owed everyone present during the game $200. And then my cousins didn't want to be one upped by the youngest so they all started just doing dares. And that was how dare or dare was born, by everyone trying to look cooler than the other. And we would always try to come up with crazier and crazier dares every time, it got out of hand a lot.
LOL You are one brave lady! Or a wee bit crazy. Not sure which yet but I love the stories! :p
 
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WandS honest to goodness I was just thinking about when you would show up. Cool story. Whitney Khristina told a story about playing truth or dare but evidently when you were a girl you play Dare & Dare.

I read WK’s posts earlier too. She’s quite a force.

I like HJ calling me a badass...more like madass though.

I honestly cannot figure out Paint - besides all this psychic stuffs - how the hell my life has been so rich in experiences. I’m gregarious but in open social situations I’m very introverted. I’m not the kind of person who is compelled to climb every mountain - I find a steep hill to be quite the challenge. But damned if those little hills and tide pools don’t hold the greatest adventures.

I probably should have learned how to make pillow forts as a kid and then just hold up in there for a couple decades.
 
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WandS, No clue. I'm game for lifes adventures. But at the same time I'm still resting up from the 1980s.
I always thought that Devo taught us a very special lesson. "We're Through Being Cool."