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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Bang!
Do you remember the last time you did something without regard for the consequences?
As a child, I'd say I was pretty average, give or take the odd aversion to team sports and fighting. We used to skid on the ice patch in the playground at break times, eat 7 packets of Polos in one go, run around endlessly for no obvious reason, eat bags of Quavers in one swift inhale as if they were vital to our survival... For packed lunch I never had the same as the other kids, which I always attributed to my mum being French - the French don't really do packed lunches. That was fine, except the other kids always got cartons of Ribena. Again, I wasn't really bothered about the Ribena, I was happy with my little bottle of plain tap water. However, I was envious of the other kids quickly slurping their drinks, then puffing into their cartons before placing them on the ground and then stamping on them to make them EXPLODE!!! Man, those BANGS were awesome!
I'd sometimes come across an unexploded carton and leap onto it, enjoying the same sensation as the others, but finding a pristine carton back in those days was pretty rare.
Even though I remember it, I can't say that it was a major influence on my childhood.
As I was walking back from my lunch yesterday I spotted an unexploded carton tucked away beneath a hedge. My instinct was to kick it out onto the pavement and STAMP, but then I thought: "what if there's some of the drink still in there - it'll go all over my work trousers."
It was then I realised: I don't remember the last time I did something without regard for the consequences.
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