My twelve-year-old son walked in the house yesterday, completely drenched.
"What happened to you?" I asked.
"I did the water bottle challenge," he answered.
"The what?" I couldn't wait to hear what this was all about.
"My friend challenged me to put a water bottle on my head, with the cap loose. Then I had to ride my bike."
"You rode your bike with an open water bottle on your head?" I couldn't believe it.
"Yeah. It stayed on for about two seconds, and then fell off, and the water spilled all over me."
I shook my head. "Dude. Did it ever occur to you, that it's pretty much impossible to ride a bike and keep anything but a helmet on your head? And why didn't you try this trick with the cap securely fastened?"
He looked at me funny. "Why would I do that? It wouldn't be much of a challenge if the cap was on. The fun is getting wet."
Oh. Right. Of course.
They do like getting wet. That's why they jump in puddles.
ReplyDeleteHave him try the Mentos in a Coke bottle trick on his head!
That would be entirely too messy!
Deletesmiles ,thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteHi, dear Sherry!
ReplyDeleteBubba's right. Getting wet for no good reason other than to have fun is a guy thing. My friends and I used to challenge each other all the time. One of the dumbest things I ever did on my bike was to pretend that I was a daredevil like Evel Knievel. I saw a large dirt pile on an empty lot and envisioned it as a ramp. I saw myself sailing through the air and imagined how much fun that would be. I never gave any thought to the landing part of the scenario. I rode my bike toward the ramp as fast as I could, ran up the ramp, went airborne and crashed to the ground on the other side, breaking my bike and covering myself with scrapes, bumps and bruises. It was a stupid stunt, but I did it, and to this day... I'm proud. :)
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I'm glad you didn't get hurt too badly. I've seen kids do that, and the result was a broken bone.
DeleteWell, of course that's the fun. He couldn't pass up a challenge like that.
ReplyDeleteGood thing it was warm outside!
DeleteHe needed to see how long he could go before he got wet
ReplyDeleteThat was the real challenge. He probably wanted to set a world record.
DeleteHe has such wonderful adventures--I hope you have all these stories collected for when he's grown.
ReplyDeleteThey're collected here. I was thinking to eventually make a blog-to-book. Not sure how that works, but I'll do some research on it.
DeleteBubba is funny and it's true, what is the point if he doesn't get wet...lol... xox
ReplyDeleteRight. It wouldn't be fun if he stayed dry.
DeleteThey do enjoy laughing at each other, also. ;)
ReplyDeleteYes, he and his friend to enjoy that!
DeleteWhat fun! I'm gonna try that next time I get on my bike. When did we stop doing silly things like that? I reckon we should all try it; find that inner child again :) Great post, Sherry. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI think Bubba would die laughing if he saw me do that!
DeleteIsn't it funny when we Mom's don't guess where the fun is? That's such a cute story.
ReplyDeleteI guess I need to think like a kid!
Deleteat least he didn't use any of dad's booze
ReplyDeleteHe would have been in big trouble for that!
DeleteThanks for a story that brought a smile to my face.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteUh yeah... That so sounds like something a 12-year-old would do.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteIn the end it all makes perfect sense.
ReplyDeleteOf course it does! ;-)
DeleteHow fun! I wonder what he challenged his friend to do back.
ReplyDeleteHaha! That's a good question! I should ask.
DeleteI love it and oh so true...where would be the challenge otherwise.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteA least it was just a bottle and not, lets say, a goldfish bowl with its resident goldfish in it.
ReplyDeleteThat would have been bad!
DeleteThank Bubba for making me smile. Oh, to be a kid again would be wonderful. :-)
ReplyDeleteHaha! Yes. If we adults tried these stunts, we'd be institutionalized!
DeleteHe has a great point. It sounds like it's fun for him.
ReplyDeleteHe certainly knows how to have fun!
DeleteOf course, the fun is all in the uncapped bottle sloshing down!
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder how long the bottle stayed on his head.
DeleteAt least he knows it's all in good fun. I don't think getting an entire bottle of water dumped on me while riding a bike is fun, but hey, we all have our ideas of a good time.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun if it was 100 degrees, and you were super-sweaty.
DeleteOf course! *LOL*
ReplyDeleteIt's always something with that boy!
DeleteLOL. It's a good thing no one ever dares me to do a challenge like that. I doubt I'd view the results as optimistically as Bubba! XD
ReplyDeleteIt's a boy state of mind.
DeleteKids do love to get wet and this sounds like a good excuse for being drenched. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
I'm sure it's also a lot of fun to see what kind of reaction I will have.
DeleteLOL! That would remind me of something my brother would have done years ago!
ReplyDeleteRaindrops of Sapphire
I guess I probably could have done something like that with my brother, too.
DeleteThe thing I always did was to get the friend to do it first.
ReplyDeleteSmart!
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