262. When melting plastic milk jugs in a fire on a stick, it makes these cool flaming plasic drops, its cool to play "bombs" with it.

263. Said flaming plastic bombs will catch leaves on fire, cool way to meet firefighters!

264. Said flaming plastic bombs leave a scar when they cling to your skin.

265. When trying to hit burrowing wasps with said plastic bombs, amke sure you have good aim.

266. Wasps can sting multiple times.

267. Pouring gasoline in the offending wasps hive pisses them off.

268. Flaming wasps can fly for a long time and will sting anything they can.

269. Flaming wasps can sting and burn you at the sametime.

270. In a small boat (dingy) you can not out run the bees from a beehive.

271. Said dingies engine will almost inevitably fail to go at the wrong time.

272. Parents get REALLY mad when they find out you went a half a mile out into lake michigan in an 8 foot dinghy.

273. Parents hate it even more when its the Coast Guard that brings you back.

274. "You said I could go fishing" is not a proper excuse for being stranded without gas a half a mile out into Lake Michigan.

275. Always carry an extra gas can when venturing out on Lake Michigan.

P4E ....... these ones kill me!!

I did all the flaming plastic stuff too. So I've been waiting decades to know I am NOT alone.

Man, Rob, you really did this? It makes me jealous! I've only seen the compound from the land side, and that from a good distance. I really think it would be fun to piss off some Kennedys.

P4E, I just have two words for that: Good times!

276. Always do as your father\mother says, not as they do!

277. Always bring a CHARGED marine radio when venturing out on Lake Michigan in an 8 foot dingy.

278. It only takes a few hours when you go missing on Lake Michigan before an enormant amount of people start looking for you.

279. Your parents NEVER get over the worry you put them through, you will never get to take the dingy out again.

280. Even though the consiquences are great, take an 8 foot dingy out on Lake Michigan...its a blast. When else do you get a helicopter sent out after you.

281. Summer is really long when your grounded...indefinately. (lasted 6 months) (The catalyst for rules 120-122.)

weren't we little dickens!!!

Yes we were...but because of the flaming plastic bombs my grandfather got a new garage!!!

Ya but I found 2 liters did not have the flame staying power that Milk jugs do....That and they stay on the stick alot longer. 2 liters melt too easily.

Funny how naval battles with plastic model ships and firecrackers can turn so "flaming."

Do you remember the black soot that use to rise from that burning plastic?

Do you remember just how long that melted plastic stayed freaking HOT? It LOOKED cooled-off...but man could it burn a finger!

Yes, I have a scar on my right thumb from the "cooled" plastic. I also remeber passing out from breathing too much of that black smoke.