...when you are trying to make oatmeal cookies from scratch, there is a difference between baking powder and baking soda.

...when you stay home sick from school, the bitter orange juice in the refrigerator might not just be orange juice.

I also had exactly this experience in 7th grade. My Mom was too busy and I wanted oatmeal cookies. So I tried to make them myself. I couldn't find the baking powder or else it had been used up, so I tried using baking soda.

The cookies looked great when they came out of the oven. I plopped them into a lunch bag and took them to the school yard. I had only tried one of them, which had a disagreeable strong alkaline taste.

Another boy in my class came along and wanted some cookies. I opened the bag for him and he reached in. He took one small bite and threw the cookie across the play ground as far as he could throw it.

I dropped the bag full of cookies in the trash barrel.

Allen

pufferfish

LOL

Thanks for sharing that Allen! My cookies didn't even come out that well. They were so hard you could break them... well, actually you could. We took them out back, lined them up on the sidewalk and smashed them with a hammer!!

Michael

talking about plays, i had to be a slave, and had to pretend to fall over, so i found that this only works if you are a bad actor, because otherwise i kind member of the audience will come and pick you up- very embarassing

When your mother is entertaining her lady friends, you shouldn't make stink bombs in the basement by burning sulfer.

Contrary to what adults think, certain things in the house are actually invisible:
Mom's plants
dog barf in the living room
vacuum cleaner
snow shovel
lawnmower
toilet bowl brush

Your mother is unlikely to be appreciative when you return to her nice deck of fancy cards the various cards you swiped to clip to the wheels of your bike earlier in the day to make that cool snapping sound in the spokes as you pedal along.

Kitchen tables do burn if you're not careful while using your chemistry set you got for Christmas.

Super Glue fixes tons of things.

Crayon doesn't come off of wallpaper, and Gingshu Knives will cut through "new" shoes.

Urine soaked sheets don't smell too good after being rolled up and hidden in an entertainment center cabinet for 6 months.

Rich

This great, made laugh out loud, thank you.

Loge

Red Rider wagons without wheels will not fly if you push them off the top of barn (even though they look like they will glide smoothly to the ground). Thanks kitty, for being the test pilot, and I'm glad you were ok.