Curiousity and Children

When we're children, we are naturally curious on how our world around us functions. and we tend to experiment and do things to satisfy our thirst for knowledge. But sometimes, these childhood experiments, as we look make us hang our head in shame and say.. "Oh, God Why". I am no exception. the following are things I did to satisfy my curiosity when I was growing up....

1. Breath freshener. I watched a lot of cartoons as a kid. I always see the characters spraying some cologne in to their mouths to make their breath fresher. Then I saw, up on my mom's dresser, a similar bottle. The bottle she uses not to spray her breath, but her body before she goes out to work everyday. I didn't think there was a difference between the one you put in your mouth and the one you put on your body to smell nice. So I sprayed the cologne into my mouth. It was a very horrible taste where I ran to the bathroom to wash my mouth out. It smelled nice. But it didn't taste nice...

2. Fruity Soap. When I was a kid, a soap company released a new scent of their soap which they called "tutti frutti". I have to admit that my baths were more fun because of this soap. It smelled nice and fruity. Like my favorite candy. And then i thought, maybe it was made from my favorite candy. And so without thinking, I took a bit on the soap. Like the cologne, it smelled nice but tasted horrible! Once again, I washed my mouth out...

3. The Parachute. Television had a great influence on me. I copied them once again after seeing a cartoon where the character uses an umbrella to parachute to safety. And so, I took my small umbrella, stood on top of the bunk bed, after making sure I was going to land on the bean bag on the bottom, I jumped and popped open the umbrella. I wasn't sure on its effect, so I tried it a few more times. I have to admit it was kinda fun. I then tried it with a plastic bag.... The umbrella worked better.

4. Watercolor. Okay this is disgusting. And this wasn't even an experiment by me. It was a prank played on me by my cousin. He told me the brown liquid in the cup was cold Milo. Not even bothering to smell it, I gulped it down. It was incredibly horrible. And this is the reason I always smell the food before I eat any of it.

Well, I have to admit, the things I did were really weird.... oh well..... at least my childhood made a bit of sense. I think I did more stuff. I just can't remember them all.