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user-inactivated  ·  4328 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your first vivid childhood memory?

I think I should add to this, my family has a treasured home video from my infancy in which one of my taller relatives is holding me on his shoulder at my great-grandmother's house while everyone stands around and talks. I'm not the focus of the video, but you can see me in the background, tears streaming down my face, as the ceiling fan on low repeatedly comes around and whacks me in the back of the head. No one noticed until they watched the video years later.

Luckily I do not remember this.





jrod  ·  4328 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This reminds me of my family's favourite home video of me... It was Christmas in the mid-late 90's when I was still a toddler. My father and my uncle are pretty funny guys, and every year they sent each other a prank gift. That year's gift for my father was a small, purple, air-filled, plastic monster with weird hair and little tube coming out of its head. When you squeezed the monster, it produced a fart noise that was pretty comical... but not to me. I was horrified! (Keep in mind this is all on video). I started crying and no one could stop me, all while my little brother was climbing around on tables. Whenever there is a family gathering, especially with the aunt, uncle, and cousin that were there, we always play this video.

thenewgreen  ·  4328 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe I shouldn't be, but right now I'm laughing… Pretty funny stuff.