Anyone else ever make themselves pass out?

[xmas74]

We used to do this all the time in the girls locker room in high school as a way to get out of PE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEcas9l4rck

I think if my daughter ever does it I'll kick her ass. I have a small scar on my thigh from hitting a metal bench once and cutting myself when I fell.

[LaraMN]

1. Yes. Nothing like passing the time by trying to help your friends

faint. Ah, childhood...

[xmas74]

4. Dumbest thing we've ever done.

It did get me out of PE about ten times that year so it worked.

[Nikia]

51. I am suprised that they didn't call your parents

And suggest that they take you to the doctor and get checked out after you did it a few times if not the first time. At my school, they were pretty proactive about that sort of thing.

[xmas74]

53. Not my school.

Back before most kids had medical almost guaranteed by the state.

You just went to the office (no school nurse), they called your parents and you were given a couple of Tylenol and told to lie down on a cot until next period.

Passing out in the gym was common for a while-no air conditioning and no windows to open. We realized this and took advantage of it.

[jukes]

2. dayum!

haven't seen that since 4th grade, CA 1958....

[xmas74]

5. We did it in high school.

You don't want to get sweaty? Pass out before gym class.

Worked like a charm.

[jukes]

8. we just did it during recess for yuks

how the hell did we survive growing up?

[JohnKleeb]

9. luck o the draw?

There are many times that I count my blessings being alive but it's got nothing to with school.

[jukes]

12. yep. "luck"

is a more believable explanation of my survival than "skill" or even "common sense"...

[JohnKleeb]

17. I dunno what it is but it is a miracle

In more ways than one.

[jukes]

21. wassup, kleeb?

how you been?


"miracles" are for fundies; i'll accept blindass luck.

or bad luck, maybe.

[JohnKleeb]

23. Good, happy to be out of school till August and got a nice weekend planned

I dont know I think miarcles are possible perhaps not in the literal sense but I feel that luck could be something.

[jukes]

30. we don't always agree

but mostly do, y we're still buds, anyhow.

enjoy that weekend! baseball, ladies, or both?

[JohnKleeb]

34. Gonna be spending some time with a friend of mine

who I haven't really gotten to see much of since he's been working and is in high school. Going to be catching up on things since apparently he's going to be going to school in West Virginia this fall. May be calling some people up hwo I graduated with too since I was hugely busy with my first year of cmmm college.

[xmas74]

15. Gotta wonder.

I used to play on railroad tracks and in construction sites, play street hockey and I've even hitchhiked.

I should be dead by now.

[JohnKleeb]

3. Never did that

I liked PE...............except the running on the track but softball, soccer, flag football, and basketball were always fun.

[xmas74]

6. I did it so I could get out of

gymnastics and square dancing. Hated both.

[JohnKleeb]

7. They didn't make us dance after middle school

We had to do this really lame ass flag dance when I was like in 5th grade to the tune of Lee Greenwood's Proud to be an American, I don't mind songs like Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, etc but that song just drove me nuts when I had to do that lame dance to it. We did have to some dancing in middle school too but it was brief. High school gym was the best though because we never had to relearn the sport like we would in elementary school and middle school. I didn't llike gymnastics either btw I thought it wasn't needed. The team sports though were always fun.

[xmas74]

16. We had to square dance in high school.

I hated it.

Team sports usually got me benched for bad behavior. No way I was going to miss field hockey!

I really miss playing field hockey. That and lacrosse were my favorites in PE. Archery was cool too.

[JohnKleeb]

31. I always enjoyed football but hated that we couldnt tackle

I am kind of big so I always thought I could make a great powerback.

[xmas74]

37. We played football.

The girls were allowed to tackle in our class while the boys could not in theirs.

[wildhorses]

10. Happy Father's Day???

:rofl:







remember spinning around in a circle until you fell down?

[xmas74]

13. I did that too.

I also used to hang upside down on the monkey bars until the blood rushed to my head.

[taterguy]

11. damn

I was kinda hoping this would be a tale of excessive drinking thread

[xmas74]

14. I've had my stomach pumped

after drinking too much Nat Light.

Does that make you feel better?

[taterguy]

48. yes

[Wetzelbill]

18. Yes, by listening to Joe Lieberman whenever he's on tv

:)

[xmas74]

22. That would do it!

[Wetzelbill]

35. or Evan Bayh

those guys can beat out Tylenol PM any day.

[xmas74]

38. I like Tylenol PM

but Nyquil wins hands down.

[Wetzelbill]

46. Nyquil

that stuff is pretty badass. Nyquil could knock out an elephant.

[xmas74]

47. That would be why I love it so.

[deadparrot]

19. Nope.

In fact, whenever I feel queasy, I make a concentrated effort not to pass out. There have been points when I've been on the brink, but have held on due to sheer willpower. I guess I hate surrendering my body to unconsciousness. :shrug:

[xmas74]

24. I used to think it was funny.

It's just messed up.

[Ava]

20. i think one of those guys is zombie!

:wow:

:rofl:

[xmas74]

26. You never know on youtube.

[Ava]

25. i can't make myself actually pass out,

but i can fake it! :P ;)

[xmas74]

27. It's the pressure they put against

your chest that does it.

We'd laugh at what they'd do as they came to. That was the best part.

[Ava]

28. just seems dangerous to me.

:shrug:

then again, I've done my fair share of stupid things.

[xmas74]

29. It is dangerous.

You really shouldn't do it.

[Ava]

32. don't worry! i won't try!

:hi:

i've done stupid things before though. one at a friends house we were swimming and decided to pull her trampoline over to the pool (stupid i know). we were having fun and jumping in the pool from the trampoline and everything was fine until i went back on it again and slipped all over the place (it was soaking wet by now) and when i fell off onto the ground i tried to catch myself and ended up fracturing my arm.

[xmas74]

39. I once allowed a drunk friend

hang me head down off the roof of a four story building.

Not a smart move. At least the only sober one of the bunch was the biggest guy. He grabbed my ankles before the idiot dropped me.

[Ava]

44. brilliant!

OMG! :rofl:

good thing that guy was there!

[xmas74]

45. We were always drunk and high in high school.

You've gotta wonder how one person in our group was the valedictorian and the rest of us graduated in the top 15 in our respective years.

[atomic-fly]

33. yes, that 18th beer kind of did me in...

who knew drinking 18 beers would make you pass out?

[xmas74]

36. Wish someone had told me that many years ago.q

That's a lesson that I wish I didn't have to learn on my own.

[Downtown Hound]

40. Yeah, we used to do this when we got stoned

Jolly good fun most of the time, even if it was dumb as hell.

[xmas74]

43. It was fun

but one of the dumber things that I've done.

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. Okay, how sheltered am I? People do this?!

[xmas74]

42. I did it all the time.

I even taught my brother so that he could get out of classes the same way.

[Nikia]

49. Passing out isn't pleasant

Coming to isn't pleasant either, especially if it is encouraged (smelling salts, cold water, head between legs).
Couldn't you have just pretended to pass out?

[xmas74]

50. Nope.

Had to look real.

Suck in some deep breaths, cross your arms over your chest and have another girl wrap her arms around your chest, pressing tightly.

You pass out and the other girl yells for the coach. You begin to come to as the coach rushes into the room. Free pass from square dancing in PE.

[AlienGirl]

52. That sounds awful! I am prone to vasovagal syncope...

I have occasional syncope events related to low blood sugar and sometimes to standing up too fast. I find the sensations extremely unpleasant: that feeling as the darkness goes over my vision and everything sounds like I'm underwater or in a tunnel just freaks me out.

Tucker

[xmas74]

54. It was better than square dancing!

Has no one else here been forced to take square dancing lessons in gym?

[AlienGirl]

55. Really, I preferred the square dancing, which at least wasn't dodgeball

We had square dancing lessons too. I am an utter klutz and don't dance well, no matter how much I try (I was in summer dance lessons, too, and still couldn't dance). Between a lack of sense of time, lack of sense of balance, and trouble telling where my body is in space, I am a hazard on the dance floor. Plus they always made me pair up with the shortest boy in class, who was named Tim and didn't like me and smelled funny. Yuck.

But at least it wasn't dodgeball. Dodgeball was scary because I was very small and could get knocked down by the balls, and my spatial relations issues made it hard for me to aim or to dodge.

Egads, how I hated gym!!

Tucker

[Deja Q]

56. Not I, but I've read stories of people dumb enough who try...