before i was born
aged around 7 my oldest brother told the next one down (4 or 5 at the time) that if you grabbed stinging nettles really hard and fast the sting wouldn't have time to hurt you. i believe my second-eldest brother found to his extreme disappointment (and pain) that siblings lie.

and one from me being a nob:

when i was 6 i dared my then 4-year-old brother to slide off a dome. all the cool kids were doing it. all the cool kids were about ten years older than us though ... i said i'd catch him. off he runs and slides down it (how he even got up there in the first place is a mystery) - i was nowhere near him when he hit the ground and broke his leg. a fracture which remained unidentified (despite his pain) and untreated for 4 days.

lesson: aged 6 or 7, older siblings will be cunts to their younger brethren.
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Thu 25 Dec 2008, 18:27, 1 reply)

Nettles trick
aarrgghhhh! It do be true. You can grab nettles hard and they won't sting, but don't try it with thistles, for the opposite is true.
(d2086u, Thu 25 Dec 2008, 20:19, closed)