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What disgusting things did you do as a child?

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Cheeseandlobster · 17/01/2021 15:25

I decided to catch my own poo in a pot that had holes in it to have a closer look. I then hid it in my wardrobe.

I ate a boiled egg that had been decorated and been sitting in my classroom for god knows how long. I am actually surprised I didnt die

I licked a fish head I found on the beach in Wales numerous times.

I was a little bit sick in my bed and was worried I would be told off so i moved it to the bottom of the bed and slept in it until the bedding was changed. I can still remember if stretched out my toes would touch its cold lumpiness

I am someone now who loves being clean and is hot on food hygeine and am truly aghast at my disgusting younger self Envy not envy in the slightest

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LizFlowers · 17/01/2021 16:03

When I was a little girl I saw a small boy peeing standing up in front of the toilet and tried to do the same. I made an awful mess!

cerealgamechanger · 17/01/2021 16:04

Eat crumbling plaster from behind the door handle in my room- loved the chalky/earthy taste. Going into a freshly plastered room takes me right back to being a weird child!

Ohbuggeroffcovid · 17/01/2021 16:05

Eat the top right hand corner page of books.
Pick my scabs and eat them.

ForeverBubblegum · 17/01/2021 16:14

I had a chewing gum collection for about 2 years. Not just a lode of little gum balls stuck together, when I added a new bit (every few weeks) I would chew it together with the dried manky collection so it was properly mix.

Cheeseandlobster · 17/01/2021 16:20

@diavlo

Eat worms. Suck the sausage meat out of sausages and put the skins back in the fridge. Drink vinegar. Kept a snail zoo in a shoebox under my bed. Pick my nose and eat it. There were many, many more...
I love the snail zoo
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nobodysdaughter · 17/01/2021 17:09

I was also grim as a kid.
AND proper weird. I once buried all my mister men books, under the walnut tree at the bottom of the garden.

Sheleg · 17/01/2021 17:11

I once made a "spaghetti bolognese" from nail clippings and snot.

GeidiPrimes · 17/01/2021 17:20

I used to share ice-creams with our dog - a lick for him, a lick for me. Wouldn't fancy it now! I do still pick my nose and eat it

Itsnotalwaysme · 17/01/2021 17:28

I once shat in my garden, holding onto the fence and squatted because I wanted to be like our dog Grin

LordoftheDance · 17/01/2021 17:33

Embarrassingly I once did a poo into a bowl before school and tried to mash it up with a spoon. The plan was to mush it up until it went all runny and then tip it back into the loo to convince my Mum I had the runs so couldnt go to School. It didn't work out so I hid the bowl on top of my wardrobe until I could safely dispose of without being caught. Had a massive aversion to School. Another time, (mum used to leave for work before I left for School) so I stayed home, trampled my shoes in the mud outside to make it look like I'd been at School and then hid inside the wardrobe at lunchtime when my neighbour popped in to the let the dog out. I once pretended to fall while walking to the bus stop, Mum took me to hospital and I got to stay home for a few weeks with crutches. Whilst I was at home during this time, I tried very had to break my leg so I didn't have to go back. I too, also used to bite my toe nails. I also had a night time ritual of picking my nose and wiping the bogeys onto the side of my bedside table. Mum once found the several years worth of dried stuck on ones!

Cheeseandlobster · 17/01/2021 17:41

@Sheleg

I once made a "spaghetti bolognese" from nail clippings and snot.
I think you winGrin
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MrsHugsxx · 17/01/2021 18:19

I found an ice lolly on the pavement and picked it up and took licks of it and if my mum turned round I hid it behind my back. And when they gave the cartons of milk out in primary school I decided to save mine for the next day and have two but as you can imagine in the middle of summer it smelt and tasted rancid.

Clawdy · 17/01/2021 18:25

Me and my little friend were playing with a toy tea set in our back yard, and we dipped the cups into the loo in the outside toilet and sat daintily drinking the water. My mum came out with a look of dread on her face and said "What are you drinking?"..........Grin

Crowsandshivers · 17/01/2021 18:38

I used to eat dog biscuits, magazines and toilet roll..... no idea why.

Trinacham · 17/01/2021 18:40

I used to like poking dog poo with sticks.
Also peeing on my Ken doll's hair.. no idea why I did that haha..
Oh what fun kids have Grin

CocoChanel22 · 17/01/2021 18:42

I ate cat food, with the cats. I actually remember doing it when I was about 4 ..eww ew ew!

NannyGythaOgg · 17/01/2021 18:54

According to mum she found me hiding under the table eating - on one occasion a packet of cigarettes and on another a packet of margarine. This would be in the late 1950s and I was 2 or 3.

NeonSparkle · 17/01/2021 19:17

Eat my bogies, pick and eat any scabs on my legs, pick my nose until it bled, bite my toenails.
I also remember I would wee myself in primary school and not tell a teacher (I was too scared that I would be told off, and too scared to ask to go to the toilet as teachers would often say no) and then I would have to sit in the wee all day - I remember my little white socks being sodden.
I obviously don’t do any of those things now!

kennelmaid · 17/01/2021 19:52

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Pinkyandthebrainz · 17/01/2021 20:13

@kennelmaid

Wtf!

Violetroselily · 17/01/2021 20:29

I used to put coins in my mouth all the time. Probably up to the age of 10? So not even particularly young Confused

borntohula · 17/01/2021 20:32

Only bathed once a week.

EternalOptimist7 · 17/01/2021 20:36

I used to pick my nose in bed & wipe the bogies either on the wall or under the bed. Ugh!

Serena1977 · 17/01/2021 20:44

Feel my poo emerging from my bum
Bit my toe nails
Bit my finger nails and put them between my teeth
Ate my bogies
Licked tongues with my class mate
Did a poo in the garden because my parents wouldn't let me in the house because they were talking to the insurance man.
Washed me hair in washing up liquid
Used a communal flannel after a poo (we were poor)

EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide · 17/01/2021 20:44

Kennelmaid I have reported your post because even if you are for real, some sick bastard will absolutely get his rocks off on that.