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[Rye]

We've been a bunch of raging perverts lately. Let's cool it down a bit. I don't see how the naughty can come up at all in this thread with these topics. This is practically a litmus test for your mental well-being!

Topic #1: What was the coolest birthday cake you've ever had as a kid?

Topic #2: What is your best childhood memory of being spoiled and loved by your grandparents? (If you've never known your grandparents, you can choose another family member!)

Topic #3: What was your favorite book as a child?

Topic #4: What was your first pet and what was its name?

Topic #5: Did you believe in anything like trolls under your bed or closet monsters as a kid? If so, which one scared you the most?

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I guess these are my answers!

Topic #1: I had a birthday cake from Carvel a few times that was shaped like a face, and have a big ice cream cone for the nose. I forget the name of it, but it's one of those like the ice cream whale that you can buy and then the staff personalizes it with icing writing. I loved that ice cream cake.

Topic #2: I don't really have any of being spoiled, because I never knew my grandfathers, and my grandmothers aren't very warm and loving people. My best memory I guess would be going to my grandmother's apartment when we both still lived in Queens and playing with her ginger cat, Rusty. She had a toy fishing pole with a catnip mouse at the end and I'd jerk it all around and the cat would go nuts!

Topic #3: I really like Seuss' "Wacky Wednesday" in particular, if we're talking about beginner reading books. But when I was about 5 or 6, I started reading lots of non-fiction books about dinosaurs and planets. My favorite was a huge book with all sorts of information about every known dionsaur, with lots of beautiful photos. The book was about my size then!

Topic #4: My very own first pet was Julie, a tiny purple budgie. =O She died about a month after I got her...

Topic #5: I believed that dolls and human shaped toys could come alive, and that they would kill me, from the age of about 3. Especially ventriloquist dummies. I was convinced my Barbies would kill me too... I had a nightmare once when I was 5 that one of my big dolls that could speak the alphabet came out of my closet with a giant knife, and threaten to kill me unless I left my family and lived in the streets, and I was so terrified after that I made my mom give the doll away and I didn't sleep for weeks! ROFL!

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Topic #1: Hot Wheels racecar shaped. 7th Birthday. It was beyond epic.
Topic #2: I know my grandparents, but they never really spoiled me. But, my grandpop on my mom's side used to make me these cool wooden things. I still have them. Trucks and tractors and stuff. Awesomeness.
Topic #3: Redwall.
Topic #4: His name was Chaucer and he was a kitty and I used to choke him until he passed out and then when he woke up he would come back to me and we would snuggle and nap together.
Topic #5: There was a vampire under my bed and witches in my closed when I was 4-7. The witches wanted to boil me into soup. The vampire just wanted to scare me. He thought it was funny. Needless to say, I didn't.

[Imperfectionist]

Topic #1: What was the coolest birthday cake you've ever had as a kid?

I think it was my 8th birthday cake, it was basically made to look like a bed with about 6 gnomes sleeping in it and one of them was falling out. It was freaking awesome

Topic #2: What is your best childhood memory of being spoiled and loved by your grandparents? (If you've never known your grandparents, you can choose another family member!)

Umm... my nan always spoils me XD She doesn't let me do anything.

Topic #3: What was your favorite book as a child?

Oh God where do I start... I guess it has to be something like The Twits or George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl cos i'm pretty sure they were among the first things I ever read, other than Biff and Chip

Topic #4: What was your first pet and what was its name?

Err... We had a cat called Mimi. It was killed Then we got another cat and called him Mimi too

Topic #5: Did you believe in anything like trolls under your bed or closet monsters as a kid? If so, which one scared you the most?

AHAH I was scared of the toilet monster XD I didn't like the noise the toilet makes when you flush it and I was scared there might be a monster in there so I used to make sure I opened the door first so I could flush and run away

[Shoeberto]

1) My mom made me a pokemon cake. It was just a circular cake, iced red and white like a pokeball, with a smartee in the center as the little button thing.
2) Basically all of the cookies and cake and yummy food my grandma would make for all of us kids.
3) I always really liked The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. The art was nice and the concept was really interesting for my little mind. Chronologically after that, it was anything Goosebumps, then anything Animorphs, and then the Harry Potter books.
4) Tammy. She was a collie and looked kinda like this. She was sweet, but was really my dad's dog. When I was about four, we got another collie that I named Amber. She was a blue merl. She was my buddy. She'd run up to my room in the morning during school when she knew I'd be waking up and loved to fall asleep next to me. I miss having a doggy.
5) I thought a vampire lived under my bed and would get me if I let my legs hang over. The vampire would be replaced by The Haunted Mask from Goosebumps with time. In general I just didn't like having any part of my body sticking out from under the sheets or hanging over the bed.

[Rye]

Oh my god, that dog is soooo beautiful! Blue merls are one of the prettiest dogs I've ever seen. =O

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

5) I thought a vampire lived under my bed and would get me if I let my legs hang over. The vampire would be replaced by The Haunted Mask from Goosebumps with time. In general I just didn't like having any part of my body sticking out from under the sheets or hanging over the bed.

I never let my legs hang over either. My vampire would grab them and pull me under if I did.

[Madame Adequate]

For me it was zombies.

[rubah]

Topic #1: What was the coolest birthday cake you've ever had as a kid?
<del>It was a cockerdoodle</del> For my fifth birthday, I decided everything was going to be blue, so my grandma made blue icing for my cake it was so pretty

Topic #2: What is your best childhood memory of being spoiled and loved by your grandparents? (If you've never known your grandparents, you can choose another family member!)
<del>There was that night when I was seven when grandpa took me out to Blackwell to pick up some scotch</del> I don't actually remember this, but I found a card my grandma just sent me (not on any occasion) and it had like ten smiley face stickers on it and a little line like "You make me this happy" or something

Topic #3: What was your favorite book as a child?
<del>The New Joy of Sex</del> God, what an impossible question! I really liked Catherine, Called Birdy, and I spent hours and hours reading through all the stories in Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Topic #4: What was your first pet and what was its name?
<del>Candíru named Dick</del> A black lab named Puppa. Hehehehe, there's a pretty funny story about Puppa if you'd like to hear 8)

Topic #5: Did you believe in anything like trolls under your bed or closet monsters as a kid? If so, which one scared you the most?
<del>Well, the only thing I found under the bed was dad's porn, and the only thing in the closet was mom's dildos... so no</del> When I read the Babysitter's Club, I was introduced to the idea of monsters under the bed, and how to avoid them. I tried jumping into bed from a few feet away a few times, just to try it, and quickly got bored of it. The first real phobia I had about household places didn't come until later and I am not sharing it

props to you, Rye, those dirty things were actually difficult to come up with!

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

I wanna know story about Puppa!

[Tavrobel]

Topic #1: What was the coolest birthday cake you've ever had as a kid?

Stripper cake.

[LunarWeaver]

Topic #1: I hate cake so nobody really tried much.

Topic #2: I hate my family save for a choice few. Not sure what my best memory was... I think the day I realized my brother hit the age where he was no longer a douchebag and we became friends. It sort of happened all at once. It was odd.

Topic #3: I'm pretty sure it was Bridge to Terabithia.

Topic #4: My brother had a dog. I technically didn't own it. I don't remember its name. They picked some city from Alaska and named it that. It scared me and I was glad when my mom randomly gave it away, though not glad that it made my brother very upset because she did it without discussing it with him or giving any sort of notice it was happening. What a bitch.

Topic #5: I was scared of real things like spiders instead of trolls and such. I thought monsters were cool.


Well, this was pretty depressing. Sorry, Rye.



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[Breine]

Topic #1: What was the coolest birthday cake you've ever had as a kid?

I don't remember having a particularly cool birthday cake as a kid - maybe a "soccer cake", where it's shaped like a soccer field, has green icing and then gummi bears as soccer players. - But I don't remember if that was at my birthday party or a friend's.


Topic #2: What is your best childhood memory of being spoiled and loved by your grandparents? (If you've never known your grandparents, you can choose another family member!)

Just generally being at my grandfather's house. He lived on a farm, so I've spent a lot of time exploring and going on "adventures" there. He'd always have these specific kinds of ice cream and lemon sodas. He's the only grandparent I remember having (he died when I was 7 - my other grandfather died when I was 2, but I don't remember him at all. My grandmothers died before I was even born).


Topic #3: What was your favorite book as a child?

God, I don't know. There were so many. Even back then, I was into fantasy and supernatural stuff..


Topic #4: What was your first pet and what was its name?

I grew up having a dog, called Buller. He was a black spotted Russell Terrier, and I loved him to bits. We got him when I was maybe 5 or so, and he didn't die until I was around 18. Suddenly not having him around anymore was tough.


Topic #5: Did you believe in anything like trolls under your bed or closet monsters as a kid? If so, which one scared you the most?

I had a vivid imagination, so a couple of times I was sure there was a ghost in the house.

[Freya]

Topic #1: What was the coolest birthday cake you've ever had as a kid?

An Ice cream cake? I don't recall any cool cakes

Topic #2: What is your best childhood memory of being spoiled and loved by your grandparents?

My grandma called someone an asshole and it amused me so much that I always remember it xD

Topic #3: What was your favorite book as a child?

Honestly I read so much I can't say for sure I had a favorite. I was pron to reading books with dragons in it though. That and the harry potter books.

Topic #4: What was your first pet and what was its name?

Tigger! I got him when I was 5, of course we had some animals already before him but he was my kitty! I still have him. He's an old man

Topic #5: Did you believe in anything like trolls under your bed or closet monsters as a kid? If so, which one scared you the most?

I had two older siblings that would terrorize me with stories. They told me the eyes on the aspen trees were watching me and were waiting until i fell asleep to eat me. They also told me I had to hold my breath when we drove past a cemetery or a soul would possess me. I too was also scared of dolls. many other crazy stories they would tell me too

[PeneloRatsbane]

Topic #1: My mum made me a birthday cake for like my 7th birthday that was designed like a magic carpet and she sat my Jasmine and Aladdin dolls on it

Topic #2: My Grandfather had to take me to my bereavment councilling sometimes, and when he did instead of taking me back to school he'd take me for burgers and to the shops. He was great

Topic #3: Scarecrow walks at midnight, from the Goosebumps series

Topic #4: First one i can remember was a dog called Geezer, he was a scallywag

Topic #5: I used to be freaked out by the boiler in the airing cuboard. was convinced it was some sort of mummified killer steam punk cyborg

[Bunny]

Topic #1: I never had any cake that was specifically memorable. I do remember going to a birthday for these twins I used to know. They each had their own cake but the boy had finished his. So he reached over, stole his sister's cake and slammed his face into it. The girl started glaring at him. It was amusing. That isn't my birthday though.

Topic #2: I don't remember ever being spoiled by my grandparents. My grandpa did pick me up after I got suspended from school for punching some kid in the face for some reason. He asked me if the kid deserved it, I said yes. He said "Well, good. Let's go then."

Topic #3: I used to read these weird books. I can't remember the names of them but they were about things like the neighbor being a mummy and the 8th grade teacher being from outer space. They were amusing at the time. I also liked the caterpillar book where the caterpillar ate everything in sight.

Topic #4: My first pet was a calico cat named Buster. He was my scientific research partner. We were testing whether or not cats always land on his feet by me throwing him downstairs. The research made significant breakthrough and the results were pretty amusing. He died when my babysitter threw him and the other two cats I owned into a bag and then drown them in a river. Then threatened to stab me with a knife if I ever told anyone.

Topic #5: I was intensely afraid of the dark as a kid. I also have an overactive imagination, so yes, I believed things lived in my closet and under my bed. Pretending they were my friends is one of the only reasons I made it through childhood without going insane.