We have all had at least a few secrets our parents never knew.... Or maybe things they only heard about years after the fact. Man oh man, some of the greatest stories begin with, ......did you know I was once an expert at hitting mailboxes with beer bottles? Or....remember that summer the back of the barn always smelled like a family of skunks moved in.......well, that wasn't skunks.
A game we played a few times was simply called, "Dodge Arrow." These were the rules of the game, someone would shoot an arrow straight up in the air, then everyone had to guess where it would land. The person's right foot closest to where the arrow landed was the winner......(so long as you didn't die)
It was a GREAT game, but my mom would have shit down both legs if she ever knew we were that stupid. About age 13 I became the proud owner of a crossbow,.....it couldn't have been more than 30 minutes before Dodge Arrow transformed into Dodge Bolt......
But, there was a flaw..... If you shoot an arrow straight up into the air it will go straight up until it runs out of momentum, then it will begin to fall to earth feathers down. Within the first 10 or 15 feet during the fall the arrow will switch positions with the point diving head first towards earth. That is not what happens in the game of Dodge Bolt......
The bolt flew high in the sky to the point I could barely see it.....and then to my surprise it turned horizontal to the ground and headed South. As God as my witness I could see the bolt going South for probably 300 feet until the trees blocked it from view.......
Momma would not have been happy. What stupid games did you play......did your parents ever find out?
