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Vat-grown journalist has not heard of thing kids have been doing since the 1980's
Used to do this with the boys all the time back in the 90s. Annoying I am sure but harmless fun. Until some rabid chud wastes you I guess.
"I just want to go back to the good old days."
Neighborhood kid does a harmless, 40-year-old prank
BLAMMO
Do the contradictions never cease?
And they're probably going to blame the kids ignoring the fact that you used to be able to do this without fear of getting shot.
Ding dong ditch goes back further than the 1980s too, that’s just the modern name for it. In the UK it’s called knock, knock, run or knock down ginger and has been a thing since the 1800s.
One time I did it, it was hella late at night and dark so I didn't notice the window was already cracked until my hand was going through it. I bled a lot