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Related: About this forumWhen I was a kid, I thought quick-sand would be a much larger part of my life...
— Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken (@papawoof.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T20:39:44.853Z
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When I was a kid, I thought quick-sand would be a much larger part of my life... (Original Post)
IrishBubbaLiberal
Wednesday
OP
Same thing w/ slipping on banana peels and getting bonked by a falling coconut.
Snarkoleptic
Wednesday
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spooky3
(37,535 posts)1. lol! Nt
rainy
(6,286 posts)2. Hilarious 😆
yorkster
(3,130 posts)3. True that. Never have seen the stuff...
Also, the thirsty cowboys see water, flop down to drink and then comes the dreaded cry - "Alkali!!!".
Old Crank
(5,726 posts)4. I was really disappointed
When as a child I learned you could swim or float out of quick sand.....
Snarkoleptic
(6,140 posts)5. Same thing w/ slipping on banana peels and getting bonked by a falling coconut.
n/t
Marthe48
(20,751 posts)6. My Dad pulled a kid out of quicksand
There was some low boggy land behind our family grocery store. All of my brothers and sister had been warned to stay out of that area, because it was known to be treacherous. A couple of kids in the neighborhood by the store were taking a shortcut and one stepped into a pit and got stuck. His friend ran to the store and my Dad, a volunteer fireman, ran down to the marsh and pulled him to safety. My Dad got a citation for his effort.
The store was southeast of Cleveland, not out west