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Features The 50 Greatest Shocking Moments of My Life (40-31) Let the horror continue...
My sister and I were watching what was probably one of the most memorable Family Ties episodes, where Michael J. Fox ends up with Ellen (Tracy Pollan). They dance blissfully away to Billy Vera and Beaters' one hit wonder At This Moment. I naively asked my sister and my dad, "So is this girlfriend permanent?" 39. Hearing about a guy at karate actually doing "The Crane" during a competition (1986) I can't confirm this, but I heard that a guy at my Karate dojo (ummm.. that's school to those of you not familiar with the martial arts) actually did Ralph Macchio's patented crane move from The Karate Kid. He wasn't skinny and Italian like Daniel LuRusso either. I think the opponent just "swept the leg." I actually don't know what happened. This one's kind of lame. Sorry. 38. Post-church snowball fights! (1984) Every Sunday at church in the winter would be an opportunity for another vicious snowball fight. I got wailed in the face and my lip started bleeding. I told my parents it was ketchup. That excuse didn't really fly. 37. Getting in trouble while yelling "Yoo-Hoo" through a window (1985) It was recess and those Yoo-Hoo commercials were really popular. So while a child was being tutored I just popped up and yelled "yoo-hoo!" through the window. The teacher caught me and made me stand against the wall. 36. When Saggy Cheeks Yells Back (1983) On the way home from school, my friend and I would always encounter an old man with a limp and saggy cheeks. Hence the nickname, "Saggy Cheeks." We'd see him so often that we'd make up stories that he was some kind of a monster. We probably said one obnoxious comment to many (or maybe we imitated his limp), and he totally freaked out on us. 35. The Haunted House at Disney World (1984) I totally got creeped out at the Haunted House. I didn't want to go in. Then I came out, and thought, "That wasn't so bad." I conquered my fear of Walt Disney World Haunted Houses that day. 34. Jaws 3 in 3-D (1983) Again, freaked me out. But I didn't want to admit it. I think i saw it with my sister and a friend, and they asked if I was scared. I said no. I woke up in the middle of the night in tears. 33. Mr. Z (1986) I played trumpet in the fifth grade. Our conductor Mr. Z, actually wrote a retarded Christmas song called Jingle-Bell-A-Rock-Pop or something like that. The trick was that the three of us trumpeters had to get the introduction right. The timing, tempo and everything. We practiced it so much. Naturally, during the performance we completely screwed it up and Mr. Z gave us a death stare that I still remember to this day. 32. Breaking My Arm (1988) I went tubing -- kind of like sledding but on this big inflated tube at a winter church retreat. I had two friends on either side of me when we went over a mogul and BAM! Intense pain. As we slowed to a skid, my friends thought I was kidding as I was screaming in pain while the tube after us came and plowed me another 10 feet or so further. That really sucked. 31. Bashing Brains (1989) This was on another church retreat, albeit a summer one. There must've been about 20 bunk beds in one room with about 3 adult chaperones. Being the annoying young ages we were, (11-15) we kept everyone up by talking and laughing until one of the grown-ups just screamed, "if you guys don't quiet down, I'll BASH YOUR BRAINS IN!!" Needless to say we went right to sleep after that. 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 10-1 |
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