This is usually a time to reflect on a year gone by,but  2016 was pretty depressing. If you don’t believe me, read this. 

I felt the impulse to look back farther in our collective past, because of a song that we were playing today. The Smashing Pumpkins track “1979” was on the playlist this morning, a wonderful song that was written about the wild emotions we go through in our youth. Those emotions provoke maybe crazed actions, those silly things we remember and laugh at now.  The stuff you did when you were bit a younger and not as wise as you are now.

This prompted a call on all of you listening to text in to 312101 with your dumb teenage stories. And man, you all delivered a LOT of really fun stories. There was not enough time to share them all on air, so check out these tall tales of teenage fury and fun.

When I was 14 I attempted to ride a shopping cart down a steep hill off of a 3 foot ledge the front tires hit the ledge a flip forward got major road rash on my face and arm and sprained my elbow and wrist – Blake in Indiana

When I was 16, I accidentally sent a girl a text meant for my brother that was about her. She got mad at me so I drove 30 miles to see her and try to explain myself. It was 4 degrees outside and I left the heat off because I thought my being cold would help my chances. It did not. Lol. – Anonymous in 708

As teenagers some and some friends of mine were making a class film for school. We thought it would be a good idea to speak paint my friend metallic silver. His mom was livid and it took two days to get off. Head to toe. Including his face. His mom made us buy the paint thinner! We got a B on the project though! – Graham, Naperville

We used to go to funeral homes on Friday nights ….Just went and acted like we knew the person that died. Ate snacks, went in the empty caskets they used for display I’m actually on my way to work right now… At the funeral home. LOL! 13 years later and I guess I’m still a wee bit morbid. – Killey from somewhere in Chicago

My friends and I used to walk around with cable remote controls turning off people’a cable while they were watching it. – Gregg, Romeoville

There was 6 of us and we picked up the entire car and moved it. A few buddies and I picked up a smart car and moved it to the owners neighbors driveway. Doing what high schoolers do best and trying to impress a couple girls we were with by doing the stupidest thing we could think of …– Michael, Bartlett

Now there was a lot of grand tales of hormone-drenched mischief and misadventure, that was shared on air but this story from Jason in Glen Ellen, is the story you could tell every time your at a bar with nothing to talk about. He stole his dad’s car, his dad’s cop car….and then pulled people over in it.