KK fought the lawn and the lawn won.
I'll show myself out.
I'll show myself out.
Scariest thing you have ever experienced
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Christ almighty, Kook. Crazy.
Wtf happened to your neighbor? Did you ever learn of an explanation or reason it happened?
Wtf happened to your neighbor? Did you ever learn of an explanation or reason it happened?
KKs wins...heres why:
1) You're a kid. Kids are innocent and naive. And ill equipped by life to address major trauma
2) It occurs at or near home, a safe place
3) involving a neighbor, presumably someone you know and likely have affection for at some level, or at least don't outright hate
4) with a passionless piece of machinery - there is no reasoning with a lawn mower
5) without reason...there is no correlation or Karma angle on "why" that would happen to a child - killing a "cosmic justice" angle
6) Your alone - as a child that in and of itself is horror at times, much less when you are left alone because injuries are so horrific.
Seriously...that's truly in the spirit of this thread, and awful.
I nearly drowned in a pool at age four, which has 3-4 of the above and thought i was near the top...no sir, KK wins. hands down. and thats even with Deeeefense having that crazy creepy assed story of his.
1) You're a kid. Kids are innocent and naive. And ill equipped by life to address major trauma
2) It occurs at or near home, a safe place
3) involving a neighbor, presumably someone you know and likely have affection for at some level, or at least don't outright hate
4) with a passionless piece of machinery - there is no reasoning with a lawn mower
5) without reason...there is no correlation or Karma angle on "why" that would happen to a child - killing a "cosmic justice" angle
6) Your alone - as a child that in and of itself is horror at times, much less when you are left alone because injuries are so horrific.
Seriously...that's truly in the spirit of this thread, and awful.
I nearly drowned in a pool at age four, which has 3-4 of the above and thought i was near the top...no sir, KK wins. hands down. and thats even with Deeeefense having that crazy creepy assed story of his.
Christ almight.
Oh! I've got a great one!
So, we were playing in my pool when I was a teenager... young though, maybe 12, 13.
We were playing a game where each group of guys tried to push the other group off of their raft, and then "take over" the raft. It was CHAOS... shouting and screaming and pushing and splashing, maybe 15 people all together... just a mess, and a perfect time for a disaster to be not noticed...
So I am there, pushing and trying to get up onto the other raft, and everyone is pushing me off, when suddenly my legs cramp up BADLY. IIRC it was like one cramp in one leg and two in the other. My legs were instantly totally bent.
So I panic and reach for the raft (the pool was DEEP)... and they push me off.
I grab again, because I can't swim... and they push me off.
I remember looking up at the face of my friend Marty B. and gasping "Help me!" as I went under. I was done for. He then grabbed me and HAULED me out. He said later that he saw the sheer panic in my eyes and realized at the last second how wrong something was.
Really terrifying, because there is no way anyone would have noticed, in all the kid emotion and energy, that I was under and not coming back up. No way.
I remember it took AGES to get my legs unlocked. Worst cramps I've had.
Oh! I've got a great one!
So, we were playing in my pool when I was a teenager... young though, maybe 12, 13.
We were playing a game where each group of guys tried to push the other group off of their raft, and then "take over" the raft. It was CHAOS... shouting and screaming and pushing and splashing, maybe 15 people all together... just a mess, and a perfect time for a disaster to be not noticed...
So I am there, pushing and trying to get up onto the other raft, and everyone is pushing me off, when suddenly my legs cramp up BADLY. IIRC it was like one cramp in one leg and two in the other. My legs were instantly totally bent.
So I panic and reach for the raft (the pool was DEEP)... and they push me off.
I grab again, because I can't swim... and they push me off.
I remember looking up at the face of my friend Marty B. and gasping "Help me!" as I went under. I was done for. He then grabbed me and HAULED me out. He said later that he saw the sheer panic in my eyes and realized at the last second how wrong something was.
Really terrifying, because there is no way anyone would have noticed, in all the kid emotion and energy, that I was under and not coming back up. No way.
I remember it took AGES to get my legs unlocked. Worst cramps I've had.
Leg cramp. Way to torpedo the thread Debbie Downer. I had a hangnail once but I'm not trying to put that up against planes exploding and kids getting lawn mowed while Dee is at 30,000 ft in a thunderstorm holding onto a balloon.
Far from it.
Sharts are awesome.
Once I knew a neighbor kid who was a Duke fan who had a leg cramp in a pool, biggest sissy on the block.
Brother came home from the Navy, I was still in high school, I think a Junior. Back story is to long, but we ended up in a fight. He is a large and strong man, I am not. Needless to say he thumped me pretty bad.
I actually got mad and then scared for my life at that moment (but i know in reality he would never have truly hurt me.) I got away from him, loaded my shotgun and went after him. There was no doubt in my mind I was going to kill him, i was in a fear induced rage. I had the gun loaded, aimed and cocked. If not for our mother getting between us just in time, I WAS going to shoot him in the head. To this day he will tell you he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he was a dead man.
It still scares me to think of what I was capable of if I snapped in that type of situation. But one good thing, we have never had another fight.
Edit to add: My big brother is a good man and we are close. He helped me get my Navy career started and I owe everything i have accomplished to him helping me. To think in that one moment I/we almost ruined countless lives, scares me just typing it out.
I actually got mad and then scared for my life at that moment (but i know in reality he would never have truly hurt me.) I got away from him, loaded my shotgun and went after him. There was no doubt in my mind I was going to kill him, i was in a fear induced rage. I had the gun loaded, aimed and cocked. If not for our mother getting between us just in time, I WAS going to shoot him in the head. To this day he will tell you he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he was a dead man.
It still scares me to think of what I was capable of if I snapped in that type of situation. But one good thing, we have never had another fight.
Edit to add: My big brother is a good man and we are close. He helped me get my Navy career started and I owe everything i have accomplished to him helping me. To think in that one moment I/we almost ruined countless lives, scares me just typing it out.
1973. Settled out of court damages awarded $20k. If I were a girl, I would've gotten double. Big whoop. After interest the award paid for 2 of my 5 years at UK and a VW Golf.
Our backyards were adjacent to neighbors. They moved a few months later.
Almost every summer as a kid, I faced the knife rather than vacations or relaxation. This brought about my skills on the Atari, drawing and reading.
I suppose sharts are awesome. Sometimes you just have to go with it. Sometimes you're stuck until you get home and you just have to accept it.
Interesting, because this has always been my mental image of Z:
In grade school, yep... Without Jimmy's speech impediment and killer jokes.My new mental image of KK:
But consider...
Actually, I did well with the ladies and was always in good spirits. Still played baseball quite well (travel team when that was a new concept) until my leg length surgery in high school. I could've played HS QB as I warmed up our state championship team throwing routes to WRs. All my friends were on FB team. (Of which US Sen. Cory Booker was AA TE) Some said my arm was stronger.
Switched to golf. Played varsity. Still play.
Post UK, I lifted weights like a demon and had 52" chest and 31" waist when married at age 25.
I became a miserable douche after 20 years of marriage, but that's the second scariest thing I experienced.
Interesting, because this has always been my mental image of argubs2:
Well, I didn't say it was as good as getting run over or the side of a plane blowing up!
But dude, drowing is f'ing SCARY. And it is SO much worse when you are trying to NOT drown, and all of your friends are staring at you with such energy and screaming and "violent" and all and actively pushing you away TO drown.
Interesting, my mental image of Z is this. Quivering, saying "Jesus Chroysht" as he's shoving a gigantic list of two-bit, left-wing, worldwide science cabals up his cleft *******. Toasting his own anus with Lemmiwinks' helmet torch.Interesting, because this has always been my mental image of Z:
http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/south-park/clip-thumbnails/season-8/0812/south-park-s08e12c10-born-a-*****-16x9.jpg
That's a hell of thing to go through. I can't even imagine. Prayers my brother.
You need to tell your friends to quit trying to passively-aggressively kill you. Rather, they should be assertive and jump in the water and use their hands to physically drown you. Staring you to death is for pussies.
