When were you last really scared?We'd been watching the Shining. We were staying in an old church building. In hindsight, taking the shortcut home after midnight, in the mist, through the old graveyard was a bad idea.
I'm not sure what started it, but suddenly all the hairs on my neck had gone up and I was crapping myself. It was almost as bad as when, after a few cups of coffee too many and buzzing on caffeine, I got freaked out by my own reflection in the toilets.
When were you last really scared?
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chthonic, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 15:43)
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Coal Fire mis-hapMy Gran used to have a coal fire, which at 13 I thought was pretty cool, used to love loading more coal on and cooking toast on it.
One day I was messing around outside with a couple of mates when I had the great idea that I could take the protective covering off the back of the fire from outside and wave at her while she was inside and give her a nice suprise.
Got it off no problem, but rather than seeing my Gran sitting there with a cup of tea waving merrily back at me while she watched Countdown, I was engulfed in smoke and had a burning sensation for my eyebrows.
Next thing, my Gran is running round outside to find out what the Hell is going on as her living room is also full of smoke and sparks are flying everywhere all over her house.
I've never seen her so angry and pissed off even to this day and am ashamed to admit I ran home and hid in my bedroom I was that scared I'd managed to burn her house down.
Luckily, my Dad was on hand to put the back of the fire back on again so apart from a house full of smoke there was no long term damage, although it was a good while later that I was golden boy once again for her
(, Mon 26 Feb 2007, 16:45, Reply)
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