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matlee
524 posts
20 months
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ZOLLAR said: Walked out of my house once and heard a crunch under my foot, looked down to see the smeared remains of a snail and another snail next to the squished helix aspera.
I was unsure if the surviving snail was the deceased's wife or just a mate (I'm not trained in determining the sex of snails) but when I got home a couple of hours later it was still there presumably mourning.
The pain I caused haunts me to this day. I was going to post the same scenario except the surviving snail in my case was a much smaller one so could have been the squashed snails sprog.
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unrepentant
14,399 posts
125 months
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I recently purchased a bike rack that attached to the hitch on my old Range Rover. I used it to pick up my new bike from the shop about 30 miles away and went back a week later to pick up a recumbent we had bought for MrsU. When we got home I was surprised to find the rack was a little loose on the hitch. Having taken the recumbent off I inspected the rack only to discover that it pulled straight off the hitch. I had tightened the main bolt on without sliding the rack on properly and nothing had been holding the rack on! 3 weeks later I still get a cold sweat thinking about the carnage that could have happened if the rack and recumbent had fallen off on the highway....
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br d
2,451 posts
95 months
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I grew up on a pretty ropey council estate and there was a mad, drunken smelly woman a few streets away. She'd scream and shout at people at all hours and generally behave like a nutter.
One day a mate was taking a few of us to the football so I jumped in the back seat, he said he was picking up one more so we waited on a corner and another bloke jumped in the back with me. We said hello and he said he'd seen me about, I asked where he lived and he said a few streets over, in the flats.Oh right I said, near mad scabby Susan? That's me mum, he replied.
I then had to sit next to him in silence for the next hour.
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Vieste
9,065 posts
29 months
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1988 bmx going full pelt through a church yard hitting some old woman knocked her out cold,little did i know she had a heart attack and was my mates nan.
She made a full recovery and yes i did stay with her until the Ambiwlans arrived.
Sorry harvey.
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lenats31
206 posts
42 months
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My own birthday and the day after in 2006.
I was at work that day when I received a phonecall from my mother on my workphone. She called to say my father had been rushed to hospital with a bad haemorrage from his neck. I colleague of mine rushed me to the hospital. He had been batteling cancer for about 1½ years, but seemed to be doing good. We lost him in the early hours the next morning.
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lenats31
206 posts
42 months
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And a less serious one - don´t remenber when, but some years ago. I met an old school mate, and I started the short conversation with congratulating her, as she had a "belly" her face turned from happy to a big questionmark: "With what???" Me - something like this: "I seemed to remember today was your birthday." I could have crawled deep into the ground.  We are still on speaking terms - even after that clumpsy first meeting after those years.
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monthefish
15,709 posts
100 months
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GTIR said: I was about 12yo and there was a girl down the road who was about 8yo. Some older boys (18yo) used to take her into the woods and "do stuff". I think I knew what was going on but was scared of the boys so chose to ignore it.  I only told my mum about it last year and she said that it wasn't my fault. Didn't help. Eventually they got caught but at the time (80's) there was no structure in place and zero backup for those sorts of victims so it was her word against theirs and they walked away.  I don't know what happened to the girl but later on in life I'd see her walking along the road to go and work at the stables, head down expressionless face. It made my stomach go all knotty and I'd feel sick so I stopped going down that road after that. I've tried to get in contact with her as my younger brother knew her but sadly he died a couple of years ago and I've no idea where she is. I'm not even sure why I need to see her or what I'd say? Sorry I'm a gutless dick? Anyway. That's the biggest thing I regret. Often. (I've since found one of the men that did it on Facebook....) Holy f**k, that's horrendous.
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Use Psychology
9,796 posts
61 months
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the way this thread is going i keep expecting someone to put their hand up and admit to ordering the execution of hundreds of jews or something. it's gone from 'i stood on a snail' to 'I slit the throat of a pregnant deer'. I think people are a bit confused between 'little' and 'potentially head-f  king' events.
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boobles
12,163 posts
84 months
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monthefish said: Holy f**k, that's horrendous. Can't they still be done for it even after all this time? Perhaps if this girl/women could be traced & if you are prepared to give evidence, they could still be prosecuted?
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monthefish
15,709 posts
100 months
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boobles said: monthefish said: Holy f**k, that's horrendous. Can't they still be done for it even after all this time? Perhaps if this girl/women could be traced & if you are prepared to give evidence, they could still be prosecuted? Tricky one. Conviction probably unlikely, although that's (of course) not a reason for not trying. More to the point, the girl has probably moved on, and digging it up again may not help matters (she may have had councilling and put the matter to rest after this time). Horrible situation.
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boobles
12,163 posts
84 months
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monthefish said: Tricky one.
Conviction probably unlikely, although that's (of course) not a reason for not trying.
More to the point, the girl has probably moved on, and digging it up again may not help matters (she may have had councilling and put the matter to rest after this time).
Horrible situation. Or perhaps this still haunts her on a daily basis & she could be thinking "if only somebody saw what was happening" I know what I would be doing. I would be trying to track her down & let her know what I saw & take it from there. She may well have moved on but I very much doubt it.
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Issi
621 posts
19 months
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Swearing in class to upset a very devout Canadian exchange teacher. Mr Seth Adams of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, I'm truly sorry.
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julian64
9,840 posts
123 months
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Bonfire down the bottom of my garden, been slowly amassing branches off a nearby dead tree for a few days and finally the sunday had come to light it. Waited until dusk poured a reasonable amount of petrol onto it and then lit it.
There was about about a five second gap, with a big 'whump' as the petrol caught.
A few secnds later there was a high pitched scream like air escaping from a trapped vessel, then two small rabbits came running out of the fire like two small fireballs and legged it down the garden while still on fire. One of them was doing somersaults, and the other had made a fair turn of speed.
I had nothing on me but a hose and a digging fork, and I didn't think there was much point using the hose. I was wearing wellies and it took bloody ages to catch up with the one doing somersaults and finally do for him with the fork. The one who legged it I never found, but there was a terrible smell of burning in the bushes around the front garden but I never did find the body.
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King Herald
18,339 posts
85 months
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My daughter used to sit at a tiny little table and chair we made and do drawings and stuff when I was in the garage, just so she could be near me. One day she was sat doodling, and I was moving stuff around, tidying up. She grew bored and left, and a bit later I had leaned a heavy fire door against the steps to the upstairs of the garage. Just after she left I climbed the steps and snagged my arm on the door, knocking it down. It crashed to the ground, totally obliterating the chair that my little girl had been sat in not ten minutes earlier.  The number of times I have re-run this scenario through my head, thinking that she could have still been sat there, if..... I've always been very careful whenever she is out in the workshop with me, even making her wear ear protection and goggles if I am doing something that causes dust or flying bits. Now I'm even more super careful.
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croyde
8,745 posts
99 months
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I'd imagine that you may have done things a little differently if she had still been sat on her chair 
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Yazza54
9,428 posts
50 months
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One night a while ago me and my mate were having a drink in the house and getting a bit tipsy. I decided to get my newly acquired air rifle out (that I couldn't shoot for s t) to show him. Next thing is we're hanging out of the bedroom window shooting stuff in the garden, plant pots, bucket, etc. Then, as if by magic, a wild pigeon appears. It landed in a tree directly infront of me, it was huge. We both looked at each other as if to say 'jackpot'. Now the story gets grim. I popped that pigeon one. It fell out of the tree, in a swirling motion, like a fighter jet that had lost a wing. Now we're like, s t what have we done!! Just as we are about to go down stairs to move the poor bird, it jumps up!! Starts pacing around the garden like Rambo on steroids with one wing hanging off. Now we're s tting it. I thought, I'd better put it out of its misery, and finish what I started, surely that's the best thing to do? So, I shot it again, it seemed to do nothing. And again. And again. And again. And again. This Pigeon was a hard b d but by the 6th shot it finally stopped. We rush downstairs to the garden and it's lying on the grass, looking up at us 'like why you b d why!', could not believe it was STILL ALIVE. I put one more in the gun and put it to the pigeons head and ended it. A bit of 'dicking about' turned into something totally horrific. I do love animals but for some reason, like a lot of people I thought 'oh it's only a worthless pigeon'. I sold my gun and will never do anything like that again.
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DoubleSix
2,520 posts
45 months
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Use Psychology said: the way this thread is going i keep expecting someone to put their hand up and admit to ordering the execution of hundreds of jews or something. it's gone from 'i stood on a snail' to 'I slit the throat of a pregnant deer'. I think people are a bit confused between 'little' and 'potentially head-f king' events. It seems some people are also confused by what it is plainly ernest truth and what is an impluasible tale. Maybe my litte windup opened the flood gates to these more 'head-f king' posts....
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boobles
12,163 posts
84 months
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DoubleSix said: Use Psychology said: the way this thread is going i keep expecting someone to put their hand up and admit to ordering the execution of hundreds of jews or something. it's gone from 'i stood on a snail' to 'I slit the throat of a pregnant deer'. I think people are a bit confused between 'little' and 'potentially head-f king' events. It seems some people are also confused by what it is plainly ernest truth and what is an impluasible tale. Maybe my litte windup opened the flood gates to these more 'head-f king' posts.... May I suggest you read the title of this thread. "little things that haunt you" People are telling of little things that haunt them & just because it means nothing to you, doesn't mean it's not worthy a mention on here! If the title was "how many people have you killed" then I could understand where you are coming from. 
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DoubleSix
2,520 posts
45 months
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Maybe u misunderstood or maybe your being a bit dim. But people are talking about girls being abused, kids drowning etc
The point was that these are not 'little things'. Not that i have any problem with people sharing these things, but they dont sit well next to "i trod on a snail".
So im going to suggest YOU reread the OP and the title.
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boobles
12,163 posts
84 months
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My post wasn't actually aimed at you, it was more towards the other guy. Thank you for suggesting me being dim. Keep up the great work.
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