Today, I awoke to the sound of a gunshot, followed by children screaming. I leapt out of bed and ran to my balcony, only to see people casually milling around the elementary school parking lot under a "Science Fair" banner. A kid's science experiment scared me shitless. FML
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gracehi 31
Thank you, but I wasn't brave. There's a tall picket fence and some trees obscuring the view of my apartment from the school. I can only see the school parking lot because I'm on the second story. The only reason someone would be able to see me from there would be if they were looking for me. I would have been quite safe, even if there had been any real danger. If there really was some lunatic shooting up the school, at the very least I would have called the cops. I'd like to think I would also grab my gun, head over there, and try to shoot the mother ****** myself, but you never really know what you'll do in a situation like that until it happens.
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immunetoinsanity 23
At least it wasn't actually a gunshot!
KittenSandwich 9
Of course not. You always sit inside and wait for the people who got shot to tell you what happened.
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Comments (72)
aamir251 18
Hilarious! Instinct?
soccer3662 5
Good job.
nettrol 19
OP 2 questions: first what kind of experiment are theses kids doing that sound like guns? Second where do you live where a gunshot only bugs you and no one else?
slyde32 12
both stupid questions, a baloon full of hydrogen being poked with a lit match makes a hell of a bang, something I did in science class, secondly, it doesn't matter if the "gunshot" sound only bothered her, she wanted to make sure that everything was ok, and I'm sure multiple phone calls to authorities would make them react quicker if it was a gunshot, to top it all off she was sleeping when it happened
carlylol 10
So what was the project
akballerchicity 11
Why is this an FML?
carlylol 10
As soon as she wakes up her ninja reflexes kick in
mariab2898 13
At least you showed concern! It wouldn't be right to ignore a gunshot followed by children's screaming. At least it wasn't real!
Kyle_china 2
Give in to curiosity is ...
greentide 9
I'm very curious as to what time this happened at
dannnngthatsux 19
are you sure you weren't pay off the experiment? 'how many gunshots does it take before my neighbor gets arrested????'