Today, I wanted revenge on the rabbit who ate my garden's plants. When he returned, he was standing next to my brand new above-ground swimming pool. I pull out my 22. rifle and shot at it, but the bullet missed and popped a hole in my pool. 15,000 gallons of water flooded my basement. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
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Today, I heard a gunshot not too far from the house. This is not unusual, as I live way out in the boonies and hunters tend to roam the woods. What isn't normal is a stray bullet hitting my above-ground pool, which promptly split open and released a torrent of water that flooded my basement. FML
Today, while mowing my backyard, I messily discovered that a family of rabbits has been living out there in the tall grass. FML
Today, a few freshmen jumped my fence. They decided to take a dip in the pool, so I pulled out a paintball gun. I unloaded over 100 rounds, painting their backs bright yellow. It also dyed my pool yellow, and it'll apparently cost around $500 to repair. FML
Today, I wanted revenge on my neighbor, whose dog craps in my yard, so I spent a day at the dog park gathering up dog shit. I piled it up by the property line and ran over it with the mower, intending to spray his driveway and car with turds. Instead, it gummed up the mower. Now it stinks too bad to fix. FML
Today, my dog proudly brought home a rabbit he'd killed. The same rabbit that belongs to my neighbor's daughter. FML
Today, I was on my back patio talking with my husband. It got dark outside, and I saw something shuffling in the back yard. I freaked out so bad that I went to run inside, only to fly face-first into the screen door. Turns out the shuffling was a baby rabbit. FML
Today, my 6 ft snake got loose. I found it. It was in my neighbor's backyard, constricting their pet rabbit. FML
Today, I shot my boyfriend in the balls by mistake, twice. First it was a paintball gun I was using with my nephew, then it was a slingshot I use to scare away the bird who keeps eating fish from my pond. He is now sat icing his groin acting like I did it on purpose. FML
Today, I drove home on my birthday, and my mom said she'd meet me there. I was a little surprised to get home and find she wasn't there, but even more shocked to see my rabbit run over in my driveway. Turns out he'd gotten loose and my mom had run him over, panicked, and left. FML
Today, after I warned my son repeatedly that if he wanted a rabbit he had to clean and feed it, I checked on it. It wasn’t just dead, it was dead and rotting in a pool of its own pee and faeces. I yelled at him, but he just shrugged and told me rabbits are boring and he forgot it was even there. FML
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narks 0
Not only did you try to kill it instead of just relocating it, but you tried to justify your shit aim with 'the bullet missed' instead of 'I missed'. This one calls for a YDI unfortunately.
tkmac 0
Sounds like a Tom & Jerry episode.
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YLS 0
Now you know that it would have been easier and cheaper to have taken preventative measures to keep pests out of your garden in the first place.
sunshiiiineXD 0
Do you really have nothing better to do? Way to let a rabbit cost you the thousands I presume it will cost to drain your basement.
ItecKid 0
Discharging a firearm in a residential area is a crime. I hope your neighbours did their neighbourly duty and called the coppers on you.
kingbeau 0
Beverly Hillbillies much?
emosewa 0
Okay, I don't have a problem with you shooting at the bunny, I don't have a problem with you not checking behind your target. But how the hell do you not plug a hole in the pool before 15,000 gallons of water spill out through a pencil-sized hole. It would have taken 3 days to leak out.
Shoopman 0
YDI for shooting at an innocent animal, and for being stupid enough to miss.
sarahishh 0
You deserve to be in a psych ward. Shooting at an animal for eating some flowers? That doesn't sound right.
BirdieKitKat 3
Wow. I'm definitely liberal and have been called a hippie many times, but I'm totally for shooting the rabbit. Fences really don't work depending on where you're living (even chicken wire ones) and I think that poison is way too dangerous for a variety of reasons, plus more inhumane. What I think this shows is the complete disconnect with nature that has developed--even if you buy meat from a grocery store, you're killing it--and a disturbing ignorance about what is done to the animals who are, to quote #134, "birthed and raised for food." It's much more humane to kill a bunny (yes a cute fuzzy wuzzy bunny or any other WILD animal) that has gotten to enjoy life out of a feed lot. It's probably tons healthier for you too. Maybe its because I grew up hunting and fishing safely with no swimming pools involved, but I'd also argue if you can't kill, don't eat meat and get off your high horse. Most vegans and vegetarians have no idea what level of impact they are still having on the environment with their lifestyle choices (Mr. Awesome and knowledgeable motorcycle veg excluded..sorry I'm to lazy to look up your name). I'd also argue though, it you're not going to eat it, you really shouldn't kill it unless you must. And really, all you people who said you'd totally let rats live in your houses? I'm calling liars on you. Not only is that fairly dangerous-disease wise, but they also bite people, chew through wiring, and smell like shit when they die in your walls and you can't get to them. OP. If you ARE in an urban area (which you might NOT be), get an airsoft gun. No matter what, learn gun safety and how to aim.
cheesesoda 0
#238, you're a ******* moron. "As for all you ignorant asses that are proud humans are the top of the food chain, the only reason we're there is because of man made weapons. If we had no weapons, we'd easily be toward the bottom. Other animals can kill us, making us obviously not the top. Get a brain, douchebags." Do you know WHY we don't have claws and incredibly sharp teeth? Because we've evolved, jackass. We gained intelligence that has allowed us to outsmart our prey and make useful weapons that reduces the energy required for a meal. Just because I can't kick a tiger's ass one on one doesn't mean that I can't kill it or that it makes me any less of a hunter. We just evolved past having to use brawn to take down a meal.
Nandian90 0
I Agree with #34. Dealing with critters who come through your home is fine. I am sure that all of you have placed poison for insects and mouse traps for mice (Hey they are trying to survive too! So why do you kill them? Cause they are pests!) Still YDI. Seriously you outsmarted by a rabbit! LOL.