Miscellaneous: Today, I was walking back to my home in the city in the dark....

By Eyesore - 16/04/2009 21:27 - United States

Today, I was walking back to my home in the city in the dark. I'm paranoid, so when I saw movement behind me I clutched my mace. The faster I walked, the closer the person seemed to be. I spun around and sprayed my attacker with mace. It was my shadow and the wind blew the mace back into eyes. FML

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_Chocoholic_ 0

Friday 17 April 2009 1:24

What is mace? Like pepper spray? I'm assuming it's not the spiky club I'm thinking of, lol.

SarahB0184 0

Friday 17 April 2009 1:21

Well, I guess you showed your "attacker" lol. I hope the mace was not too bad though. =)

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desertdem 0

Friday 17 April 2009 5:11

Sounds pretty fake.

babaa_fml 0

Friday 17 April 2009 5:12

EPIC FAIL!!!!!! ahaha suburban people are so paranoid lol

stegd133 0

Friday 17 April 2009 5:25

fyi, mace will do nothing against a focused attacker - it may throw off a casual mugger, but someone who is truly motivated to harm you will not be effected seriously enough to stop. you're better off carrying an actually weapon, like a knife, or perhaps a tazer.

bubs_AKA_vermin 0

Friday 17 April 2009 5:25

well, i feel your pain. paranoia's a bitch. at least YOU don't hear things at night and see thing move when they aren't. *shudder* and i agree with 78. *grim nod*

rxxk 0

Friday 17 April 2009 5:26

Lolz. When I first read this, I thought s/he was talking about the physical hand-weapon mace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_mace), not the spray.

daisyfuck 0

Friday 17 April 2009 5:27

#20; wtf, what is the difference between defending yourself and using mace to defend yourself? It's the same thing. "Overly paranoid"? Are you kidding? Watch, (assuming the OP is a girl), if she actually WAS attacked she'd be blamed for not being more careful. Mace is awesome and comes in handy.