what do you reach for?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-31-2008, 01:34 AM

One dark and stormy night, on which the moon peaked through the clouds overhead, suddenly a knocking came at the door to your house, rap. rap. rap. Looking quickly trough the bedroom window, you see standing on the front porch a shadowy figure, skulking beneath the overhang. Before rushing downstairs you have time to take but a single object, what do you reach for?

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DanaC · 03-31-2008, 05:19 AM

My mobile phone. I'll speak through the door to see who it is. If I don't know them they ain't comin in and I'll call the police.

glatt · 03-31-2008, 08:44 AM

I reach for the light switch.

Oh, hi Mom. What are you doing out on a night like tonight?

Clodfobble · 03-31-2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

skulking beneath the overhang. Before rushing downstairs you have time to take but a single object, what do you reach for?

I roll over and go back to sleep, as I am obviously unable to physically see what I think I see?

Shawnee123 · 03-31-2008, 09:33 AM

The vodka bottle tipped over next to my bed.

binky · 03-31-2008, 10:07 AM

My husband's ass, to push him out of bed. He can deal with it.

skysidhe · 03-31-2008, 10:41 AM

lol@ binky

Well I guess it would depend on if it were say...Halloween or not...or early in the evening. I could have left my lights on.*shrug*

...gotta be scarier...like taking a glass cutter to the window I might get a knife out then call the coppers.

Razzmatazz13 · 03-31-2008, 10:51 AM

At both of my houses (mom's and dad's, yes they're divorced) it is physically impossible to see the front porch and the driveway, so this scenario is one that I deal with whenever someone comes over (day or night) if I'm home alone, and someone knocks, I always have to decide whether or not I feel it's safe enough to try and answer it. I'm little, and female, and in the middle of the woods where nobody could possibly hear me scream, so it's a very nerve wracking thing. A lot of times I just plain don't answer, other times I'll get something hard and pointy up my sleeve in my hand...just in case and I always crack the door open juuust a little to make sure it's safe first.

Cicero · 03-31-2008, 11:56 AM

A hammer. This has happened before. My husband is always fast asleep and I don't want to have to wake him up to take out a crackhead.

We both love the hammer, I noticed this as soon as we started dating, any problems and we both seemed to gravitate towards the hammer. We had a utility hammer left in a drawer and one in the bedroom for bad neighborhood control. It's kind of an unspoken preference in our household.

This also happened at my last job, it was night in an unsavory neighborhood, a side door was left open, and someone whistled to see if anyone was there. After they asked repeatedly if I was alone they left. I had no hammer but they could tell by the look in my eyes that I was not afraid and might just take their head off. I am a tiny female, but I can scare the hell out of a lot of people when they are trying to create a problem. In which case, I grabbed an attitude and resourceful thinking. I didn't even bother with the phone...Just scared the asshole away.

Sidenote: None of that applies if what you are looking at is not human looking, or the coyote you were expecting to see.....I call it "not a coyote" in which case you just lock your door and hope that it leaves and try to get a photo of it. There, you grab a camera and take a photo of it as best as you can.

Cloud · 03-31-2008, 12:05 PM

urk! @ the "not a coyote"

lumberjim · 03-31-2008, 12:19 PM

Quote:

ClodfobbleQuote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
skulking beneath the overhang. Before rushing downstairs you have time to take but a single object, what do you reach for?

I roll over and go back to sleep, as I am obviously unable to physically see what I think I see?

Beest · 03-31-2008, 12:50 PM

Obvoiusly it's a candygram, rush down and open the door!

monster · 03-31-2008, 01:58 PM

d-----n

Cicero · 03-31-2008, 02:02 PM

That doesn't spell tazer. Someone figure out that riddle up there.

Oh, and let me know what the answer is.

03-31-2008, 01:34 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	what do you reach for? One dark and stormy night, on which the moon peaked through the clouds overhead, suddenly a knocking came at the door to your house, rap. rap. rap. Looking quickly trough the bedroom window, you see standing on the front porch a shadowy figure, skulking beneath the overhang. Before rushing downstairs you have time to take but a single object, what do you reach for? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-31-2008, 09:33 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The vodka bottle tipped over next to my bed. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-31-2008, 10:07 AM	#7
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	My husband's ass, to push him out of bed. He can deal with it. __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

03-31-2008, 10:51 AM	#9
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	At both of my houses (mom's and dad's, yes they're divorced) it is physically impossible to see the front porch and the driveway, so this scenario is one that I deal with whenever someone comes over (day or night) if I'm home alone, and someone knocks, I always have to decide whether or not I feel it's safe enough to try and answer it. I'm little, and female, and in the middle of the woods where nobody could possibly hear me scream, so it's a very nerve wracking thing. A lot of times I just plain don't answer, other times I'll get something hard and pointy up my sleeve in my hand...just in case and I always crack the door open juuust a little to make sure it's safe first. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

03-31-2008, 11:56 AM	#10
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	A hammer. This has happened before. My husband is always fast asleep and I don't want to have to wake him up to take out a crackhead. We both love the hammer, I noticed this as soon as we started dating, any problems and we both seemed to gravitate towards the hammer. We had a utility hammer left in a drawer and one in the bedroom for bad neighborhood control. It's kind of an unspoken preference in our household. This also happened at my last job, it was night in an unsavory neighborhood, a side door was left open, and someone whistled to see if anyone was there. After they asked repeatedly if I was alone they left. I had no hammer but they could tell by the look in my eyes that I was not afraid and might just take their head off. I am a tiny female, but I can scare the hell out of a lot of people when they are trying to create a problem. In which case, I grabbed an attitude and resourceful thinking. I didn't even bother with the phone...Just scared the asshole away. Sidenote: None of that applies if what you are looking at is not human looking, or the coyote you were expecting to see.....I call it "not a coyote" in which case you just lock your door and hope that it leaves and try to get a photo of it. There, you grab a camera and take a photo of it as best as you can. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-31-2008, 05:19 AM	#3
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	My mobile phone. I'll speak through the door to see who it is. If I don't know them they ain't comin in and I'll call the police.

03-31-2008, 08:44 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I reach for the light switch. Oh, hi Mom. What are you doing out on a night like tonight?

03-31-2008, 10:41 AM	#8
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	lol@ binky Well I guess it would depend on if it were say...Halloween or not...or early in the evening. I could have left my lights on.shrug ...gotta be scarier...like taking a glass cutter to the window I might get a knife out then call the coppers.

03-31-2008, 12:05 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	urk! @ the "not a coyote" __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-31-2008, 12:50 PM	#13
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Obvoiusly it's a candygram, rush down and open the door! Attached Images

03-31-2008, 01:58 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	d-----n __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2008, 02:02 PM	#15
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	That doesn't spell tazer. Someone figure out that riddle up there. Oh, and let me know what the answer is. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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