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Toot

Written by Chris Hallbeck on 2025-01-21 at 21:46

One of the scariest things I did as a child was to slide the button to retract a fully extended 25 foot metal tape measure as I held it in my hands. It was a furious razor snake running straight for my delicate fingers.

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Descendants

Written by Victor Zambrano on 2025-01-21 at 21:48

@Chrishallbeck i know. it still scares me.

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Written by Owen Tyme on 2025-01-21 at 22:20

@Chrishallbeck Reminds me of being oh, about three or four years old and picking up a hose with a garden sprayer on the end, not knowing what it was.

I pointed it right in my face and pressed the handle. Got the fright of my life, because it sprayed water in my face!

I was silent through the whole thing, because I was too scared to scream.

Oh, and this was in a grocery store, in the produce section. Seems like stores have automated misters now, instead of those hoses.

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Written by SpaceLifeForm on 2025-01-21 at 23:32

@Chrishallbeck

Just as fun, put two fingers in an electrical outlet.

Ungrounded circuit for bonus points.

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Written by Rob Kay on 2025-01-21 at 23:51

@Chrishallbeck

https://xkcd.com/284/

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Written by Dave J on 2025-01-21 at 23:57

@Chrishallbeck https://youtu.be/RnihCC087yg

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Written by Julie on 2025-01-22 at 00:22

@Chrishallbeck Still terrifies me. And i have the original tape, my Dad’s, to make it scarier.

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Written by Francisca Sinn on 2025-01-22 at 00:51

@Chrishallbeck Even reading that my stomach went into knots remembering the sound and speed of the recoil doing much the same!

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Written by gowtywood on 2025-01-22 at 02:13

@Chrishallbeck still getting a thrill out of this 55 years later 👋

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Written by 🐜 on 2025-01-22 at 04:40

@Chrishallbeck same as an adult

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Written by Opiniated Charles on 2025-01-22 at 06:26

@Chrishallbeck 25 feet? how many giraffes is that?

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