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Oct 29, 2018 04:56PM
True story. My wife and I were shopping and were going through the frozen food area when, to my surprise, was a very famous person that I had no idea would be in the store. He was dressed in a yellow rain hat and a yellow slicker. For some reason, I went up to him and said, "WOW, I didn't expect to see the Gorton's Fisherman today!" My wife walked away and pretended she didn't know me.
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This story was told to me shortly after arriving onboard my first ship and yes, I believe it to be true.In 1979, if a ship encountered Vietnamese refugees they could only stop to provide assistance (by the end of 1979 ships were able to bring the refugees onboard). One day the ship came across a boatload of refugees and the ship stopped to provide assistance. No one in the boat could speak English so the captain asked if anyone onboard spoke Vietnamese. Someone on the fantail with the captain said, "Fred S.... said he was an interpreter in Vietnam."
So the captain had Fred S... paged to the fantail. When Fred S... arrived, the captain told him to ask the refugees needed any water."
So, Fred S... looked into the boat and said, "D O - Y O U -
N E E D - A N Y - W A T E R?"
Stuart wrote: "True story. My wife and I were shopping and were going through the frozen food area when, to my surprise, was a very famous person that I had no idea would be in the store. He was dressed in a yell..."Lol!!!
Once i was in school i had to prepared hydrogen gas in the chemical lab for its prepartion i used concentrated HCL instead of dilute HCL and on suddenly adding conc HCL in zinc pieces the whole apparatus shaked and there were intense fumes rised from the apparatus my teacher suddenly came and said what had you done it was scarry but a great experience.
Wow!! That's awsome.When I was four years old, I was cleaning my room. Being the curious person that I am I wondered what would happen if I stuck a metal bucket handle on the prongs to my night like and plug it in. Right as I plugged it in there was a loud crack,and the outlet turned black and was melted! Yeah, I got in huge trouble since my mom always told me what would happen if I played with oulets,but I did it anyway. :-P
LOL! Yeah little me was very mischievous. I think my mom called poison control like five times when I was little, because I drank and ate a lot of chemicals.Eye wash
Mouth wash/toothpaste
Simple green
Those little packets in food that say don't eat
A whole bottle of tums
And a ton of other things I got in trouble for, but I am still alive thank the Lord! 😜 :'D
Hahaaa same once happened while i was playing with a button which is normally used for clothing purpose. I put the button in my nostrils and it got stuck there ...hardly i could breath but thank God i survived. similarly once i put the key of our car in the socket and suddenly i received a severe shock and it threw back me to a distance but i was very naughty in my childhood. 😜 ;D
When I was young, I'd eat dirt, wild flowers, and small rocks. Also, pennies, dimes, and quarters. One time, there was a bush of berries growing in my backyard, with green and purple berries. Thinking it wouldn’t bring me harm just by eating one, I took the green one and swallowed it. Looking back, I only now noticed the plant was a deadly night shade plant, or an Atropa Belladonna. The green ones were the unripe ones, so I was extremely lucky that I didn’t eat the purple one, which would have probably killed me.
It’s a miracle I’m still alive.
I wasn't eating anything like that, but I was feeding a rabbit...When I was about 3 years or so, there was a small cute baby rabbit which always used to come to me... Problem was that I thought it was hungry and kept feeding it ANYTHING that I could see (I didn't know what was right to eat and wrong to eat)...
There are a few little stories that made my childhood quite intriguing... but to be safe of not coming across as a complete dummy, I'll start with the simple stuff.
1). FIRST JACKET INCIDENT... (This honestly wasn't that long ago.)
I was standing in the kitchen, hoping to make a nice Lemon poundcake for my Mom when she gets back from taking my Grandmother to a doctor's appointment. I just got inside from getting the mail, and I simply toss my bubble jacket (that my Grandmother got me) on the table (let's just say I like coat hangers now.)
My Dad's in his office, working. I start mixing up the batter while humming aloud. My back was turned for a few moments, but okay, I'll just say I thought I was aware.
"Hey, Kaitlyn. Do you smell that? Smells like polyester." Is all I hear from my Dad. He continues working and I turn around to get something off of the table. The candle. Ma left the candle burning. There sits the polyester jacket, it's sleeve slowly turning to ashes. "Darn it!" I put my things down and run to the table, blowing it out before picking up my jacket. That smell though. Naw. Never buying polyester coats like that one now...
(To simplify things, I turned that coat into a vest. Works wonderfully! Also, the pound cake was nice.)
2). FIRST CAR WINDOW INCIDENT... (Literally not the blade in the chainsaw shop.)
I was very little during this situation.
My Dad allowed me to go logging with him. He locked the car doors, left the radio on, and waited until he finished sawing some logs off before letting me help him bring them to the Jeep's trunk.
I stay jamming to the radio, growing impatient. I roll down the window and climb halfway out from it, waving to my Dad. My foot snapped down the button, the window rolling me up in it. Let's just say it HURT.
Dad drops the chainsaw, running over to me before opening the door (with me in it) to get me out. Ouch. I waited until I was a little bit older to go logging again.
3). FIRST TRACTOR INCIDENT... (I did not know!)
I love mowing the lawn. It's my stress relief. I beg summer to come so I can mow the lawn. Since I was 8, I'd been doing so. This one time, my Dad hadn't told me the garden hose was out. The blade smoothly rolls over it, then rolls over it again. One last shot. Bam! It was raining. My goggles got fogged up, water drops covering it. "It's raining?" I look around, the fountain of water erupting from the garden hose. Hehe. I saw nothing... minus my drenched clothes. (That hose has so many repair clamps now... I wish I learned.)
Then! The purple mushroom.
There are these purpled mushrooms on the front lawn. Just this summer, I ran over one to see what it did. Purple powder filled the air like this thick black smoke. Yuck! My Dad thought I see the tractor on fire. (I've already had the radiator leak as I'm driving. That's not too fun either when a flame comes from the engine. Hot rod Toro!!)
1). FIRST JACKET INCIDENT... (This honestly wasn't that long ago.)
I was standing in the kitchen, hoping to make a nice Lemon poundcake for my Mom when she gets back from taking my Grandmother to a doctor's appointment. I just got inside from getting the mail, and I simply toss my bubble jacket (that my Grandmother got me) on the table (let's just say I like coat hangers now.)
My Dad's in his office, working. I start mixing up the batter while humming aloud. My back was turned for a few moments, but okay, I'll just say I thought I was aware.
"Hey, Kaitlyn. Do you smell that? Smells like polyester." Is all I hear from my Dad. He continues working and I turn around to get something off of the table. The candle. Ma left the candle burning. There sits the polyester jacket, it's sleeve slowly turning to ashes. "Darn it!" I put my things down and run to the table, blowing it out before picking up my jacket. That smell though. Naw. Never buying polyester coats like that one now...
(To simplify things, I turned that coat into a vest. Works wonderfully! Also, the pound cake was nice.)
2). FIRST CAR WINDOW INCIDENT... (Literally not the blade in the chainsaw shop.)
I was very little during this situation.
My Dad allowed me to go logging with him. He locked the car doors, left the radio on, and waited until he finished sawing some logs off before letting me help him bring them to the Jeep's trunk.
I stay jamming to the radio, growing impatient. I roll down the window and climb halfway out from it, waving to my Dad. My foot snapped down the button, the window rolling me up in it. Let's just say it HURT.
Dad drops the chainsaw, running over to me before opening the door (with me in it) to get me out. Ouch. I waited until I was a little bit older to go logging again.
3). FIRST TRACTOR INCIDENT... (I did not know!)
I love mowing the lawn. It's my stress relief. I beg summer to come so I can mow the lawn. Since I was 8, I'd been doing so. This one time, my Dad hadn't told me the garden hose was out. The blade smoothly rolls over it, then rolls over it again. One last shot. Bam! It was raining. My goggles got fogged up, water drops covering it. "It's raining?" I look around, the fountain of water erupting from the garden hose. Hehe. I saw nothing... minus my drenched clothes. (That hose has so many repair clamps now... I wish I learned.)
Then! The purple mushroom.
There are these purpled mushrooms on the front lawn. Just this summer, I ran over one to see what it did. Purple powder filled the air like this thick black smoke. Yuck! My Dad thought I see the tractor on fire. (I've already had the radiator leak as I'm driving. That's not too fun either when a flame comes from the engine. Hot rod Toro!!)
Kaitlyn wrote: "There are a few little stories that made my childhood quite intriguing... but to be safe of not coming across as a complete dummy, I'll start with the simple stuff.1). FIRST JACKET INCIDENT... (T..."
LOL
This happened yesterday
Yesterday, was my second performance of Romeo& Juliet. Everything was going fine and the audience was engaged with the performance. The cast who have a long break are in a room for those who have a long break. Eventually, the game paranoia ends when most cast members have to go participate in the next scene. Then, intermission starts and most people make it back. Since, we're a group of theater kids some of us are making up casts for productions that won't happen or we start singing songs, When intermission ends, the show continues on as normal.
We get through 3 or 4 scenes when the fire alarm suddenly starts going off. In the moment, the cast members in the seperate room has a moment of hesitation before another cast members says "you've all done fire drills before. Get out of the building." We all leave. Many of us leave our belongings in the building.
At the same time, the actors on stage continue acting until they decide to leave.
When we get outside. they keep moving us around the building. At one point, we take attendance. Some people are saying the show will continue. It is freezing outside. At one point, one of the staff members tells us we will be taking our costumes home. During this chaos, the fire trucks arrive and start searching the school.
Eventually, they tell us that it happened because of a water pipe leak and that the rest of the show was canceled but we were able to go in and get our stuff. I had to call my parents from one of the staff member's cellphones. I couldn't hear anything that was being said so I was screaming in my phone.
Everyone ended up being okay, but now we're wondering what's going to happen about the play because I feel that we have to make up for those audience members who didn't get to see the full show. Someone said that they were planning on adding a matinee. By the point, the fire alarm went off I had done all my lines.
Yesterday, was my second performance of Romeo& Juliet. Everything was going fine and the audience was engaged with the performance. The cast who have a long break are in a room for those who have a long break. Eventually, the game paranoia ends when most cast members have to go participate in the next scene. Then, intermission starts and most people make it back. Since, we're a group of theater kids some of us are making up casts for productions that won't happen or we start singing songs, When intermission ends, the show continues on as normal.
We get through 3 or 4 scenes when the fire alarm suddenly starts going off. In the moment, the cast members in the seperate room has a moment of hesitation before another cast members says "you've all done fire drills before. Get out of the building." We all leave. Many of us leave our belongings in the building.
At the same time, the actors on stage continue acting until they decide to leave.
When we get outside. they keep moving us around the building. At one point, we take attendance. Some people are saying the show will continue. It is freezing outside. At one point, one of the staff members tells us we will be taking our costumes home. During this chaos, the fire trucks arrive and start searching the school.
Eventually, they tell us that it happened because of a water pipe leak and that the rest of the show was canceled but we were able to go in and get our stuff. I had to call my parents from one of the staff member's cellphones. I couldn't hear anything that was being said so I was screaming in my phone.
Everyone ended up being okay, but now we're wondering what's going to happen about the play because I feel that we have to make up for those audience members who didn't get to see the full show. Someone said that they were planning on adding a matinee. By the point, the fire alarm went off I had done all my lines.
Oh dear that's awful! But it sounds like you had an exciting time.😋 praying for you and the rest of your cast!
Karsyn wrote: "Oh dear that's awful! But it sounds like you had an exciting time.😋 praying for you and the rest of your cast!"
Honestly. Everything was fine and they added an extra show
Honestly. Everything was fine and they added an extra show
