whats the most embarassing fright you ever got

u_c_thesecond · 05-02-2012 12:57AM #1

Half an hour ago- after a few drinks my hubby went to the chipper down the road, i was happy to stay at home with my bottle of beer rather than walk down in the cold

Suddenly i heard a thump upstairs and then what sounded like someone walking across the landing.

So i went to the bottom of the stairs and suddently a voice boomed out- I tore out the front door and stayed out there till my hubby came back from chipper

Turns out our cat had gotten into the top of the wardrobe and knocked some shoes (hence the thump) dragged a runner across the landing into spare room- then jumped into other wardrobe and landed on a bob the builder toy(i had put away from my nephews birthday next week.) and set the thing off

So im ****n scarlet and my husband laughing his hole off me . The shame!!!

whats the most embarassing fright you ever got??

senorwipesalot · 05-02-2012 01:02AM

Can we fix it?

Shryke · 05-02-2012 01:03AM

I was in hospital with a heart problem. What must the neighbours have thought?!

gcgirl · 05-02-2012 01:04AM

Oh classic

Fromthetrees · 05-02-2012 01:13AM

I was having a smoke out the back of my parents house last week, it was dark and I was sitting on a bench, a gust of wind blew and right in front of me a leaf was blowing along the ground quite fast towards me, honestly thought it was a rat and it was trying to get me, jumped up and started to run away until I realised.

Sky King · 05-02-2012 01:24AM

IN a plane - shouted at the pilot that we were going to crash into another aircraft right in front of us, freaked the sh!t out of him and myself - It turned out to be a bastardin seagull. Got some slaggin i did.

dark crystal · 05-02-2012 01:27AM

Whilst having an evaluation in work with my supervisor, one of my colleagues suddenly appeared in front of the glass partition and mooned me before running off.

I was taking a sip of water at the time, so ended up snorting water all out my nose and farting loudly at the same time.

Supervisor looked at me as if I was a complete and utter whackjob. I could have died right there.

some random drunk · 05-02-2012 02:07AM

Was walking towards a glass panelled door to open it, caught sight of my own reflection. Thought there was some guy who looked like me about to open it from the other side and jumped a mile, much to the bemusement of everyone watching

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Son Of A Vidic · 05-02-2012 02:31AM

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

Suddenly i heard a thump upstairs and then what sounded like someone walking across the landing.

Sounds like you need to cut back on the cats food portions.

Thoie · 05-02-2012 02:44AM

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

Half an hour ago- after a few drinks my hubby went to the chipper down the road, i was happy to stay at home with my bottle of beer rather than walk down in the cold

Suddenly i heard a thump upstairs and then what sounded like someone walking across the landing.

So i went to the bottom of the stairs and suddently a voice boomed out- I tore out the front door and stayed out there till my hubby came back from chipper

Turns out our cat had gotten into the top of the wardrobe and knocked some shoes (hence the thump) dragged a runner across the landing into spare room- then jumped into other wardrobe and landed on a bob the builder toy(i had put away from my nephews birthday next week.) and set the thing off

So im ****n scarlet and my husband laughing his hole off me . The shame!!!

whats the most embarassing fright you ever got??

Very similar - I was minding the neighbour's kids one night when she had to pop out unexpectedly to collect her husband - she was only going to be gone 10 minutes or so. The kids were in bed, so I went and sat in the sitting room. Was there a few minutes, watching the news iirc when suddenly this really deep man's voice said from the dining room "Time to say goodbye". I yelped, ran up the stairs, grabbed the poor kids out of bed, and locked the 3 us in the bathroom, furiously ringing the last dialled number (which happened to be the neighbour. Her husband rang a few other neighbours and the guards, and when they got home there was a posse carefully sneaking into the house while she sat outside with some others talking to me on the phone.

Turned out the kids had been playing with some fecking talking teddy bear thing, and after a certain period of inactivity, it said goodbye and turned itself off, but in a really sinister, deep, man's voice.

Thankfully they figured it out before the guards turned up, but there was a huge amount of mocking. I'd told the kids we were playing a game, so they went back to sleep eventually without too much hassle. They moved away some time later - I wonder if, when they're older, they'll be telling some psychiatrist about the mad lady next door who used play "let's hide in the bathroom" games.

PHIDIAS · 05-02-2012 05:21AM

Myself and my sister walked into a sports shop a few years ago, and they had loads of threadmills on display, so i decided to try one out and some smart arse had set it on high speed so when i switched it on it sent me flying half way across the store. Was dying laughing on the floor as was my sister and pretty much everyone in the place..

u_c_thesecond · 05-02-2012 05:26PM

Thoie wrote: »

Very similar - I was minding the neighbour's kids one night when she had to pop out unexpectedly to collect her husband - she was only going to be gone 10 minutes or so. The kids were in bed, so I went and sat in the sitting room. Was there a few minutes, watching the news iirc when suddenly this really deep man's voice said from the dining room "Time to say goodbye". I yelped, ran up the stairs, grabbed the poor kids out of bed, and locked the 3 us in the bathroom, furiously ringing the last dialled number (which happened to be the neighbour. Her husband rang a few other neighbours and the guards, and when they got home there was a posse carefully sneaking into the house while she sat outside with some others talking to me on the phone.

Turned out the kids had been playing with some fecking talking teddy bear thing, and after a certain period of inactivity, it said goodbye and turned itself off, but in a really sinister, deep, man's voice.

Thankfully they figured it out before the guards turned up, but there was a huge amount of mocking. I'd told the kids we were playing a game, so they went back to sleep eventually without too much hassle. They moved away some time later - I wonder if, when they're older, they'll be telling some psychiatrist about the mad lady next door who used play "let's hide in the bathroom" games.

ha

Kevwoody · 19-02-2012 01:32PM

I was dropping a dvd back to xtra-vision one night and for some reason thought the glass door was automatic, well not even the PUSH sticker gave it away, so i smack into the feckin door head first!

I got the biggest shock, thought someone had just punched me!

Considered legging it then realised i would look like a complete nutter, so walked in and pegged it over the counter, not been back since!

Pandora2 · 19-02-2012 02:03PM

Whilst living at a previous location, I had a set of my neighbours house keys in case her alarm went off in her absence, something she always flagged in advance. One morning, 10amish, I was alone in my own house, taking a shower when her alarm activated and stopped some 30 seconds or so later.............this was followed by banging and a second quick blast of the alarm then more banging:eek::eek: Out of the shower, paying very little attention to drying myself off and checked for her car.....not there, the banging continued intermittently and I thought "Time for the boys in blue!"

Called the cop shop which was round the corner and told them whoever it was was still in the house, hastily pulled on jeans and a t-shirt and waited at my front door for the cops who arrived within 3 mins, lights but no sirens........very quickly told them there was still the odd sound from her back bedroom, had I looked in the window they asked?? No, I was afraid..........so both headed down my back garden for a look..........."Yup, definetly someone in there" they agreed but with little urgency and no movement, It'll be alright they said, How I asked?? Well, very few housebreakers ever wallpaper the back room before they leave they tittered.....but thanks for calling love....queue a very embarassed Pandora2 but it got even worse when they left and I realised that the light Summer T-shirt I pulled on was both wet and transparent leaving nothing to the imagination, I thought those guys were very happy in their work!!!:D:o:o:o

Rich11 · 20-02-2012 03:24AM

walkin down the road one day and just glanced into a shop window and caught my reflection, MY GOD, am i that good lookin:rolleyes:

frag420 · 20-02-2012 03:30AM

You were obviously wearing that mask from your avatar eh??

Rothko · 20-02-2012 03:31AM

Pandora2 wrote: »

Whilst living at a previous location, I had a set of my neighbours house keys in case her alarm went off in her absence, something she always flagged in advance. One morning, 10amish, I was alone in my own house, taking a shower when her alarm activated and stopped some 30 seconds or so later.............this was followed by banging and a second quick blast of the alarm then more banging:eek::eek: Out of the shower, paying very little attention to drying myself off and checked for her car.....not there, the banging continued intermittently and I thought "Time for the boys in blue!"

Called the cop shop which was round the corner and told them whoever it was was still in the house, hastily pulled on jeans and a t-shirt and waited at my front door for the cops who arrived within 3 mins, lights but no sirens........very quickly told them there was still the odd sound from her back bedroom, had I looked in the window they asked?? No, I was afraid..........so both headed down my back garden for a look..........."Yup, definetly someone in there" they agreed but with little urgency and no movement, It'll be alright they said, How I asked?? Well, very few housebreakers ever wallpaper the back room before they leave they tittered.....but thanks for calling love....queue a very embarassed Pandora2 but it got even worse when they left and I realised that the light Summer T-shirt I pulled on was both wet and transparent leaving nothing to the imagination, I thought those guys were very happy in their work!!!:D:o:o:o

Pics or GTFO?

Davey Devil · 20-02-2012 03:44AM

Any excuse to post this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQT1psCoAc

u_c_thesecond · 20-02-2012 03:44AM

Kevwoody wrote: »

thought the glass door was automatic, well not even the PUSH sticker gave it away, so i smack into the feckin door head first!!

lol my sister had a similarish thing last week(except she made a show of herself)

She had a dinner party that she was late for and i was in the car with her- and she stopped off at a well known (posh) wine shop, shes in no way posh but you dont scrimp on wine at a dinner party (apparantly )

so she goes to the door at it wont open- she keeps pushing and it wont open- she looks at the opening hours and shes an hour before closing so she starts banging on the door giving out. A poor bemusud man from inside then PUSHES the door from his side - the door says pull not push and she didnt see it.

Even thought she begged me to go in i refused and she came out scarlet:D

20-02-2012 07:47AM

When i was younger i went to the cinema to see some harmless flick, Van Helsing, so was like a 12 reting movie or maybe even pg.....so anyway there we a sitting and at some stage this big bang occurs in the movie and compleately caught me off gaurd and i do this mad jump and was like ****, i never jump in movies ......and there she was sittin perfectly still not a bother in the world looking at me like what the hell? i was literally the only person in the whole entire place that jumped

hucklebuck · 20-02-2012 08:20AM

Kevwoody wrote: »

I was dropping a dvd back to xtra-vision one night and for some reason thought the glass door was automatic, well not even the PUSH sticker gave it away, so i smack into the feckin door head first!

I got the biggest shock, thought someone had just punched me!

Considered legging it then realised i would look like a complete nutter, so walked in and pegged it over the counter, not been back since!

If it's any consolation it's probably not as bad as this:

Frank Black · 20-02-2012 08:46AM

Myself and the wife are watching a dvd on the couch enjoying a nice bottle of wine - for some reason, she has one of her hairbands in her hand. About halfway through the movie she accidently flicks the hairband straight up in the air. I don't notice this, but the hairband travels upwards a few feet and then lands directly on top of my head.

For some inexplicable reason in the split second it takes for my brain to register that something has landed on my head, I'm convinced that a large spider has just dropped onto me.

I jump up (I may have emitted a girly scream at this point) spill my full glass of wine all over myself, the wife and the couch in my panic to remove the 'spider'.

Needless to say, when I see the hairband I feel like an idiot.

Wife still reminds me of this incident 5 years later.

Benicetomonty · 20-02-2012 09:36AM

I Am Legend scared the holy hell out of me

Cavehill Red · 20-02-2012 09:45AM

Worked as a waiter in a pizzeria many years ago, when I first came to Dublin from Belfast. One evening, I heard a loud bang and dropped the plates in my hand and dived under the nearest table, fearing a bomb had gone off nearby.

Actually something had blown up in the kitchen, but I felt like a fecking moron clambering out from between some oul one's legs when it became evident that the roof and windows weren't coming in around me. The fact that the entire restaurant was staring at me baffled didn't help either.

Gone Drinking · 20-02-2012 10:04AM

I was dipping a biscuit into my coffee in the canteen in work, it completely fell in and I screamed like Ned Flanders.

Everyone looked around and there was me fishing it out of my coffee.

Pandora2 · 20-02-2012 11:37AM

Suas11 wrote: »

Pics or GTFO?

Cannot recreate that!! I was 2 months pregnant and the Boob Fairy had been;) It was a chilly Summer's morning and I was 20 something years younger:D These day's they'd lock me up for wasting police time!!!

Pandora2 · 20-02-2012 11:44AM

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Worked as a waiter in a pizzeria many years ago, when I first came to Dublin from Belfast. One evening, I heard a loud bang and dropped the plates in my hand and dived under the nearest table, fearing a bomb had gone off nearby.

Actually something had blown up in the kitchen, but I felt like a fecking moron clambering out from between some oul one's legs when it became evident that the roof and windows weren't coming in around me. The fact that the entire restaurant was staring at me baffled didn't help either.

Know what you mean!! Worked in the Europa for 18 months in the 80's....when I moved to Edinburgh, I used to get some very funny looks from door security in shops when I offered them a look at my open handbag on entering the shop. And once, in my last job, someone jokingly said "Sniper on the roof!", I was on the floor before they stopped talking:eek: About 20 colleagues fell about the place, I was mortified!!!!:o:o:o

J. Marston · 20-02-2012 12:12PM

It happened a few years ago. I was going to the toilet in the middle of the night, around 3AM or 4AM and on my way back to bed, a shadow caught my eye at the bottom of the stairs.
It looked like a person all in black crouched down so I shouted "Who the fùck is there?!" trying to sound threatening but the shadowy figure didn't move. I was at the top of the stairs, fists clenched and raised and in just my jocks ready to fight. A few seconds later, I realised I was shouting at a big black plastic bag full of clothes that my mother had left there.

Dan133269 · 20-02-2012 12:19PM

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Worked as a waiter in a pizzeria many years ago, when I first came to Dublin from Belfast. One evening, I heard a loud bang and dropped the plates in my hand and dived under the nearest table, fearing a bomb had gone off nearby.

Actually something had blown up in the kitchen, but I felt like a fecking moron clambering out from between some oul one's legs when it became evident that the roof and windows weren't coming in around me. The fact that the entire restaurant was staring at me baffled didn't help either.

Oldest excuse in the book, buddy. You don't have to justify your fetish.

Cavehill Red · 20-02-2012 12:27PM

Dan133269 wrote: »

Oldest excuse in the book, buddy. You don't have to justify your fetish.

Sykk · 20-02-2012 12:30PM

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

Half an hour ago- after a few drinks my hubby went to the chipper down the road, i was happy to stay at home with my bottle of beer rather than walk down in the cold

Suddenly i heard a thump upstairs and then what sounded like someone walking across the landing.

So i went to the bottom of the stairs and suddently a voice boomed out- I tore out the front door and stayed out there till my hubby came back from chipper

Turns out our cat had gotten into the top of the wardrobe and knocked some shoes (hence the thump) dragged a runner across the landing into spare room- then jumped into other wardrobe and landed on a bob the builder toy(i had put away from my nephews birthday next week.) and set the thing off

So im ****n scarlet and my husband laughing his hole off me . The shame!!!

whats the most embarassing fright you ever got??

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whats the most embarassing fright you ever got

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