Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand

[Quivorir]

She'll be right, shes got me

 

[BALKAN]

Such is life for the proletariat

 

[Cruyff14]

My mates got into a fight when we were about 19. I ran off, shit thing to do, but I don't fight and I didn't really want to either.

 

[Quivorir]

Ive been in that situation before and have helped, I think it was her scream of terror that set me off.

 

[Catfish Alley]

What was the guy saying? Was he threatening either of you?

 

[Quivorir]

What was the guy saying? Was he threatening either of you?

I didn't see him til later when he was with police. All he said to my wife and neighbour was "help me". He was trying to get away from his family. He wasn't on meth, just scared shitless. I tell ya what though, to jump into my backyard is a hell of an effort, my fence is bloody tall.

 

[Brad Goodman]

Just gotta reassure the other wife, though I don't see how keeping the curtains closed helps things?

Does Quivorir have a second wife we're not aware of?

 

[Catfish Alley]

I wonder if his family were the dodgy ones. Perhaps he was needing refuge.

 

[craigos]

Does Quivorir have a second wife we're not aware of?

HBF, don't ask, it's complicated.

 

[Quivorir]

I wonder if his family were the dodgy ones. Perhaps he was needing refuge.

That was my thoughts.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Yep, shooting people to death solves all problems.

*******

Lol was a joke

 

[craigos]

People who drive in wet, dark conditions without headlights on. Also, people who get angry at shop assistants because queues are long. I get angry at some stupid things but that one I just don't understand.

 

[SwampCreature]

Lol was a joke

My bad. Too much SRP.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Cranbourne for ya

 

[peternorth]

Not really sure where to put this so it can go here.

Heard a massive bang outside last night, we thought it was somebody hitting our fence to stir up the dogs as usual, so the wife ran outside to have a go at them (I had gotten up too to have a look). She runs into the laundry and starts screaming in fear. My fight or flee instincts kicked in and I am disappointed in myself that it chose flee so I bolted to the front door leaving the wife and kid (who was asleep and didn't move at all!) to face this guy trying to barge through our laundry. By the time I got to the door I had realised what I was doing so ran back, she had pushed the door closed on the dude trying to get in and he ran around the other side of my house.

I ran outside the side door to try and confront him but I couldn't see him anywhere, I thought he must have ran into the garage so we guarded the doors (with my trusty axe as I had no idea if he had a weapon or anything) whilst my wife called the police. Turns out the wife had locked the door to the garage only 10 minutes ago, which we never do, and he had some how ran back up the side of the house before I got out there and was hiding in my backyard this whole time. He was wearing high vis so that shit clearly doesn't work as I couldn't see him!

I then hear a knock on the door and 3 guys are trying to walk in saying they are looking for the dude that just ran into my yard, saying they were his dad, brother and cousin. Told them to **** right off as the wife was already on the phone to the police and I sure as shit wasn't letting 3 randoms into my house. Turns out these 3 guys are legit his family and they think he stole their car and were trying to beat the shit out him.

I went back outside and had a look around and peer over our fence to see our back next door neighbour outside on the phone clearly distressed. Turn out he had jumped my back fence into her and banged on her garage and other doors to try and get inside also. I then find out both occasions (mine and next door neighbours) he was saying "help me!" obviously trying to get away from the 3 guys. Neighbour had rang her cousin who lives near by as her Husband works night shift and she has two young kids also and was obviously pretty shaken up. He said the police had a guy just around the block so I walked around there. Police with the guy that tried to get in my house who looked no older than 18 and scared for his. I told the police what happened and 20 minutes later they came knocking on our door to say we are fine, bunch of lying dickheads and hoon drivers (people had been hooning up and down the street all night, first time in a long time that has happened) and that it wasn't an attempted robbery or anything.

My wife is shaken up, any noise in the house she jumps at, she was too afraid to tend to the kid this morning when she woke up at 5am and pretty much just scared shitless to be alone in the house at the moment. All blinds are now closed and doors locked which is a shame as the kid likes to play outside and now we have to keep doors locked until the wife is comfortable again.

Pretty scary experience all round and I am disappointed in my response to run first of all. Will definitely try to mentally train myself for a better response in future.

TL;DR and no context version: Guy jumped our fence and tried to run into my house.

i gotta admit, reading that my heart rate increased and it was like i was there. completely understand why your wife is so jumpy. i think even brett michaels would understand too.

she should be given a bravery award or something. to be able to push back against an intruder while being scared shitless is bloody awesome!!!!

wearing a high vis vest? um if you're hiding from someone might be an idea to take it off. or did he just come from work?

you did nothing wrong. natural instincts kick in and you dont know what you are doing. next time it maybe different. similarly its natural when blokes get together to talk shit "yeah i wouldve kicked the shit outta him", "if i was there....i would've fought him IRL". but only you knew the circumstances, and most importantly your family were unharmed.

from personal experience when my relos in LA house was broken into (we werent in the house at the time), it was frightening. we called cops when got there. the following x minutes was scary. door bell rang and we all jumped. it was the cops. took photos etc. i thought it was cool to finally speak to am american copper.

anyway, back here in oz after sometime we asked were assailants caught. yes. seemed it was a syndicate comprising of latinos, azns and blacks. husband and wife up the road werent so lucky, they were home at the time of the break in, and were subsequently shot. still get chills thinking about it.

 

[Holy Foley!]

People who drive in wet, dark conditions without headlights on.

Sometimes people forget though. I don't get why people drive in dry, sunny conditions with headlights on. That's a noodle scratcher.

 

[Hawthorn United]

theory that hawthorn have the best second tier players as evidenced by their play last round verses the west coast eagles. the players are good, ok. but plonk them in a poor team/club would they perform at the same level (from sample size of one game)

This kind of statement is always made to teams on top. Yet they forget the champions in those teams are the ones driving the success, and the other depth players play at the level of a solid contributor.

Brisbane Lions during the 2003-4 seasons kept getting the "They've found another gem here". Same with St Kilda during the late 2000s.

Geelong I'm sure got this treatment too in the early part of this decade, and now it's our turn.

Once Hodge, Burgoyne, Mitchell retire, we're going to be midtable.

 

[peternorth]

This kind of statement is always made to teams on top. Yet they forget the champions in those teams are the ones driving the success, and the other depth players play at the level of a solid contributor.

Brisbane Lions during the 2003-4 seasons kept getting the "They've found another gem here". Same with St Kilda during the late 2000s.

Geelong I'm sure got this treatment too in the early part of this decade, and now it's our turn.

Once Hodge, Burgoyne, Mitchell retire, we're going to be midtable.

a humble hawks fan, and speaking sense too! spot on, commentators think they've split the atom with such comments (supporters too).

 

[HBF]

Sometimes people forget though. I don't get why people drive in dry, sunny conditions with headlights on. That's a noodle scratcher.

MEB_ does that.

 

[Cruyff14]

Does Quivorir have a second wife we're not aware of?

lol oops

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

My driving instructor told me to. Always have since.

 

[Run n Spread]

Yep, shooting people to death solves all problems.

*******

Bloody oath it does if your immediate problem is someone is about to break into your home and massacre you. Or is holding you hostage with the threat of decapitation.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Does Quivorir have a second wife we're not aware of?

 

[Jack Stevens]

Sometimes people forget though. I don't get why people drive in dry, sunny conditions with headlights on. That's a noodle scratcher.

I can't turn my headlights off. Something to do with European safety standards IIRC. It's probably fractionally safer but I do wonder if other drivers think I'm a dumb campaigner because of it

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I can't turn my headlights off. Something to do with European safety standards IIRC. It's probably fractionally safer but I do wonder if other drivers think I'm a dumb campaigner because of it

Stop wondering. They do.