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Potential threat of snipers

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CompulsiveNameChanges · 02/05/2024 21:55

Does anyone else always close curtains/blinds before turning on lights in a dark room just in case there's a sniper lurking outside? I'm not a woman who's likely to have a hit on me, but I feel like it's a sensible thing to do nonetheless.

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bloodyplumbing · 03/05/2024 12:39

Serencwtch · 03/05/2024 11:45

No that's never crossed my mind but I am always careful not to step on the cracks on the pavement in case of snipers hiding down there

Snipers aren't in the cracks that's unwelcome spirits, unless of course the snipers have sniped them.

graceinspace999 · 03/05/2024 11:51

StrongasSixpence · 02/05/2024 22:14

I don't draw my downstairs curtains ever as I am surrounded by hedges which deter the murderers. I do try and remember to do the bedroom blind however as it looks over an alleyway and DP always reminds me not to show the neighborhood hoodlums who vape in the alley before school my morning nakeds. Putting my dressing gown on sorts the problem.

If you employed a sniper to sort out the hoodlums you could do as many morning nakeds as you like and save wear and tear on your dressing gown.🥷

Serencwtch · 03/05/2024 11:45

No that's never crossed my mind but I am always careful not to step on the cracks on the pavement in case of snipers hiding down there

TinkerTiger · 03/05/2024 11:43

MolkosTeenageAngst · 03/05/2024 07:14

So you’d rather your DD got shot by a sniper than you? That’s the real shocker here! Never met a parent who wouldn’t rather die than watch their child die before.

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There’s always one.

TinkerTiger · 03/05/2024 11:41

Sparklfairy · 03/05/2024 06:30

This is why MNers never answer the door, in case there's a man there in a scream mask about to stab them while live streaming to the police Shock

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Or about to stick his tongue out and try to lick her. That episode still haunts me.

ellebelli · 03/05/2024 10:01

greengreyblue · 02/05/2024 22:48

When walking my dog I’m always amazed at the amount of people with curtains wide open , big light on and everything on show. Your eyes are drawn in. I always close my blinds before putting lights on.

See I love taking my dogs for a walk at night,peering in everyone's windows(I can't carry my sniper rifle with the two dogs leads though so don't worry)

CasadeCoca · 03/05/2024 09:09

TwelveAngryWhiskers · 02/05/2024 22:20

Ex sniper here 🙋‍♀️

We use night vision riflescopes so we can shoot you whether you turn your light on or not.

Thank you. I thought my shutters were a bit naff, but I'm feeling better about them now.

crochetcatsknitting · 03/05/2024 09:01

I keep my floors clean in case I come home after dark and forgot to draw the curtains before leaving. That way I can commando crawl to the windows without getting my clothes dirty.

(I obviously zig zagged and ducked between the car and the house to avoid a garden ambush).

StrawberrySquash · 03/05/2024 08:54

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 02/05/2024 22:16

I never keep my head still. That one weird trick that snipers HATE.

Amateur. I zig zag across the room.

Churchview · 03/05/2024 08:49

Projectme · 03/05/2024 06:08

Sorry for your loss but hahaha, that did make me laugh! 🤣 where did your mum find such excellent anti-sniper curtains?

I have some anti-werewolf ones which seem to be working equally as well.

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Mum used to buy all her curtains and nets at a shop called Brentford Nylons.
Nylon = 1980s Kevlar.

Thanks to you and @bloodyplumbing for your kind wishes. Mum died a while ago but she had a fabulous sense of humour and would have loved this thread.

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CompulsiveNameChanges · 03/05/2024 08:32

So you’d rather your DD got shot by a sniper than you? That’s the real shocker here! Never met a parent who wouldn’t rather die than watch their child die before.

No no @MolkosTeenageAngst you misunderstand- snipers don't shoot on sight the 1st person they see, they have a mark which I assume is me so DD is safe. But also I was waiting by the light switch in the doorway to flick it on as soon as she'd shut the curtains. From the responses on here I think I must have fortuitously purchased sniper proof curtains because once they're closed and the lights go on I've never been hit yet 😅

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Kittynoodle · 03/05/2024 08:13

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 03/05/2024 03:42

Our cheap, plastic curtain rail tended to cause the curtains to judder and jam and so we no longer even try to close them now.

Consequently, once it is dark, we all crawl about below the window sill level. It is actually quite convivial when you meet other family members slinking along, rather like dogs meeting I suppose - but without the sniffing.

There is the added bonus of finding things that have thought to have been lost, for example, an earring, a cream cracker, a teaspoon and on one occasion a rather rude Lego Minifigure.

Of course, adapt as we now are at moving around on our hands and knees, gardening knee pads are the order of the day once the sun goes down.

😆😆😆😆😆

Luckingfovely · 03/05/2024 08:07

This belongs here this morning, I think. Actual live footage of the Zoombies!

x.com/humansnocontext/status/1786169834243334576?s=46&t=BwiIgrklFTW8hcKlXUdIrg

Blueplantpots · 03/05/2024 08:06

We close our blinds not for snipers but for the numerous luminous green eyes that are often caught staring in from the bushes and trees outside. I’m not having the foxes/other wildlife watching if I choose to shag my DH on the couch, creepy little fuckers.

BarrelOfOtters · 03/05/2024 08:02

AngelinaFibres · 03/05/2024 07:00

I sleep naked, unless my husband is away when I wear pyjamas. Pyjamas will save me from being violated by bad men who will break in because my husband is away.

So do I, the only logic I have for this is that if there’s a noise downstairs I can go and investigate in pyjamas….but obviously I wouldn’t be investigating, so that’s a shit justification.

ManchesterBeatrice · 03/05/2024 08:00

No

tommika · 03/05/2024 07:54

CompulsiveNameChanges · 02/05/2024 21:55

Does anyone else always close curtains/blinds before turning on lights in a dark room just in case there's a sniper lurking outside? I'm not a woman who's likely to have a hit on me, but I feel like it's a sensible thing to do nonetheless.

I turn off the hotel room light before opening the door so that I am not silhouetted for the assassin at the door.

I did this with a girlfriend once and when she asked why, instead of confusion she was fully inspired and adopted the habit herself.

tommika · 03/05/2024 07:51

TheTartfulLodger · 02/05/2024 21:57

Depends if I'm naked. There's some things even a sniper can never un-see 🤣

It is possible to unsee and forget an image that you have seen.
I have done so myself

The problem is that when I saw it again I had the fresh horror of ‘seeing it for the first time’ promptly followed by flashbacks to the real first time

tommika · 03/05/2024 07:46

Luckingfovely · 03/05/2024 00:20

My bedside lightbulb has just blown tonight, and so I obviously can't get out of bed to go to the loo because there's definitely a murderer on the landing waiting for me.

Your bulb didn’t blow, the sniper missed you

DustyLee123 · 03/05/2024 07:34

This winter I developed a new fear of putting the bins out in the dark. Our bins are down the side of our house, and you have to turn your back to the fence to access them. So I had a real fear of someone reaching over the fence to grab me while my back was turned.

DustyLee123 · 03/05/2024 07:31

Can we have a link to the anti-sniper curtains 🤔

DustyLee123 · 03/05/2024 07:31

AngelinaFibres · 03/05/2024 07:00

I sleep naked, unless my husband is away when I wear pyjamas. Pyjamas will save me from being violated by bad men who will break in because my husband is away.

This is why I can’t sleep without knickers on, they protect you !

MolkosTeenageAngst · 03/05/2024 07:14

CompulsiveNameChanges · 02/05/2024 22:28

See this was what my DD very matter of factly said. She may or may not have eye rolled while saying it. But she still went into my bedroom ahead of me and did the curtains in the dark while I lurked in the doorway just in case.

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So you’d rather your DD got shot by a sniper than you? That’s the real shocker here! Never met a parent who wouldn’t rather die than watch their child die before.

AngelinaFibres · 03/05/2024 07:07

greengreyblue · 02/05/2024 22:48

When walking my dog I’m always amazed at the amount of people with curtains wide open , big light on and everything on show. Your eyes are drawn in. I always close my blinds before putting lights on.

I'm not obsessed over the open/ not open status of my curtains. Big light on though. Oh no. Oh dear heavens no. Never have the big light on.

AngelinaFibres · 03/05/2024 07:02

Needapadlockonmyfridge · 03/05/2024 06:59

What about the sorts of monsters who, spider-like, crawl along the ceiling and reach down to grab you? You're just making it easier for them by jumping.

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Fuck, shit, bollocks, I had not factored this in.