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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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Catsmere · 02/05/2024 22:37

BarrelOfOtters · 02/05/2024 22:09

You should be ok as long as you don’t wear your general de Gaulle hat.

😆😆😆

SoEmbarrassed2024 · 02/05/2024 22:34

DustyLee123 · 02/05/2024 21:57

Not for a sniper, that’s silly. It’s so the murderer can’t see inside.

And so you can't see the murderer staring in the window at you

Churchview · 02/05/2024 22:32

My mum pulled the curtains at dusk her entire life for fear of being shot through the window.

She is sadly dead now but not of gunshot wounds. Those curtains really worked.

Icepop79 · 02/05/2024 22:29

Definitely pull the curtains before turning the light on. But not for snipers. It’s in case the baddie in the Scream mask is outside.

LuluBlakey1 · 02/05/2024 22:29

CadyEastman · 02/05/2024 22:12

I was busy worrying about Spider's Willies.

Adds snipers to the list.

You see, I never worry about spider willies. I like to leave washing out overnight in the summer to be 'darked on'. It's the smell of fresh, cool air on it. I don't think spider willies must smell.

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CompulsiveNameChanges · 02/05/2024 22:28

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.

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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VWT5 · 02/05/2024 22:26

If I’m in a pub, restaurant or any public place, I have to sit in a corner, back against the wall (with a clear view and secondary escape route planned) for when the Parachute Regiment or snipers make a sudden entry. 😂

I “might” also park offset from neighbouring vehicles sitting at traffic lights…

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.

maudelovesharold · 02/05/2024 22:18

Not19foreverpullyourselftogether · 02/05/2024 22:01

Yes, I’ve watched Luther..

What about under the bed, though?

BlueMum16 · 02/05/2024 22:18

Curtains are for closing? I thought that was just if I've not tidied up and the window cleaner turns up 😂

Seeline · 02/05/2024 22:18

I do pull my bedroom curtains. There's a bus stop just up the road. If someone parks there, I often have the top deck of a london bus staring straight in 😁

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 02/05/2024 22:16

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

CornishPorsche · 02/05/2024 22:16

Not snipers, but scary things....

It all began with The Gremlins when I was very small child.

Mumofteenandtween · 02/05/2024 22:15

Personally I’m more worried about the paparazzi that might take photos of me.

They regularly photograph 40 something very dull women who are not all in the public eye right?

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.

CadyEastman · 02/05/2024 22:12

I was busy worrying about Spider's Willies.

Adds snipers to the list.

Redshoeblueshoe · 02/05/2024 22:12

Seeline · 02/05/2024 22:06

I never pull my front room curtains 😲

I like watching the snipers...

Is that the same as watching the detectives ?

RedHelenB · 02/05/2024 22:09

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.

That's really weird, would nt gave occurred to me. I barely draw my curtains other than in winter.

BarrelOfOtters · 02/05/2024 22:09

You should be ok as long as you don’t wear your general de Gaulle hat.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 02/05/2024 22:08

I’d be more concerned about the monsters under the bed or sofa grabbing me as I felt my way across the dark room.

TTPD · 02/05/2024 22:07

A sniper??

If this is a concern, isn't it also a concern every time you leave the house and go into a public area?
Or anytime you are visible through a window in daylight..?

TinkerTiger · 02/05/2024 22:07

Don't be silly.

It's Richard Ramirez risen from the dead that I'm afraid of.

I watch too much true crime docs.

LuluBlakey1 · 02/05/2024 22:06

No but I lock the garden door at dusk in case of zombies stumbling across the lawn in the dark.

Seeline · 02/05/2024 22:06

I never pull my front room curtains 😲

I like watching the snipers...

MeandBobbyMcGoo · 02/05/2024 22:04

Yes. And I say "like sitting ducks" everytime I close the curtains.