Potential threat of snipers

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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.

<Eyes up walk-in cupboard in the kitchen with a view to turning it into a panic room>

Daleks are only a problem if you live in a bungalow. They can't do stairs.

I have never worried about snipers, but we do jot leave far away from doctor who paraphernalia where he appeared from not so long ago. Just scared a dalek will come out of there one day 😖

No wife of mine would be left alone overnight without a proper chastity belt.

Agree.

Also, if you are going to raid the fridge in the middle of the night, please either close the kitchen blinds or put a dressing gown on. I've seen too many naked people illuminated by the light from inside an open fridge when walking my dog through housing estates.

I know it is polite to look away, but it takes a few stunned seconds when you suddenly see a big pink moon shining at you through a kitchen window.

And some sights you just can't unsee can you stealth not envy

Will sleep more soundly tonight remembering this.😀

Sorry to hear this story. Sounds a good solution.

Does the shepherd have to be German? Bit worried about post-Brexit visa restrictions.

Spare a thought for those of us living in bungalows....we're doomed.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the last few generations of dalek can get up stairs, they kind of float.

Does anyone else always close curtains/blinds before turning on lights in a dark room just in case there's a sniper lurking outside

No, because I’m not mad.

Daleks evolved? Bloody hell. NOW I'm scared.

@AllCatsAreAutistic I was horrified when I saw them do that.

😂😂😂

I'm getting a stair gate. An electrified one.

If you come home after dark so your curtains are still open, do you drop to the ground and do that army crawl to the window?

If John Wick is going to burst in and take you out then a pair of curtains won’t stop him.

Seriously... a sniper? As in someone with a long range sniper rifle trying to shoot you; or is there some other meaning? If in general you don't want people seeing in through your window then obviously, close the curtains / blinds at night when the lights are on.

I'm concerned reading this thread that, good as your sniper prevention procedures are, you may be dangling a leg out of bed at night. Everyone knows that's when Jaws comes and bites it off.

I still check down the toilet for Jaws, before I sit down 🥴

Careful of letting your toes dangle out the end of the bed, from under the duvet, snakes like to bite them.

No.
I worry about rats coming up through the waste pipe while I'm using the loo though.

Has a sniper ever taken anyone out on your street who pulls curtains first. Thought not. It really works. Don't believe all this night vision stuff. I literally know nobody or anybody that knows anybody who has been taken out who pulls their curtains first. It works and the proof is there to see, unlike you because your curtains are closed.

Jaws, snakes, pah. We all know it’s the spiders who rub their willies over you at night. And let’s not even get into washing that’s left out overnight and gets darked on.

Any "sniper" who rubs his willy on your washing is just one of the perverts in your hedge.