Thread: Now wheres that last round i had ?

Originally Posted by Lauries Hut

When I was young and stupid (no longer young) I flatted in a place with an open fire.
We were always pranking each other, when I think back at some of the stuff we did to each other, had we recorded it, as is commonplace today, we could have had quite a lucrative YouTube channel. - One of my go to favourites, was discreetly flicking a primer into the fire, when everyone was relaxed watching TV.

I’m sitting here sniggering away to myself, thinking back to the reactions. Generally screams, clutching at ones chest, followed by abuse and the odd punch.


Disclaimer, now I’m no longer young:
I wouldn’t recommend it; funny as it was.
I think perhaps I had luck on my side. It made a hell of a bang, but it never seemed to blow any embers or anything outside the fire. Perhaps the odd one which was quickly put back in.

I can’t recall how many times I did it, not dozens, but more than once or twice.
Thinking about it now, the primer case and the little bit of steel which holds the charge in, must go somewhere, and perhaps I was just bloody lucky they never found there way out into the lounge and someone, rather than embedding themselves in the wood burning in the fire….

I sit here now at 56 and think, imagine if the primer casing hit someone in the eye.
At 22 my only consideration was how funny this was going to be.

Yep , we all did some stupid shit back in day ..... . Now we dont . Such is life , but ah the memeories !