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Mr. Huntsman Startled Me

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 15 Nov 21

I was startled while teaching and mylotting online last night. The root cause was the 'huntsman spider.' It jumped at the side of my computer's CPU and I also jumped off from my chair. It is our secret...

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Do you turn off/silent your cellphone before you sleep?

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 8 Nov 20

I sleep with cellphone near me. I have no worries if I'll be receiving call during the wee hours of a day as it never happens except maybe for some emergency or wrong calls that rarely happened so I never turn it off or put it off...

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Have you ever been duped like it?

dpk262006 @dpk262006 (58679) • Delhi, India 20 Nov 17

This recently happened with one my friends. He went into a famous bakery shop in our city in a crowded market. When he came out, he noticed a gang of children running towards him for food/money. He unzipped his bag and found an...

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humorous situations

tigeraunt @tigeraunt (6326) • Philippines 7 Nov 11

the other night, a neighbor tried to kill himself by putting a gun on his head. it happened just a little farther away from my main door. i heard he is now in coma at the hospital. i live alone although...

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Has your computer ever made you jump out of your skin?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 1 Nov 10

There was total silence as I was computing. Then suddenly, "You won!" rings out from the computer so loudly that I jumped. My husband had put the sound on to HIS level again (he's hearing impaired) and then disconnected his...

sound level too high

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Hmmmmmmmm.....

CharleneRB @CharleneRB (125) • Canada 26 Apr 09

Hey Everybody! Can anybody relate to this? I was taking a walk through an area I have walked so often I can do it with my eyes closed(honestly I think I have at times;})but... today I rounded a corner on this walk I do so...

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Have you ever woken up freaked out from a dream?

ROYALG333 @ROYALG333 (126) • United States 16 Feb 09

I tend to have very vivid dreams, but last night, I had a dream tha I was in a pool swimming with some friends. When I came up for air fromt eh bottom of the pool, all my friends were staring into the air. I turned around to see...

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He woke me up...So I hit him!

doubleloveyou @doubleloveyou (2466) • United States 21 Aug 08

Let me explain. I am a brown belt in karate (Almost Black Belt). Being so, we train to respond as reflex not thought. I have always been a heavy sleeper (not talking about my weight either). But I will wake up if I sense someone...

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Easily *startled* effect

Grammasherri @sherrir101 (3670) • Malinta, Ohio 9 Dec 07

I am curious. I was reading a Multple Sclerosis magazine (MSAA The Motivator) the other night. In it is a section called "Ask the Doctor." In it was a question about being easily startled. The reply had that being easily started...

mutliple sclerosis

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Too smart for his own good!

gardengrrl @gardengrrl (1445) • United States 22 Jun 07

Puffy, Lord Greything, is a very bright kitty. We couldn't tell when he was a baby, he was just a fluffy gray eating-and-pooping machine. As a teenager, he began to demonstrate his ability to figure things out. He'll be two in...

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