I think my grandma has super hearing. The family would all be noisily celebrating some holiday, and she would say "What's that dog doing across the street?" We'd look out, and sure enough there was a stray dog walking up the street. It hadn't been barking or anything, as far as anyone else heard.
She would tell us grandkids: "I can hear the frogs pissing a block away", and we believed her. lol
Two weeks ago,yes....I was with my dad while he was working on side of a country road up a ladder....the road was empty with no vechiles insight and as an Amblance drove past the jerk of a driver turned his Siren on ....my dad nearly fell off his ladder.... I still can't believe what an idiot the driver was....
Sudden unexpected noises like that have probably caused SO MANY horrible instances. Thank the lord you guys were spared more than just a minor heart-attack. And you are right. That driver was STUPID and clueless.
The sad thing about it was there was absolutely no need to sound it when they did,I sorry to say that the driver was a prat. Most all are always curtious here in England....
A derogatory london term for an idiot / imbercile,male or female..... mostly aimed at our highly educated echelon of privately educated twats or tits :)
People learn very quickly not to startle me. My instinctive reaction to being startled is to punch. One time a manager thought it'd be funny to try and scare me. She snuck up behind me while I was stocking the shelves and yelled, "boo!". My instinctive reaction sent her halfway down the aisle. Ever since that incident I've learned not to react when startled. At my last job the employees purposely tried to startle me just to see if they could get me to react.
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