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In reply to the discussion: a guy broke into my sister's house [View all]JI7
(89,247 posts)42. one time i got home and there was a strange guy in there
i saw him as soon as i opened the door and he faced me. there was nobody else in the room at the time . he didn't say who he was. i just stood there staring at him kind of in disbelief.
but turns out the guy was there to repair some gym equipment and was waiting to get paid.
anyways my first reaction wasn't to call the cops or to run out or anything else based on fear. so i can kind of understand the sister of the OP not reacting as one would expect .
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It is obvious within s split second and often on sight that a person is mentally handicapped.
alphafemale
Jan 2013
#3
Had something to do with his aunts house next door if I recall correctly. n/t
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#85
Isn't it obvious she deliberately picked psycho and wanted to get gunned down?
lunatica
Jan 2013
#118
I was responding to the idea that one can instantaneously recognize mental disability. nt
RedCappedBandit
Jan 2013
#164
Having worked with many mentally handicapped, it is not always obvious with in a split
1monster
Jan 2013
#115
One is too many. And, it is more than one, despite what the frothing at the mouth NRAers want
morningfog
Jan 2013
#38
A retired Chicago police officer 'accidentally' shot and killed his son early Tuesday,
Unknown Beatle
Jan 2013
#55
But, a gun in the house increases the risk that it will be used in a suicide or against the gun
morningfog
Jan 2013
#40
Sure is a lot of aggressive shit being thrown at people tonight. It's really too bad.
NBachers
Jan 2013
#96
Oh. Well, I regret to inform you that it failed miserably to do that. It did make me giggle
dexter sinister
Jan 2013
#171
This thread has an enormous amount of recs and comments, so here is one more...
reeds2012
Jan 2013
#117
My son and another individual ran away from the facility where they live and broke into a home
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#130
My mother was a single parent back in the late 1950's. Even THEN she always kept all the doors
raccoon
Jan 2013
#152
You're right. And the homeowner who "shot first" would have suffered, too
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2013
#159