So, I thought my CCW just had an Accidential Discharge...

[RTFM]

Classic Pants puddin' moment.

 

[Caimlas]

You should have hit the deck and had your weapon drawn (finger off the trigger of course). You need to add, "balloon attack," to your training scenarios.

See, about 1/3rd of my instinct said "take cover" - the other 2/3rds said "oh ****e man, you just shot yourself in the arse!" So I was of the mind that I didn't want to make a big deal.

Seriously, I think I would have done a Fred Sanford and had, "the big one."

No idea what that means.

That is truly funny, and I'll bet they had no idea why you turned so white.

Nope! Thankfully they didn't, because there are a lot of sheep around here. However: it was a pretty loud explosion. The IT guys jumped quite a bit themselves, and they saw her coming!

 

[scout26]

And don't get me started on *gasp*.... WATER balloons!

The Bradyites are already pushing for a ban on Assualt Balloons (Water filled ones with one or more evil features.)

 

[morcoth]

koja48

The next security improvement . . . latex detectors . . . used to carry concealed balloons, but had to always carry 2 and wear a blouse & wig . . .

Honest Officer, Its a condom! Not a Evil Balloon!!!!!

Morcoth

 

[Desk Jockey]

Honest Officer, Its a condom! Not a Evil Balloon!!!!!

Condoms are OK. They have a "sporting purpose".

Closed thread in 4.... 3... 2.....

 

[Eleven Mike]

It's OK, it's in the Bible.

Genesis 26:8 (King James Version)

8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

 

[woolfam]

Had something similar happen to me. Had my CCL only a month or two when at Wal-Mart, walking past the toy section, one of the big 24" playground balls they had in a display cage popped. I had my back to it when it "went off." I did a quick jump around a corner and started looking. Everyone around continued to shop as if nothing had happened. It took me a few seconds to see the display of the balls and identify the noise-maker. I didn't "draw", but I was lookin' for a reason to.

 

[koja48]

Condoms are OK. They have a "sporting purpose".

True; excellent barrel muzzle covers in adverse weather . . .

 

[Stevie-Ray]

The other day I was in a restaurant having dinner with the wife and there was a little girl with a ballon floating above her on a ribbon she held tightly. You could see the pride of ownership written all over her joyous face. It popped and the ribbon came down. When I saw the look of anguish she then displayed, I could have easily bought her a thousand balloons.

Don't think anybody thought it was a gunshot, though.

 

[-terry]

I think that before you are allowed to purchase and own balloons, you must take a training course in balloon safety. Proper inflation, keeping the filler pointed away from down range, altitude control, and proper methods of filling and unfilling.

 

[airsmithy]

We need a full and complete balloon ban! No balloons at all! The safety of the CHILDERN is at stake! Not only could they pop, thus causing uncontrollable crying, some DASTERDLY person could... FILL one with WATER! Oh, the HORROR! Alternativly, they could get ahold of the totally unnecessary LONG balloons, and (Gasp) make BALLOON ANIMALS!!! OH, what is this world COMING TO! We are not safe in our homes when balloon toting maniacs are free to roam the streets!

 

[Stainless Chili]

I'd love to help get back on topic, but it is just floating away ...

[Who did the song? Pre-Sonny'n'Cher ??]

A trash truck with a blow-out was the loudest bang I've heard lately. He was crossing an intersection, low speed, on a road commonly filled with impatient, frustrated motorists. Naturally, it gave the impression of road rage ...

 

[Erebus]

Ever had a car/truck backfire sharply as it passes ya on the corner of Walk and Don't Walk? Classic.

Buddy of mine has a jeep with some kind of malfunctioning carb and he can make it backfire at will. Get it rolling turn the key off(while in gear) and the exhaust system starts to fill with gas. Turn the key back on and BAWHAM huge backfire. The longer you let it fill the bigger the boom. Only takes a few seconds for a shotgun blast sounding backfire. He likes to do it on busy streets to see who jumps and who hits the deck. Muffler gets all bloated looking after too many times though and eventually fails.

 

[Cosmoline]

Trust me, if a firearm goes off near you when you're not expecting it, it will NOT sound like a balloon popping Your ears will ring for a week.