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LincolnCassiusClay47 t1_itegi8x wrote

Reply to comment by redentification in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis

Nothing in this world is a more terrifyingly ass-puckering sound than my mother yelling my first and middle name together.

shudders

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NehEma t1_iterrtp wrote

And this is why I changed mine. She can't use what she doesn't know.

Taps forehead

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PlaceboJesus t1_itf7ofa wrote

You never got called by all three names?
You must be some Johnnie-too-good

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NickyXIII t1_itgcmv4 wrote

I'm now inspired for an RPG character that goes by "Johnnie-too-shoes"

...he sells shoes and is way too into them

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RegularWhiteShark t1_itfo0ia wrote

The joys of not having a middle name!

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Arcane_Opossum t1_itfoyj8 wrote

I only went by my middle since my parents decided to give me the human equivalent of Spot or Rover. Still can't stand it.

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FinancialYou4519 t1_itg6nzk wrote

Top 10 scariest things; when your father answers the phone like ”hello? Yes this is him. He did what?!” Aaaaaw shit here we go again

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iwanttobeacavediver t1_itjrdy8 wrote

My grandmother was expert at this. She sometimes didn't even have to say anything, just give this particular look which would stop you from doing whatever you were doing immediately.

She worked with alcoholics and drug addicts as well as general mental health patients and despite being under 5ft, she could put the fear of God into men who really could have easily taken her out.

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