Atherstone - "children" throwing water balloons

[Sally Grim]

Take care - children are throwing water balloons or similar from bridge 39.

[carlt]

<<Trying to be outraged>>

 

<<Failing>>

[Sally Grim]

3 minutes ago, carlt said:

<<Trying to be outraged>>

 

<<Failing>>

Well, Carl. They were aiming for and hitting my head. To an elderly or otherwise frail person that could potentially be dangerous. 

 

[carlt]

Perhaps it's because I was young once...many many years ago so I don't get upset at kids having harmless fun at my expense. 

Waterbombs are pretty harmless...

[Yellowback]

2 minutes ago, carlt said:

Perhaps it's because I was young once...many many years ago so I don't get upset at kids having harmless fun at my expense. 

Waterbombs are pretty harmless...

Depends what's in them...... 

[carlt]

Just now, Yellowback said:

Depends what's in them...... 

Indeed. 

I think the OP would have mentioned anything more noxious than water though. 

Someone on a day boat once threw an almost full bottle of wine at me which I deftly caught. 

Turned out to be a rather nice Chablis. 

[Sally Grim]

I sure hope it was canal water, and not mixed with anything else. But I didn't care to try and taste it. 

 

But you try to be hit in the head with a kilo or so of water, thrown from 8-10 feet above you. My head and neck stille hurts.

It's not very fun on the receiving end. 

[carlt]

I appreciate you may feel aggrieved but there are worse things that can be thrown from bridges and it may ache a bit now but it will feel better soon. 

 

I recommend Chablis as a reliable anaesthetic. 

[frangar]

6 minutes ago, Sally Grim said:

I sure hope it was canal water, and not mixed with anything else. But I didn't care to try and taste it. 

 

But you try to be hit in the head with a kilo or so of water, thrown from 8-10 feet above you. My head and neck stille hurts.

It's not very fun on the receiving end. 

Thanks for the info...sadly some people believe that such brats are entitled to cause harm & distress to others. Maybe phoning it in on 101 would be helpful.....might stop them progressing to using rocks. 

[carlt]

Some folk were born old. 

[Kingdom Isambard Brunel]

Awe. don't spoil there fun, its not their fault but the parents.

Why should they progress to rocks?

[carlt]

Just now, Boater Sam said:

Awe. don't spoil there fun, its not their fault but the parents.

Why should they progress to rocks?

Waterbombs are a gateway projectile. 

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Sally Grim said:

Take care - children are throwing water balloons or similar from bridge 39.

Reported as a duplicate posting

[frangar]

1 minute ago, carlt said:

Waterbombs are a gateway projectile. 

So what’s acceptable to throw at others in your view.....If I launch an ice cube back at them is that acceptable??...it’s only frozen water after all.....

 

 

[carlt]

1 minute ago, frangar said:

So what’s acceptable to throw at others in your view.....If I launch an ice cube back at them is that acceptable??...it’s only frozen water after all.....

 

 

See... You can be childish too..if you try really hard. 

[frangar]

1 hour ago, carlt said:

See... You can be childish too..if you try really hard. 

No...I’m prepared to defend myself & my property. Ice cubes are good cos they hurt when fired from a catapult & don’t leave any evidence.....

Edited April 19, 2019 by frangar

[ditchcrawler]

3 minutes ago, frangar said:

No...I’m prepared to defend myself & my property. Ice cubes are good cos they hurt when fired from a catapult & don’t leave any evidence.....

Do you make round ones, they fly straighter

[carlt]

5 minutes ago, frangar said:

No...I’m prepared to defend myself & my property. 

From a bit of water... 

 

"MAN THE BARRICADES!!" 

Edited April 19, 2019 by carlt

[roland elsdon]

Atherstone balloons little tykes, up there it’s not worth reporting anything less than a bridge parapet. Got shot once up there, boat had good dent on the cabin side.

[carlt]

6 minutes ago, frangar said:

 Ice cubes are good cos they hurt when fired from a catapult & don’t leave any evidence.....

How sad that you advocate violence in response to kids mucking about with harmless toys. 

[roland elsdon]

When we were trip boating the owners once had the lack of foresight to book the local young conservatives and young labour on the same night, on each boat. As the two wide boats passed  on denham straight , there was a hail of brown ale bottles from one boat and wine from the other..

[carlt]

1 minute ago, roland elsdon said:

there was a hail of brown ale bottles from one boat and wine from the other..

I never had the young tories down as brown ale drinkers. 

 

Socialists only drink champagne you know? 

[roland elsdon]

Ok poetic licence! Maybe not all brown ale.

 

[frangar]

21 minutes ago, carlt said:

How sad that you advocate violence in response to kids mucking about with harmless toys. 

I guess we have very different outlooks on “mucking about” & “harmless”....

[carlt]

1 minute ago, frangar said:

I guess we have very different outlooks on “mucking about” & “harmless”....

Indeed. 

Waterbombs soft and squidgy... Ice in a catapult deadly. 

One is mucking about the other disproportionate violence.