And I thought I was Immature...

[Wh00h0069]

wow... nothing like that has ever happened to me.... quess were too layed back to do that stuff here down south

No they are afraid they will get shot. lol

[rabernet]

wow... nothing like that has ever happened to me.... quess were too layed back to do that stuff here down south

No - down here in the south, they fill them with bleach and throw them and blind some poor kid and get charged with several felony counts (actually happened here in metro Atlanta).

[Seru1]

I've done drive by water balloonings of friends before. I can be pretty funny. It may not be the nicest thing to do to strangers I'll be honest. But it's just a little water and a rude hand gesture. Try to find the humor in it. By getting worked up you lose. But by seeing the joy in it you take there power away.

[dc4teg]

No - down here in the south, they fill them with bleach and throw them and blind some poor kid and get charged with several felony counts (actually happened here in metro Atlanta).

Ya and that is unfortunate, but in *my* personal experience, southern cities are more laid back than northern cities. thats just what I have noticed when visiting, and every city has a bad side, which sucks, but no place is perfect.

[olstyn]

Yea, thats just mean. These guys did it when is was like 88-90 degrees out and it wasn't allot of water. I'm like 90% sure it was water that was on me. You would smell it if it was pee.

Not necessarily - I was sweating pretty seriously that night, and urine's scent can vary from very pungent to not much more than sweat - the two liquids are actually pretty similar from a chemical standpoint. All I know is that the liquid was warm and I didn't know for sure what it was, so I just got home as quickly as I could and then immediately got in the shower.

[AndrewGeibel]

A few years back a 2 year old kid was killed by a water balloon thrown from a car here. Kid was standing outside and the balloon caught him in the side of the head at a good speed. People need to respect the consequences of what could happen when they think they are having fun.

Someone has also done the reverse to me. I was driving and they threw a water balloon at my car. It caught the hood right on the hood scoop. Well the hood scoop is plastic and the hood is aluminum and dents quite easily. 800 dollars later my car was fixed. I really don't see the humor in destroying what other people work hard for.

[hunter94]

I've had people throw trash at me while I was waiting for the bus. Steal my laptop while my girlfriend was distracting me. And honk at me to scare me.

The best things that have happened are when people stop and compliment me on walking around with a cigar.

Oh, and it's just group mentality. When you have a lot of kids out joyriding they will cause trouble. I had some chicks yell "Hey Sexy" at me tonight. It's just one of those things people do when they're out. I used to ride around with my friends, stop places, run out, and make fireballs on the side of the road/in parking lots with non-dairy creamer. We never messed with people but it really depends, I mean look at what happened to those college students who "role played" as prisoners/guards. Group mentality can really drive people to things they would never do on their own.

Man, thats terrible.

Hey, at least you weren't shot. In many areas, you would be in the morgue typing this message.

Jim Smith

Yea, I don't live in the area were people would just shoot others for no reason other then if some psycho decides he wants to kill some one but that could happen anywhere.

[mommanessy247]

oo oo oo i got 2 for ya'll.
when i was 8 months pregnant with my daughter, ok im talkin' as big as a house! theres no way you cant tell i'm pregnant. ok so im sittin' out at a bus stop & a 50-ish looking' guy drove up, stopped, opened his passenger side door & stared lovingly at me & licked his lips for a good minute before asing me if i wanted a ride. talk about HOLY CRAP! i almost shot outta there like a bat outta hell.
wait can i say that here? sorry...
anyways, i swallowed the ball of terror in my throat, remained calm, shook my head & politely told him to keep on drivin'. he did.
THEN no more then a month goes by & im riding a bus home, still heavily pregnant with my daughter. i got off at my stop & some toothless old guy in his 60's, maybe 70's, gets off too. ok no big deal right?
im walkin' walkin' walkin', ignoring him.
then i realize he's actually following me.
now, i lived alone at that time & all kinds of horrifying visions of what's about to happen to me should i continue walking home with this guy tailing me pops into my head.
i was on the verge of tears. but again, i swallowed that ball of terror in my throat, closed my eyes for a second, took a deep breath, let it out slowly & turned around to face him.
i said " can i help you?"
he said " i wanna walk you home."
i said " well, im sorry, but today's not your lucky day, buddy. i dont need an escort home. thank you though."
i continued to walk away from him & he paused, then caught up to me saying
" but i wanna walk you home."
i said " look if my boyfriend sees you following me he might kill you, he's crazy like that. please stop following me." & i made a turn onto a residential street away from my apartment complex. he thought about what i said & then turned around and walked back the way we'd came, back to the bus stop we'd gotten off at.
when he was gone i let out a 1/2 sob, 1/2 sigh of relief & walked to my apartment, shaking violently. that was the last time i went anywhere alone.
i've been mistaken for a prostitute numerous times & i wasnt even wearing anything provocative! cops have even stopped me, asking what i was doin', where i was goin' & all that.
dang man!
i mean, am i really that attractive or somethin'?
i've actually seen some really nasty lookin' prostitutes, ok i'm talkin' you wont touch them with a 10 ft pole kinda nasty.
but yet here i am gettin picked on by cops & hit on & followed by raunchy old men.
what gives?!

[hunter94]

oo oo oo i got 2 for ya'll.
when i was 8 months pregnant with my daughter, ok im talkin' as big as a house! theres no way you cant tell i'm pregnant. ok so im sittin' out at a bus stop & a 50-ish looking' guy drove up, stopped, opened his passenger side door & stared lovingly at me & licked his lips for a good minute before asing me if i wanted a ride. talk about HOLY CRAP! i almost shot outta there like a bat outta hell.
wait can i say that here? sorry...
anyways, i swallowed the ball of terror in my throat, remained calm, shook my head & politely told him to keep on drivin'. he did.
THEN no more then a month goes by & im riding a bus home, still heavily pregnant with my daughter. i got off at my stop & some toothless old guy in his 60's, maybe 70's, gets off too. ok no big deal right?
im walkin' walkin' walkin', ignoring him.
then i realize he's actually following me.
now, i lived alone at that time & all kinds of horrifying visions of what's about to happen to me should i continue walking home with this guy tailing me pops into my head.
i was on the verge of tears. but again, i swallowed that ball of terror in my throat, closed my eyes for a second, took a deep breath, let it out slowly & turned around to face him.
i said " can i help you?"
he said " i wanna walk you home."
i said " well, im sorry, but today's not your lucky day, buddy. i dont need an escort home. thank you though."
i continued to walk away from him & he paused, then caught up to me saying
" but i wanna walk you home."
i said " look if my boyfriend sees you following me he might kill you, he's crazy like that. please stop following me." & i made a turn onto a residential street away from my apartment complex. he thought about what i said & then turned around and walked back the way we'd came, back to the bus stop we'd gotten off at.
when he was gone i let out a 1/2 sob, 1/2 sigh of relief & walked to my apartment, shaking violently. that was the last time i went anywhere alone.
i've been mistaken for a prostitute numerous times & i wasnt even wearing anything provocative! cops have even stopped me, asking what i was doin', where i was goin' & all that.
dang man!
i mean, am i really that attractive or somethin'?
i've actually seen some really nasty lookin' prostitutes, ok i'm talkin' you wont touch them with a 10 ft pole kinda nasty.
but yet here i am gettin picked on by cops & hit on & followed by raunchy old men.
what gives?!

Wow, that must suck. Plus its illegal for the Cops just to stop you for no reason like that you have to be doing something illegal.

Look up the 4th Amendment. If a Cop does that ever again and you did nothing illegal I would ask him why I was being stopped and if he says some thing that is not illegal just walk away, don't let them take advantage of you. =p

[Oxylepy]

Wow, that must suck. Plus its illegal for the Cops just to stop you for no reason like that you have to be doing something illegal.

Look up the 4th Amendment. If a Cop does that ever again and you did nothing illegal I would ask him why I was being stopped and if he says some thing that is not illegal just walk away.

I get stopped by the cops all the time when wandering around at 3am in the morning. And the Fourth Amendment has nothing to do with them stopping you to talk, it has to do with search and seizure. They are entirely within their rights to stop you to talk to you, especially if they think you're suspicious. Not responding to them could, likely, lead to a lot more trouble than it's worth.

From wikipedia:

Under Terry v. Ohio 392 U.S. 1 (1968), law enforcement officers are permitted to conduct a limited warrantless search on a level of suspicion less than probable cause under certain circumstances. In Terry, the Supreme Court ruled that when a police officer witnesses "unusual conduct" that leads that officer to reasonably believe "that criminal activity may be afoot", that the suspicious person has a weapon and that the person is presently dangerous to the officer or others, the officer may conduct a "pat-down search" (or "frisk") to determine whether the person is carrying a weapon. To conduct a frisk, officers must be able to point to specific and articulatory facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant their actions. A vague hunch will not do. Such a search must be temporary and questioning must be limited to the purpose of the stop (i.e., officers who stop a person because they have reasonable suspicion to believe that the person was driving a stolen car, cannot, after confirming that it is not stolen, compel the person to answer questions about anything else, such as the possession of contraband)

Also there are laws against vagrancy and as such if a person cannot present information as to where they live/work then the cop could potentially take them into custody.