So my GF punched me in the face tonight. :-)

[krispos42]

We're on the front porch, watching one of the thunderstorms roll through. It's pouring rain, and of course there's thunder and lightening.

So there's a particularly big, distant flash, and I begin counting out loud:

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Jeez, where the-



Just then, a HUGE bolt strikes not more than a hundred yards away and directly in front of us, followed immediately by a sharp blast of thunder!

We both jump into each others arms like startled jackrabbits, and in the process she clipped me in the jaw.

No damage, and we had a good laugh about it.

She warned me about counting when the next bolt of lighting flashed, though!

On the plus side, we got an inch of very welcome rain.

[fizzgig]

1. i love that almost instantaneous ba-BOOM!

glad you're seeing some rain and that you weren't too badly injured in the process

[krispos42]

2. It was like something out of a movie

Searing light, then the wham-crack of the bolt sounding like a rifle going off a few feet away.


It was like God saying "okay, HERE'S the damn thunder!"

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Too close..

[krispos42]

9. Wow

I'm surprised the EM pulse didn't disrupt the recording!

[NewJeffCT]

4. Something like that happened to me years ago

I got socked in the jaw by the woman I was with at the time - and my jaw was sore for a few days afterwards she hit me so hard. And, yes, it was an accident as well.

[krispos42]

10. My dad once knocked my mom out

They were making the bed, and he flipped the sheet to get it centered on the mattress. Well, it took her by surprise, and the shock wave flipped her own hand into her jaw and stunned her!

[charlie and algernon]

5. LOUD thunder also scared the crap out the Rangers and Twins during a game

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[krispos42]

8. Sweet!

Yeah, it was kinda like that, except for the booing.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. And this..

[HopeHoops]

6. My wife's a 3rd degree black belt. If I get punched in the face, I deserved it.

On Edit: And no, I'm not fast enough or skilled enough to block her.

[Kaleva]

7. My ex slapped the bejesus out of me a couple of times.

When she's out of her meds, she can get very upset.