It occurred to me that I've never done anything heroic in my life. In fact when it comes to bravery I even have trouble spelling it. I'm a total coward.

An example was when I was still with my ex. We were walking down a road and a big rottweiller came running at us growling and trying to bite. I instinctively grabbed the ex and held her between me and the dog for protection until the owner managed to grab hold of the dog. Needless to say the ex was less than impressed with my actions but she didn't get bitten so no harm was done.

Does anyone else have any stories of their heroic cowardice in the face of danger?

Paintball!
everytime time i go paintballing im like " oh yeah im going to take them all on "

all i do is die in a corner, and when they start to shoot i start saying I SURRENDER!

Unless i accident shoot my teamate

Martin,that's not being a coward,but self preservation,throwing the other half at the dog,love it! :-)
Arthur

Its rule number 1 in Col. Bloodnoc's Guide to self preservation.

Gladys.....put the screens round my bed and paint a red cross on the roof.

Cheers
Peter
:-)

after watching most haunted live on TV the other week I wouldnt walk along the hall to the toilet unless the landing light was on :-) :-) :-)

Why do you think I joined the artillery - much easier to be brave when the other guy is 10 miles away!

Sounds like the ex was a bit of a Rottweiller herself, hence the dog not being able to bite her. Brilliant judgement call on your part, :-) Rottweillers terrify me!

There have been many studies into cowardice / courage, and the end is always the same. Nobody is either a hero or a coward continuously; circumstances dictate our actions!

Personally I believe cowards live longer! :-)

errrmm..i have this extreme fear of insects.... the more legs it has the more scary it is!!! i hate roaches and spiders... *shudders*

once there was this HUGE cockroach that came into my room, i had to get my girl to whack it for me

I had a guy pull a gun on me, and instead of facing him in a gentlemen's duel I knocked him down with my patrol car. Does that count?

Art

Unless you were driving with your eyes closed, crying and in a panic trying to get away I think that is definately heroism Art. Sorry but I regret to say you are NOT a coward.

I was swimming in the ocean off Northern N.S.W. when a fin appeared in the water next to me Mark Spitz eat your heart out I broke every record set I was throwing children behind me I swam up the beach and across the road, eventually built up courage to look only to see ax8%"&* dolphin standing up in the waterLaughing its fool head off. went back to the hotel to change the swimming trunks, amist roars of laughter from my so called mates.Another Heroic act also in Australia. we were driving home from a party Mrs Easy was driving I was drunk as ten men as usual, all of a sudden she screams"john theres a big spider on the windsreen" I comes out of my coma, cant see nothing "what" I says intelligently I figured it was a cockroach they grow preety big out there, I gets in the driving seat My alcoholic mush of a brain says its gone down the heater vents so i turns on the heater, well this thing the size of a dinner plate starts climbing out of the vent Me im out of the car like a rocket mums in there screaming her lungs out I wouldnt go near it.We killed the poor thing with an umbrella she drove home while im like a rat in a cheese factory ,eyes everywhere looking for the beasties mate.I got commended for bravery once when I was a copper some bloke hit me on the head with a metal bucket,It knocked me unconcious but I never fell down??? dont ask me I still dont remember a thing, the villain gave up rekoned I was the toughest B*****d he had come across I was out cold but I just never fell down. :-)

Why is it if a woman pushes her husband infront of danger it's a natural and OK thing to do, but if a man does it then he's a coward. I thought this was the age of equality. If a ship is sinking it's women and children first.. and men have to be brave and wait to go down with the ship!! Am i crazy for thinking that is is unfair? Have we really become so expendable?I hope I haven't offended anyone!!!

That's why we make the big bucks Hisham. :-) :-)

well, let me tell you Kevin.. in my country women make just as much as men, if not more in some cases.. AND they have a better chance of being hired. BUT when it comes to the not-so-nice things.. they always pull the "well, you're the man" routine!! Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't help but feel that men are scr*&^%ed in this day and age. I know this is not inline with the so called "political correctness", but I have to honestly say it's the way I feel. Oh, well....

Almost right, Land Rover driver in the signals is beter. First day in my compangie the C.O. opens his welcome speech : I have good news, and bad news.
The good news is that the rayon vebindings comp. ( signals at about brigade level) will be approx. 15-20 miles away from the front. (cheer from new recruits).
The bad news is that we will be the first target in an attack, as the enemy will seek to elliminate our lines of communication. ( worried silence from new recruits).
As a Land Rover driver we were o.k. though, as we would just drive of in the opposite direction at the first sign of trouble :-)

Henk

Hmmm....well, I have a very, and I mean very irrational fear, and no one will ever guess it.... If you want a clue, pm me. And I truly mean you will never guess it! Oh, and as for the whole woman-man-equality thing, remember, chivalry isn't dead; it's just hiding. Thanks for your time.

Man I hate cockroaches...then again I might be able to live with them :-)

Edit: I,m allowed it's my Birthday!

I had a confrontation with a HUGE gopher snake last month.....ok it was a REALLY GIGANTICLY MONSTROUS gopher snake .....and it BIT my THUMB when I rescued it from our psycho katz.


My wife found it hilarious in the extreme when her big bad inner city type fire captain FLUNG that snake into a nearby oak tree and ran SCREAMING like a girl in the opposite direction at warp get away speed.

I however, find nothing funny about it. I had to take an aspirin and a nap in a cool quiet room. Away from snakes.

So there.

Cheers

Once as a little boy, i was bitten on the arm by a large dog while i was running for the ice cream truck .Now some 30+ years latter, i'm still frecked out by any dog roaming the streets alone.

Well, when i was a small boy i stuck my finger into a rat trap(the cage type) and got bitten by the rat. Ever since then I have had a fear of rats.
Also, all those times of being chased by dogs has made me terrified of them, even the small dogs.

I am of the opinion that a hero is simply a person who doesn't realize the gravity of his/her situation. I have done things that in retrospect I look back on and say, "Now why in heaven's name did you do that?" These aren't heroic things but rather things that a person who is scared out of their gourd just shouldn't be doing. Like staring down charging dobermans (one foaming at the mouth). I realized that I wasn't trying to be heroic, I just didn't know what else to do. Maybe I was so scared that I couldn't move, I don't know, but it wasn't in an effort to impress anyone. I think the difference between a "coward" and a "hero" is the hero just doesn't realize he could get killed.

On my 28th jump, 16th free fall, I had a parachute malfunction and never went back up. Chickened right the hell out I did.