How did I/we/you get away with that?

[louise_a]

Nothing as scary as some of the ones posted but I was lengthening the electric cable on a light, I had fitted a plug to one end and then measured of the cable to the length I wanted, then I cut the cable with a Stanley knife, forgetting that I had plugged it in to the socket.
There was a big bang and a piece was taken out of the blade but luckily I didnt get a shock.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

When I was about 18 I had a habit of taking a short cut home from the pub by climbing a fence and crossing the railway line to save all of about five minutes. Back in those days the pubs used to open at midday and shut at 2pm on a Sunday so you only had a couple of hours to throw as much down your neck as possible. The walk home didn't always go as smoothly as it should.

One Sunday I got to my crossing point and there was a stationary goods train on the first track and there were workers spreading ballast on the tracks. The decision then was go for it or double back and take the long way round - well beer won and I went for it. There was no one close enough to stop me so I climbed between two of the wagons and jumped down the other side. Before my feet had touched the floor a train shot past on the other line; a few seconds earlier and it was game over. Took me a while to get over the shock and never went near that short cut again.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

The ex and I split up when our daughter was about 2. She moved into a flat in town where her front door was about 20 yards from the main road. I went to pick our daughter up one day as we had joint custody and I don't know how but she managed to run off down the driveway. When we saw her she was already half way to the road and although I chased her there was no way I could have caught her in time and the road was busy. Luckily a woman on the pavement grabbed her just in time. It still sends shivers down my spine nearly 30 years later.