Did you run up the stairs after turning off the basement lights as a kid?

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Posted: 4/8/2018 9:14:03 PM EDT

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:18:57 PM EDT

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I grew up in the south so we didn’t have basements. But if we did I probably would.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:19:23 PM EDT

[#2]

Still do.

Edit still don’t let my arm hang over the bed, it is not getting bit off.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:21:20 PM EDT

[#3]

Yes

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:23:28 PM EDT

[#4]

What kind of a friggin lunatic doesn't?

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:23:31 PM EDT

[#5]

in our house in stone mountain, we had to run up the stairs. any other house, we just came up at a normal pace.

eta: i don't see a poll, so it really doesn't matter....

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:23:47 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/8/2018 9:23:59 PM EDT

[#7]

Completely forgot about this. And yes!

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:24:10 PM EDT

[#8]

Hell yeah! I'd go downstairs, make a cushion fort in front of the TV, lose track of time. At some point, I'd realize it was night time, and now the downstairs is all dark, the only light being the TV. Work up the courage and turn off the TV and haul ass up the stairs. Those damn ghosts were never quick enough to catch me, but I could feel them right behind me.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:24:45 PM EDT

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Our light switch was at the top of the stairs.

Now, I have done the flush and run a few times at relatives house's though.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:24:51 PM EDT

[#10]

Light switch was at the top of the stairs, so no.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:25:15 PM EDT

[#11]

No, switch was at the top of the stairs.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:25:52 PM EDT

[#12]

Quite the opposite- I'd run INTO the dark basement, grab a Popsicle from the freezer, then run back upstairs.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:26:00 PM EDT

[#13]

Still do. You never know when you might be just inches from a skull orchard.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:26:24 PM EDT

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Me.

Because I was the kid who would hide in the dark waiting for one of the females of the house to open the door and reach for the light...

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:28:23 PM EDT

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I grew up in the south so we didn’t have basements. But if we did I probably would.

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Same here.

Why don't y'all just put a switch at the top of the stairs?

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:28:27 PM EDT

[#16]

Why would anyone shut the basement lights off? Man.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:28:33 PM EDT

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Still do.

Edit still don’t let my arm hang over the bed, it is not getting bit off.

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Used to have dreams/nightmares as a kid after watching JAWS that my arm was hanging over board on a life raft or some small boat when I fell asleep with it hanging over the edge of the bed.

Then the sound ... duunnn dunnn... duuuunnnn duun... duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn dunnnn. Quickly yanked it back into the bed after that.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:28:47 PM EDT

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Awesome! I love it when i don't waste my sarcasm

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:28:56 PM EDT

[#19]

Yes, and I'm still alive because of it!

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:29:25 PM EDT

[#20]

Of course!

Hell . . . my older brother used to hide in the dark for god-knows-how-long till I'd come along - all to scare the shit out of me!

He's been gone from pancreatic cancer going on five years now and I still run up the stairs! He could be around any corner, ya know?!?

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:30:39 PM EDT

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Because we were children.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:30:44 PM EDT

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Taking out the garbage behind the house near the canal was sheer terror at night. Always sprinted back in the house

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:31:22 PM EDT

[#23]

What’s a basement?

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:31:34 PM EDT

[#24]

Never had a basement as a kid. If I did, I would have. I hated the dark.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:32:09 PM EDT

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Because your asshole brother or dad would turn them off to fuck with you.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:36:25 PM EDT

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Hell yeah! I'd go downstairs, make a cushion fort in front of the TV, lose track of time. At some point, I'd realize it was night time, and now the downstairs is all dark, the only light being the TV. Work up the courage and turn off the TV and haul ass up the stairs. Those damn ghosts were never quick enough to catch me, but I could feel them right behind me.

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That hand reaching between the steps to trip you....... still gives me the wigs.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:38:21 PM EDT

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I thought I was over that stuff, then my daughter said the other day that she didn't like having the lights off because of the monsters.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:38:26 PM EDT

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Think about how many life or death flights in the woods and jungle lead to the evolutionary development of that universal instinct.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:38:57 PM EDT

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You must be related to us....

ETA: He used to hide in the dark and jump out at me, too. Jerk.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:40:16 PM EDT

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We not only had a basement, but we had a cold room/root cellar down there. My mother would ask me to get onions or potatoes. Terrifying as there were no lights in the root cellar except for what came in through the doorway. I’d survive getting the potatoes then have to run the stairs gauntlet!

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:41:26 PM EDT

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Be sure to put the chair against the closet door or your efforts are waisted.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:41:29 PM EDT

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Same here.

Why don't y'all just put a switch at the top of the stairs?

Because your asshole brother or dad would turn them off to fuck with you.

We siblings were worse, we'd also lock the basement door!

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:42:30 PM EDT

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Yep.

It's kind of the same thing when you see a human skull...your subconscious says "whatever turned that guy into a skull might still be around so we should climb a tree right the hell now!"

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:44:30 PM EDT

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Oh shit my closet doors are off for refinishing. Nice knowing you all.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:44:38 PM EDT

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No, switch was at the top of the stairs.

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This, of course it was possible to shut off the lights when somebody else is still down there.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:46:16 PM EDT

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I used to do it to my niece and nephew when they were little. Whenever I was in the basement at mom's with them I would wait until they were at the farthest distance from the stairs, and then take off running. I wouldn't say anything, just run. The screaming would begin as I was about halfway up the steps, then intensify when I hit the light switch at the top.
Good times.....

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:46:25 PM EDT

[#37]

Kids.

Turn off basement light.

Riiight

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:48:33 PM EDT

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Oh fuck yeah! Then close and hold the door just to add to the fun

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:48:58 PM EDT

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We siblings were worse, we'd also lock the basement door!

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Same here.

Why don't y'all just put a switch at the top of the stairs?

Because your asshole brother or dad would turn them off to fuck with you.

We siblings were worse, we'd also lock the basement door!

I never had a basement, but we had an finished attic ( 1 1/2 story house). The light switch was at the bottom, but at least there was a window.

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:50:12 PM EDT

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this, you guys dads not smart enough to install a 3 way switch?

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:51:06 PM EDT

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Dibs on stuff

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:53:59 PM EDT

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@HappyCamel

Excellent point!

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:54:08 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/8/2018 9:56:33 PM EDT

[#44]

Basement alligators. Dontcha hate 'em?

Posted: 4/8/2018 9:57:43 PM EDT

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I grew up in the south so we didn’t have basements. But if we did I probably would.

Taking out the garbage behind the house near the canal was sheer terror at night. Always sprinted back in the house

Gators, C.H.U.D.S., baseheads or any number of scary, murderous creatures lurking in the darkness waiting to snatch you up.

Posted: 4/8/2018 10:00:02 PM EDT

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Be sure to put the chair against the closet door or your efforts are waisted.

Oh shit my closet doors are off for refinishing. Nice knowing you all.

Dibs!

Posted: 4/8/2018 10:11:34 PM EDT

[#47]

Lol. I’m in my 40s and still occasionally have nightmares about my childhood basement. Weird considering how much time I spent in the basement playing, but when it was time to go, I was out of there quick.