I believe I have told this story on this list before, but here goes!

A track coach of mine(I was team manager) was fascinated by my startle
reflex. I would be bent over sort dirty laundry in the laundry bin and he
would come up behind me and fire his starting pistol. I, of course, would
jump and bang my head and he's laugh. But one day, I found his starting
pistol and loaded it(my brother and I had had real guns since I was 7). But I
honestly did not know why they always pointed starting pistols either
straight up or straight down. We coach came around the corner I fired at
close range. The powder flash gave him 3rd degree burns. He was livid, but
could not say a word because he knew why I had shot him!!!

Bobby