Um...
I stole a fossilized skull from a church when I was young and nihilistic.

It was very small, probably a child's, and there were two of them next to each other just behind the altar. I only lifted one. Nothing dramatically Indiana Jones-esque happened.

For a while I burned candles on it, and it looked suitably Gothic when covered in dribbly wax.

Then I used it as a bookend for years.

Occasionally I wondered if my miserable and tortured existence was the result of some curse I had brought upon myself.

Then I forgot about it.

Until I had a fit of conscience a few years ago and returned it to the church with a note explaining my regret, and my phone number should the vicar wish to pardon me in person.

Thankfully he did, and I found I had made an old man very happy before he retired.

Presumably my ticket to Hull has been cancelled.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 13:36, 13 replies)

My dad-in-law and his brother
Stole a skull from the crypt of a disused church when they were boys.

Their mum made them get rid of it, so they buried it in the garden. Not long after that, they moved a few streets away, and forgot the whole episode. Forgot, right up to the moment the new owners decided to do a bit of gardening...
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 13:38, closed)

I recognise
that tale...
*cringe* ?
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 13:46, closed)

I've already QOTWed it
And am going to HELL for the repost
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 13:53, closed)

I thought as much
And you deserve it you know.
You all do.
But especially you.
Now tell more tales.
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 13:55, closed)

did you tell him
what you did with it?
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 13:46, closed)

No
He left a message on my answerphone which I didn't respond to as my head was up my arse owing to the ending of my 13 year relationship and a nervous breakdown and stuff.

And after a while I'd left it so long I was too embarrassed.

In retrospect I wish I had called him back, he'd have probably helped me forgive myself for the things my ex was blaming me for which led to the nervous breakdown. The message he left made me cry - he said whatever I'd done in the past I'd made up for it now and that we all make mistakes...

/emo, fluffeh etc
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 14:54, closed)

I actually wish...
...that I hadn't read ^that reply, because on its own, the end of the story is really sweet.

I am clicking the original post though, (my own religious attitudes aside).
(Guizmeaux, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 16:43, closed)

Aw sorry
In the message said he'd put the little skulls out on display and was very upset and disappointed to find one of them missing shortly afterwards... he never dreamed it would return, and I could almost hear his voice cracking with emotion when he expressed his joy at finding it again, 14 years later.
Especially as he was indeed about to retire, and could do so happy in the knowledge that the human race is not all bad and doomed.

I got proper choked up.

Thanks for the click.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 18:09, closed)

.
If you managed to overcome your guilt and confess, you might just be able to overcome your embarrassment and reply.

Anyway, nice story. Have a click!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 19:51, closed)

That's actually really nice.
We all do stupid shit when we're kids. You grew up and made up.

Siress, I salute you.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 18:49, closed)

Siress
and thanks :)
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 19:28, closed)

@ Fuzzy
Yeah, that was actually a really sweet thing to do in the end. *click*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 19:59, closed)

what the FUCK
was a vicar doing with a skull on the altar???? I've been a devoted (but still an asshole) Episcopalian (C of E to you guys) for years, head of Altar Guild and all that shit and I have never read about how to polish up the children's skulls left on the altar.

Is there something I don't know about?
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Sat 13 Dec 2008, 22:49, closed)