I should have been arrested
I was a bit of a pyro as a child and liked playing with matches in a field behind some local businesses. One afternoon, after exhausting my stash of matches, I wandered off up the road a bit. After a few minutes, I heard sirens, and then watched the fire trucks scream by me, heading in the direction of I had just come. I walked back and found the local firemen putting out a small brush fire where I had just been "playing". I overheard one of the bystanders say "It's a lucky thing some one spotted the fire before it got to the tanks". It was at that moment that I realized that those big, hulking things were gasoline (petrol) storage tanks, and that I had been lighting fires behind one of our local fuel and heating oil companies. At that moment, one of the firemen approached me and asked if I knew anything about the fire or who may have set it. Trying desperately not to burst into tears and praying I didn't look guilty, I stammered I thought I saw an older boy run away from the field just before the trucks arrived. He just looked at me and said "Ok, thanks". I never set another fire and for years couldn't hear a siren without jumping.
(auntienursey, Sun 29 Jan 2012, 23:15, 3 replies)

Might I compliment you on your rehabilitation AND your record breaking lurking on B3ta.

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 3:31, closed)

And for claiming
"an older boy did it and ran away" and being believed.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 13:53, closed)

Bloody hellfire!
That has to be a world record lurk. Are you sure you haven't just spent three years in prison for arson?
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 18:08, closed)