Not myself who got the telling off, more so my mother...
Back in the mid/late 80's, my mother had decided to take my older brother and myself out for the day during the summer holidays. We'd gone to an old castle (I forget which one it was), the place was still sort was massive with a large courtyard at the centre, as most of these places usually do. It was also surrounded by walls and towers and such as you'd expect. I remember on the way in there we'd seen some military personnel who were stationed there or on guard duty that day, anyway.

That day my mother had decided to make us a pack lunch and we'd sat in the courtyard of this place munching away, my mother left me and my older brother eating our lunch while she nipped into the gift shop which was next to where we were eating. On finishing our food and drinks (the cardboard carton jobs with straws in them), we decided it'd be fun to do what any kid with one of these drinks cartons does, fill it full of air using the straw and stamp on it as hard as you could.

Now given the area we were in (enclosed), the resulting boom coupled with the fact that this was the height of the IRA's bombing campaign drew some rather unwanted attention from the military chaps who were in ear shot. Queue about 10 of the coming running into the courtyard along with my mother and giving her a right bollocking for nearly putting the whole place on terror alert, oops.

We left not long after that.
(HungOver, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 19:01, 6 replies)

Queue?
Queue????
( Ghoti Fingers, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 20:45, closed)

OK
I've joined the cue. Now what do I do?
(haberman is singing in the changes, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 12:23, closed)

I don't think you know how to use reflexive pronouns.
Is English your first language?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 22:01, closed)

I hadn't noticed that myself

( Ghoti Fingers, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 22:07, closed)

I drive myself to distraction over reflexive pronoun misuse.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 8:29, closed)

Of course during 'The Troubles' the British army were always stationed at ruined castles and other tourist attractions.
I daresay there were a fair few children shot accidentally after inflating crisp packets etc. and bursting them.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 10:16, closed)