Have you ever thought you're about to die?

[mudskipper]

I had a big car crash once - hit a lorry, bounced across the carriageway and got hit by an oncoming car. Rolled and ended upside down in a ditch. As it was all happening, I was thinking about the effect on my insurance premiums.

[MarillionFan]

Been shot at once.
Had a gun pointed me out of a car window at 100mph
Been held at gunpoint by Police in Nepal
Been in a fight at 2am in the middle of Khatmandu with 2 drug dealers during a curfew
Been chased down a hill by a Burmese farmer waving a machete
Been stabbed in the leg when a teenager
Got glassed in a nightclub when at Uni, nice patchwork on my skull and elbow.

Never been in a car crash and all of the others are of my own doing but never thought I was in danger. Looking back I was a bit stoopid.

I stay in during the evening now.

[EternalOptimist]

And did you die?
(inevitable silly question)

No, we hit the snow-drifted barrier, turned round and drove back down to Oslo.
I was icy calm during the whole thing, my main thoughts were how I was going to extract the entrails of the person who told me it was safe.

[minestrone]

So I can see a trend here, contractors should stay away from the sea, roads and foreign places for a greater life expectancy.

Monaco F1 next year?

[OwlHoot]

So I can see a trend here, contractors should stay away from the sea, roads and foreign places for a greater life expectancy.

Monaco F1 next year?

Nowhere's safe though. I nearly died of heatstroke a couple of weeks ago, when I put an extra duvet on the bed during that cold snap, but forgot that the radiator by the bed came on at full blast at 2am

[Cliphead]

Haven't had a brush with death but got very sick a few years ago with some sort of infection that was resistant to antibiotics, the doc told me that had I had this twenty years beforehand I would have died

Must admit that at the time I couldn't have cared less if I had I felt so bad.

[minestrone]

Nowhere's safe though. I nearly died of heatstroke a couple of weeks ago, when I put an extra duvet on the bed during that cold snap, but forgot that the radiator by the bed came on at full blast at 2am

Marathon de sable heatstroke videos are pretty brutal on youtube.

Although, I am Scottish, I get heat stroke when the wife sets the thermostat to 16.

[No2politics]

Have you ever thought you're about to die?

I love that song, but god it's depressing if you stop and think about the lyrics.

Can anyone recommend a pink floyd album? Not really listened to them before but that song is great

[No2politics]

Have you ever thought you're about to die?

I had a big car crash once - hit a lorry, bounced across the carriageway and got hit by an oncoming car. Rolled and ended upside down in a ditch. As it was all happening, I was thinking about the effect on my insurance premiums.

Ha I just laughed out loud there!

[SimonMac]

Been shot at once.
Had a gun pointed me out of a car window at 100mph
Been held at gunpoint by Police in Nepal
Been in a fight at 2am in the middle of Khatmandu with 2 drug dealers during a curfew
Been chased down a hill by a Burmese farmer waving a machete
Been stabbed in the leg when a teenager
Got glassed in a nightclub when at Uni, nice patchwork on my skull and elbow.

Ever get the feeling that people just don't like you?!