Originally Posted By mj9401 Kar2oonman, I am sorry to hear of your loss, keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers. Plane crash, car crash, train crash, fire, drowning, tortured by a mad person...you get the picture. I'm a virgo so I worry about these things. I would like to just go to sleep when I am really really old and pass away peacefully in my sleep.
Originally Posted By Dznygrl Hmm, well just the thought of any kind of death is scary to me. But yeah, I have to say that I HATE getting on airplanes because the thought of such a long oxygen-deprived plummet to my inevitable death surrounded by mad, screaming panic...sounds like a pretty bad way to go. However this fear isn't crippling enough to prevent me from flying, but I do get nervous and edgy when I have to be on a plane. Also, drowning. Especially if like your car falls into the water and traps you inside. I'm a bit of a claustrophobic, and I DO have a huge irrational fear of being buried alive. I know this is more likely to happen if you fall into the hands of some psycho killer rather than a false death reading, but still. The thought of being trapped inside a dark little coffin under six feet of dirt...aaaaagh. Makes me want to step outside and take a DEEEEEP breath of fresh air.
Originally Posted By Mr X Dznygrl, watch Kill Bill..you can learn how to get yourself out of that sticky situation.
Originally Posted By Dznygrl ROFL, true. I guess a busted knuckle is better than death! The real challenge is trying to keep yourself calm throughout the process. Anyone know where I can find this Pai Mei dude?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I'd have to pick cancer. I'm not sure how I would handle it. I've had family and friends die from it, young, middle-aged and old, and it seems so insidious. I've been shot, shot at, stabbed, and in dozens and dozens and dozens of fights. None of that scared me at the time. But the cancer thing- you bet. I probably would have said plane crash before that, but even a diagnosis of death in a plane crash lasts just a couple of minutes tops, if that. A regular cancer diagnosis often doesn't.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I probably would have said plane crash before that, but even a diagnosis of death in a plane crash lasts just a couple of minutes tops, if that. A regular cancer diagnosis often doesn't." Last part didn't come out right. Knowing I was diagnosed with terminal cancer, as I sit here right now I'm not so sure I could be Joe Positive, like you hear about so many people who are diagnosed. Knowing it's terminal and just getting worse, that would be tough, no matter what your take is on the after-life.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<You know, I really only read the ancient ones before posting the link. If anyone feels it's inappropriate, please ask to have the link removed. Sorry!>> No problem. I actually thought they were pretty amusing. Those guys in the Middle Ages were a hoot, weren't they? In the current times I was particularly intrigued by the people that were interested in going via Milwaukee Barbeque. How anyone sees anything sexual about that is beyond me!!
Originally Posted By Mr X I agree. Lulu's link was interesting. And educational. Now I know it would be a waste of money to invest in a parachute coat before my flight next month!
Originally Posted By pecos bill Suffocation has a real fright factor for me, having done avalanche rescue work and talking to survivors, and seeing those who did not. I dont think I could endure a long battle with cancer.
