Near Death ExperiencesLast time I crashed my bike, as I flew through the air towards the car in front of me not much went through my head apart from "You idiot". No tunnels, no lights to stay away from, no smiling family members beckoning to me.
Surely you've had a better near-death experience?
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chthonic, Thu 25 Nov 2004, 11:35)
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Near Death.. I've had loadsFirst One:
As a child I was out playing in front of the house whilst my dad polished his Motorbike and Mk 1 Escort, both of which he was selling that day. He went inside for some reason and I stayed out playing with a ball or something. I heard a fire engine coming in the distance but was distracted by my mum calling me to see if I wanted to watch a cartoon. I thought about the decision to see the engine or watch the telly, then decided to go watch TV, so started back up the path.
At that point, the fire engine came down our street on a call at the same time two guys joyriding a Beetle came the opposite way. The engine swerved to avoid them, smashed into the Escort, which smashed into the Motorbike that flew fifteen feet through the air and crushed the gate pillar I was stood in front of five seconds earlier.
The guys drove off, leaving a bewildered fire crew, the car and bike written off and me turning round to see where I would have been. Being the kid I was I thought it was very exciting and it was only when I got older I realised how close I came to being squished.
(, Tue 30 Nov 2004, 9:01, Reply)
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