How I might die

[ugarte]

OK, so I did this Death Psychic thing as a lark (as opposed, I guess, because I thought it could predict the future.

The prediction for how I will die: While walking near a construction site, an open box of nails is dropped from several hundred feet above your head. You are impaled by hundreds of rapidly-falling nails, turning you into a human sieve.

Frankly, I think the death would be hard enough on my family. They don't deserve having to endure the pointing and chanting. Particularly when it clearly wasn't my fault at all.

[nyc94]

Good grief!  I thought this was going to be humorous and I got death by suicide bomber at an outdoor cafe.

[Lauren '06]

While driving, you impatiently tailgate a slow-moving semi. Without warning, the semi slams onto its brakes, and you slam into the back of it. A second semi, which happens to be impatiently tailgating you, slams into the back of you, crushing you between the two semis.

Given my penchant for reckless driving, I think this is spot on.

[Rita]

While in a hardware store, a strange man picks up an axe and attacks you with it, dismembering your body.

I guess I won't be going to Lowe's. Menard's or the Home  Depot for awhile.
;-)

[Jerseygirl]

Here's a shocker:

While drunk with friends, you fall down a flight of stairs and break your neck. Thinking you've simply passed out, your friends ignore your lifeless body for hours.

[Dianne 99]

After an altercation with a resident of a retirement community, you are beaten with an oxygen tank and dragged through the complex by a convoy of personal mobility vehicles.

[Liz '05]

A gas leak in your home causes a major explosion, killing you in the blast.

On the plus side, this means I won't die for a while, and my profession will have nothing to do with it - woohoo!  ...I think.

[David Harding]

A crazed man in a hardware store fatally attacks you with a large wrench.

Much worse than an axe.

[cth95]

Edit:  Thought I put this under the original post.

While driving on the freeway, you're cut off by a truck, and your car veers into the concrete median, killing you instantly

I don't know if I like that one so much.  I have had dreams and feelings that I would die in a car crash.  They were a long time ago, and I drove off of a bridge while driving a Porsche in the most memorable ones, so this must be wrong.  I also only typed my first name, so it can't be that specific.  :-)

I would much rather believe the last Fortune Cookie I had after one of the people I was dining with told us you have to add "in bed" to the fortune.  It told me my charm and personality would bring me success.  :-D

[nr53]

[quote David Harding]A crazed man in a hardware store fatally attacks you with a large wrench.

Much worse than an axe.[/quote]

oh yeah? I was beaten to death in a hardware store by a guy with a large hose... not really sure if I'm proud that my death will be weirder but hey I guess I can prepare for the inevitable now. **]

[jtwcornell91]

Just stay away from Stavromula Beta.  You can't die until after you've been there.

[ugarte]

[quote jtwcornell91]Just stay away from Stavromula Beta.  You can't die until after you've been there.[/quote]As if you'd know before it was too late.

[jaybert]

You are bitten while tormenting a sickly-looking squirrel. You die from rabies days later.

[jtwcornell91]

http://www.amurgsval.org/squishy/topten.5.8.html

[Beeeej]

My favorite was always Harlan Ellison's contribution to the discussion.  He suggested that the worst way to die was by slipping on a freshly-mopped kitchen floor and landing, face first, in a drainboard full of freshly-washed steak knives with the blades facing up.

It was not, he said, the worst way to die because it was so painful or because it was so undignified.  It's the worst way to die because someone's going to have to wash the knives again.

Beeeej