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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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 Posted - 12/16/2005 : 09:55:53
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I have, as I'm sure most do, a great horror/fascination of what my demise will be. Every day, the thought occurs as I'm sitting in a meeting, or gathered with my family, or even at the grocery store...and it mesmerizes me. Some day we will all have to go through the process of dying. There is no way around it...it is natural. As I have this internal monologue, I look at all the faces around me and wonder when it will happen, how it will happen, and what will be beyond...and if these others are thinking the same overwhelmingly awesome and mysterious thought.
Anyhow, as mush as I am excited this will happen some day (not a morbid excitement or death wish...just an anxious curiosity), I am not too keen on the physical aspect of expiring, as it may be painful, prolonged, or just plain grisly. You never know.
If anyone would care to share their physical death fears, please do. I can think of three ways I DO NOT want to perish:
1) Drowning
2) Gunshot
3) Auto Accident (which nearly happened earlier this week)
Again, this is not an attempt at a morbid or bizarre topic of bad taste. On the contrary, I find it somehow balancing. It's just something constantly on my mind, and am wondering how others cope with it.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 10:06:22
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I want to go by being shot in the head because it's quick.
I'd hate to drown though.
"The arc of triumph" |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 10:09:22
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 10:15:40
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i'd like to die in the arms of my secret forum crush from too much sex and frank.
I got some heaven in my head
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 10:50:23
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The dying while making love thing has always creeped me out. I think I would never have sex again if the person I was having sex with were to suddenly become a corpse on me. However, I guess I might feel a little flattered.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 11:06:32
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
I think I would never have sex again if the person I was having sex with were to suddenly become a corpse on me.
You give up too easily
I got some heaven in my head
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 11:28:52
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Originally posted by kathryn
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
I think I would never have sex again if the person I was having sex with were to suddenly become a corpse on me.
You give up too easily
I got some heaven in my head
Yuck...the thought of a cadaverous climax shrinks me as I type. I've had too many incidents with corpses in my bedroom. My first mother was a county coroner and often autopsied and embalmed at our home (it was a small town). More oft than not, she got carried away with her work and our house became a makeshift morgue...it was normal for me to have 4 or 5 bodies in my bedroom to contend with while carrying on with my normal childhood. She made me so mad.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 12:10:54
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I want to die doing what I did best during my lifetime.
Sitting in my underwear in front of a computer posting on message board all day like a 13 year old nerd.
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 12:43:18
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Sorry all, but as far as I know - tell me if I'm wrong - nobody so far has managed to prove that everybody must die.
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
By the way, I just read somewhere that the common idea that "we only use 10 per cent of our brain" is a pure legend.
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"In the magnificent fierce morning of New Mexico, one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly and the old world gave way to the new." - D. H. Lawrence
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 12:50:15
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quote:
Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
Sorry all, but as far as I know - tell me if I'm wrong - nobody so far has managed to prove that everybody must die.
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
By the way, I just read somewhere that the common idea that "we only use 10 per cent of our brain" is a pure legend.
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"In the magnificent fierce morning of New Mexico, one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly and the old world gave way to the new." - D. H. Lawrence
Well, I think the first sentance is wrong. All-bodies have (so far) proven, by example of dying, that everyone must die.
The second sentance I agree with. Let me even further it. When we do discover how to utilize the remaining so-called 90% of our brain, do you think we will even be thinking in terms of math or percentages?
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:00:18
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If a girl was very attractive, her being dead wouldn't be a turn off for me.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:01:39
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Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
Sorry all, but as far as I know - tell me if I'm wrong - nobody so far has managed to prove that everybody must die.
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
By the way, I just read somewhere that the common idea that "we only use 10 per cent of our brain" is a pure legend.
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"In the magnificent fierce morning of New Mexico, one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly and the old world gave way to the new." - D. H. Lawrence
It is true, some of us actually only use 5%.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:09:10
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Originally posted by Monsieur
If a girl was very attractive, her being dead wouldn't be a turn off for me.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
This is the most horrible thing I've read all month. Monsieur, you have outdone yourself. Excuse me while I go take a shower.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:10:07
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before or after you drove drunk, transmarine?
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:14:49
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It is true, some of us actually only use 5%.
I heard it was only 1%.
"The arc of triumph" |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:19:17
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Originally posted by Monsieur
before or after you drove drunk, transmarine?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
My drunk-driving episode pales in comparison to your corpsey girlfriends! 
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:21:03
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:37:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Monsieur
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Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
Sorry all, but as far as I know - tell me if I'm wrong - nobody so far has managed to prove that everybody must die.
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
By the way, I just read somewhere that the common idea that "we only use 10 per cent of our brain" is a pure legend.
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"In the magnificent fierce morning of New Mexico, one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly and the old world gave way to the new." - D. H. Lawrence
It is true, some of us actually only use 5%.
Not only it's true but it's the secret of happiness.
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"In the magnificent fierce morning of New Mexico, one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly and the old world gave way to the new." - D. H. Lawrence
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 14:01:04
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
The dying while making love thing has always creeped me out. I think I would never have sex again if the person I was having sex with were to suddenly become a corpse on me. However, I guess I might feel a little flattered.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
Woah, woah, woah. Hold the phone. Are you implying I could be having sex with LIVING people, too?! I guess there's pros to that as well. Hmmm... Gonna have to think about that.
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 14:05:02
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Originally posted by prozacrat
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
The dying while making love thing has always creeped me out. I think I would never have sex again if the person I was having sex with were to suddenly become a corpse on me. However, I guess I might feel a little flattered.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
Woah, woah, woah. Hold the phone. Are you implying I could be having sex with LIVING people, too?! I guess there's pros to that as well. Hmmm... Gonna have to think about that.
http://www.prozacrat.com
Heh. Such dead-pan delivery.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 14:18:00
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Originally posted by starmekitten
I'd die for someone I love, that'd be ok. Otherwise, I'm not going.
I'd die for you, starme, I would.
I got some heaven in my head
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Z_Zoquis
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 14:58:33
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Fascinating topic. As time goes by and the inevitable approaches seemingly like a freight train getting ever faster, I find myself pondering my own mortality more and more. At least once a day I'm struck by the notion that whatever the last thing I did was, it could theoretically have been the last thing ever - often this thought crosses my mind as I drive through a buzy intersection. All it would take is for someone not to be paying attention (whether myself or some other driver) and bang! that's it mate, there's your life. I lost a sister about 15 years ago. She lived outside the city and was driving home and her car got caught up in snow at a train crossing and unfortunately there was a train coming. I was in my early twenties and this event unsurprisingly had the effect of really shaking my foundation. I was suddenly made very aware of the tenuous nature of life and how quickly it can all come to an end. Had she been even a minute or two earlier or the train a minute or two later, she'd likely be alive today.
As far as how I'd like to die, ideally it will happen at the age of 95 or so in my sleep without any serious health concerns before hand. That would be a wonderful way to finish up.
How I would not like to die? Well, there's an almost infinite list of possibilities really. I would not like to die after having fallen from a third story window and being impaled on a tree branch - just one of the many stories I've seen on TV. I would not like to die in a collapsing 100 story skyscraper. I've always had a particular fear of choking to death on a piece of food - especially alone in my home or something (I'm also terribly afraid of the horrible possibility of watching someone choke to death). Mostly, I guess I fear dying in any circumstance where I know I'm going to die and have any time to contemplate it. |
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 15:27:03
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I was just going to say what you said in your last sentence there, Z Zoquis. I read about other people dying under those circumstances and it terrifies me. However, it also makes me think of that part in Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy where Ford and Arthur are in the Vogon airlock, about to be sucked out into the cold vacuum of space and Arthur says "So this is it. We're going to die." Then Ford says "Yes. Wait. What's this?!" pretending to find a button or switch that would save them. He then divulges that he was only joking and that they are, in fact, going to die.
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 15:47:33
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ZZ and Proz...this is exactly what I find thrilling about death. We may not have time to contemplate it...we may suddenly just be out like a light without realization (which may not be bad at all), or suddenly in an afterlife which may take some getting used to. Who knows. One thing I tell myself when I become anxious about the possibility of a painful death is that we won't remeber it (if we just blink into nothingness). This erases the pain. Pain is stronger, sometimes overwhelmingly so, in reflection than in the actual event.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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Z_Zoquis
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 19:08:47
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I don't fear death itself so much. I'm not a very religious man so I expect it won't be much different than simply being deeply asleep. Theres just no consciousness of anything. It's the possibility of having several terrible seconds to think about the fact that I'm never going to see my wife and two little boys and all my family and friends again that I'm afraid of. That few short seconds would be painful indeed...
otoh, I think probably we humans have a built in way of handling those situations - I imagine the adreniline starts pumping and you probably go into a sort of altered state and don't really think about things the same way we are in this thread.
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 21:31:37
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TRANS... I've kind of been in that situation. When I had my accident, I'm willing to bet I only had a split second to realize what was happening. See, I don't remember any of the accident, and only became conscious of what had happened roughly five minutes or so after the collision. The last thing I remembered was pulling onto the interstate and calling my cousin on the phone, roughly three or four minutes before the accident occured. So if I had died that night, which I should have, then I would have only had half a second to come to terms with my death. So having lived through that, it's hard to say I'd prefer it that way. It's an awkward thing to contemplate period. Regarding Z Zoquis' comment about having a built in way of handling those situations, I guess my built in coping mechanism was to just black the whole thing out. I was told I'd start remembering the accident after a couple of years but it hasn't happened yet.
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/17/2005 : 00:43:09
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As hokey as it may come across, I find a great deal of solace in Jean Giono's "The Man Who Planted Trees"
That through perseverance and kindess you can change the world.
While anything I do will be eventually forgotten, it's encouraging to know that I can make some small difference.
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I'd like to die peacefully. Hospital/home, doesn't really matter. I guess I would prefer home.
I'd like to have my family present.
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin.
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 05:41:13
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
Yuck...the thought of a cadaverous climax shrinks me as I type. I've had too many incidents with corpses in my bedroom. My first mother was a county coroner and often autopsied and embalmed at our home (it was a small town). More oft than not, she got carried away with her work and our house became a makeshift morgue...it was normal for me to have 4 or 5 bodies in my bedroom to contend with while carrying on with my normal childhood. She made me so mad.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
Christ! YOU had CORPSES in your bedroom?!
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, morecambe and wise"
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 05:58:54
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I'm glad I wasn't the only person mildly disturbed by that.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/17/2005 : 07:27:13
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Being paralysed, blind, deaf and dumb and slowly dying over a long period.
Now I am depressed!
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/17/2005 : 07:31:21
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I don't care how, just as long as it is intstant.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 16:12:46
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i'd like to die in the arms of my secret forum crush from too much sex and frank.
What about too many franks and beans?
I can tell you I don't want to die in an embarrassing fashion. I mean, I don't believe in the afterlife, but still.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2005 : 19:23:00
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| falling and starving to death |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 06:05:11
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I'd be happy to die defending my country.
Yeah right.
I'd hate to be eaten alive. That would not be nice at all.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 07:44:22
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Originally posted by VoVat
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i'd like to die in the arms of my secret forum crush from too much sex and frank.
What about too many franks and beans?
I can tell you I don't want to die in an embarrassing fashion. I mean, I don't believe in the afterlife, but still.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
i dont think id mind dying in an embaressing fashion, i like the idea of people at my funeral having to stifle and giggle, and at least its different and you'll be remembered for it |
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