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Started by doolols, February 13, 2006, 07:48:46 PM

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doolols

February 13, 2006, 07:48:46 PM
From that most voluminous of resources, the Wikipedia, comes a List of Unusual Deaths. Fascinating (and cringe-making) reading, for those with some moments to spare ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
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SharonBell

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February 13, 2006, 09:29:39 PM
Yikes! A lot of on-air deaths and suicides!
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February 14, 2006, 04:33:57 AM
You've got to admit some of those ancients were pretty inventive :scratch:  Imagine having molten gold poured down your throat :huh:  That's got to smart a tad...
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doolols

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February 14, 2006, 02:11:41 PM
I loved the very first one - guy had a tortoise dropped on his head  :lol:
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February 14, 2006, 02:21:43 PM
I wonder if the tortoise survived unscathed :scratch:
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

SharonBell

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February 14, 2006, 02:37:01 PM
I'd have shelled out a few shekels to see that!
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Walker

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February 14, 2006, 02:53:23 PM
1983: Jessica Savitch, NBC television news anchor, drowned after the car she was riding in fell into a canal, flipped over, and sank in mud, sealing the doors shut.

This one freaked me right out. I'm claustrophobic and almost started to panic just reading it. The poor woman, what a way to go!
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February 14, 2006, 03:49:27 PM
I sometimes wonder if I'd have the presence of mind to break out of a submerged car, when I see it happen in films.  It's one of those things you hope to never find out.  Theoretically, she could have broken a side window with her shoe heel, crawled out through the mud and swum to the surface, but it's another thing to actually do it, cold, disoriented and panicking in inky blackness :/
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]
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