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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First year at uniLiving away from my parents I was terribly excited at the prospect of independence and responsibility.
To get things going I thought, "I'm going to cook myself my very own meal!" and so I got a lasagne ready to put in the oven.
Not having ever used an oven before, I remembered hearing people talk about "pre-heating" so I turned the oven on and left it for half an hour.
I had forgotten that this oven required you to light the inside with a match for it actually to 'heat'. Thinking "d'oh!" I ran over and lit a match inside...
My memory of what happened is a little hazy but I do remember a sound much like 'KABOOM' emanating from the oven, accompanied by an enormous ball of fire. I felt myself thrown across the other side of the kitchen by the force of the explosion.
Somehow I wasn't burnt at all, but if there's one thing I learnt from this experience, it's this:
Don't EVER use an oven. It's simply not worth the risk.
(, Fri 26 Nov 2004, 12:18, Reply)
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