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My dad opened a coffee can, after I got home from school one day, a decade ago, and a snake jumped out of it and bit his hand. He'd kept the snake in there for a little too long, in anticipation of me coming home to witness nature...
I almost got sandwiched by two semi-trucks on my first long-distance road trip, by myself. I was travelling in the fast-lane, about to pass a semi, when it cut me off!! I was incredulous! It was just me and this semi, on this stretch of highway! Why would he cut right in front of me?? So I zoomed into the right lane, on a twisty turn, to pass this truck... Well, as soon as I merged into the right lane, --- FUCK! Another semi-truck was quickly joining us on the highway, merging left from the highway entrance ramp... I had just seconds to veer a hard left, almost clipping the rear-end of the original semi, and I held strong through the corner on the left emergency pull-out lane, then recovered and kept going... It was miraculous. I could've been either smashed by the two trucks, or smashed between the truck and the concrete highway divider wall...
On another road adventure, to the local park, I wondered why the car in front was going so slow!! They braked hard, pulling off to the side of the road. It didn't take long for me to realize what they'd stopped for. I saw it as I came upon the black tire marks on the road, ahead: to our left, a small truck lied, overturned, smashed, and... There was an old man sticking out of the driver's side window! He hadn't been wearing a seatbelt, and I guess he took the corner too fast, hit the soft shoulder on the side, lost control, and ended up, upside-down, in this giant field of country farmland... Just off this country road... The old guy was pinned by his own vehicle, which was both crushing him, and probably holding his organs in his torso. The truck was completely on top of his chest; his face was purple and bloated; he was making sounds I have never heard from a human... Between a wheeze and a groan... I left when the medics arrived, but they were moving slow, and I'm pretty sure that old man is no longer alive, although I've no way of knowing for sure... I checked the obituaries, called the fire department, no way of knowing...
Also, some of the most "ordinary" things can be the most shocking. I'm amazed at the normality of plastic surgery and body mutilation for the sake of social pressures and vanity.
I almost got sandwiched by two semi-trucks on my first long-distance road trip, by myself. I was travelling in the fast-lane, about to pass a semi, when it cut me off!! I was incredulous! It was just me and this semi, on this stretch of highway! Why would he cut right in front of me?? So I zoomed into the right lane, on a twisty turn, to pass this truck... Well, as soon as I merged into the right lane, --- FUCK! Another semi-truck was quickly joining us on the highway, merging left from the highway entrance ramp... I had just seconds to veer a hard left, almost clipping the rear-end of the original semi, and I held strong through the corner on the left emergency pull-out lane, then recovered and kept going... It was miraculous. I could've been either smashed by the two trucks, or smashed between the truck and the concrete highway divider wall...
On another road adventure, to the local park, I wondered why the car in front was going so slow!! They braked hard, pulling off to the side of the road. It didn't take long for me to realize what they'd stopped for. I saw it as I came upon the black tire marks on the road, ahead: to our left, a small truck lied, overturned, smashed, and... There was an old man sticking out of the driver's side window! He hadn't been wearing a seatbelt, and I guess he took the corner too fast, hit the soft shoulder on the side, lost control, and ended up, upside-down, in this giant field of country farmland... Just off this country road... The old guy was pinned by his own vehicle, which was both crushing him, and probably holding his organs in his torso. The truck was completely on top of his chest; his face was purple and bloated; he was making sounds I have never heard from a human... Between a wheeze and a groan... I left when the medics arrived, but they were moving slow, and I'm pretty sure that old man is no longer alive, although I've no way of knowing for sure... I checked the obituaries, called the fire department, no way of knowing...
Also, some of the most "ordinary" things can be the most shocking. I'm amazed at the normality of plastic surgery and body mutilation for the sake of social pressures and vanity.