Everyday things you've never seen

[Solarjetman]

Wow, I just saw a spider capture a small insect out my window. And it occured to me, that happens thousands if not millions of times a day in a given area, everyone knows it happens, but I have never actually SEEN it happen before except on television.

Anyone want to share any common everday things that you've seen but most others have not? Like I said above, TV doesn't count!

[tgpo]

When I was younger I saw a car blow up. It was in a wreck and caught fire. It blew the back of it up, not really the whole car. No one was hurt.

[Devanshu]

I saw a police chase end...I'd seen it on tv plenty of times but never in person.

[tgpo]

I saw one in progress. The guy was chillin' in his geo driving at about 40mph with about 8 cops behind him.

[Solarjetman]

The guy was chillin' in his geo driving at about 40mph with about 8 cops behind him.

Actually if it was a Geo, and he was going 40, then he was probably flooring the gas pedal... LOL

Those are some good replies though!

[Devanshu]

I saw one in progress. The guy was chillin' in his geo driving at about 40mph with about 8 cops behind him.

The dude I saw was in a ford pickup. He was flooring it and then a cop car rammed him into the barrier. He eventually took off on foot and was then tackled to the groud.

Actually if it was a Geo, and he was going 40, then he was probably flooring the gas pedal

[shoozleboy]

that or it was downhill with a strong tailwind!


September 17, 1997 - the day they turned the life support off of my uncle Mike..... I was in the room and never want to see that again on anybody.

[tgpo]

The way my wrist looked when I fractured it in 3 places. It looks really nasty having a bone pushing your skin out.

[Solarjetman]

I am sorry to hear that shoozle. I can only imagine how hard that could be.

[Devanshu]

A bunch of my friends and I went to mexico for the summer junior year and the day we were going to leave, one of my friends was standing on the balcony and the railing was very short. I was downstairs and he was trying to tell me something so he leaned over and fell. He broke a LOT of bones and the doctors said that he had only 50% chance to live. He's doing very well now and is fully healed.

BTW: Sorry about your uncle shoozle

[SquirrelDip]

When I was a kid my dad used to do Stunt Shows at fairgrounds, demolition derbies etc... One show he did was a "wall of fire" where he was tied on the hood of a car and drove through a gas soaked make-shift wall. When things weren't to dangerous I used to get to help out.

So, one of the strangest experiences was sitting in the passenger seat of a car speeding through a blazing 8' x 8' plywood wall. Flames would be up over two stories - the sudden rush of heat was really neat.

[Gees]

Don't know how "everyday" this is. But the most amazing thing I've ever seen was years ago and I've never forgotten it.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection and a small bird dropped down right in the center. It looked injured and couldn't fly away and just flapped there.

Just before the light turned green and I'd have to pass over right where it was, two other birds flew down and (somehow!) got hold of it a flew it just a few feet and set it on the grass between the sidewalk and curb.

I couldn't believe it. Never knew they rescued each other. :c)

[Solarjetman]

Wow Gees, that must have been cool to see. Do you think the injured bird was just a baby learning how to fly and the mother knew where it fell was a dangerous area? That may explain it too.

[Gees]

Wow Gees, that must have been cool to see.

Yeah, it sure was. :c) It may have been a baby. It did look small, but maybe only because it was sort of scrunched up, you know? Could't get its wings open fully.

At the time, I thought it was a miracle. I didn't want to drive away, but people behind me started honking.

I think about that bird a lot.

[g_shocker182]

I spun out in my car today (lost control during a sharp 90° turn doing 20-25mph onto a rocky road). I've never seen anyone else do that, but I want to. I thought it was awesome even though I almost took out a mailbox and ended up in a ditch.

[testicool]

My dad owns a restaurant and you know how you always see those police chases and hold-up's on TV... well one day this guy comes in and points a gun stright to my head asking for the money.

Let me tell you it's one thing talking about it and another experiencing it. I couldn't move at all maybe I was too scared or what but I just couldnt move (like i was frozen). My dad was like just take the money and leave.

He eventually took a few dollars and ran. But when he put that gun up and you know you might die make has your brain thinking of thousands of things all at once (thats how it felt). When they say your life flashes before you die it surely does. I cant really expain it. (you'll read this saying what is he talking about).

It's like your brain goes into overdrive thinking about stuff but your not making any sense of it while not being able to move. Thats how scary it was. By the way I was about 14-15 when it happened.

[Devanshu]

My dad owns a restaurant and you know how you always see those police chases and hold-up's on TV... well one day this guy comes in and points a gun stright to my head asking for the money.

Let me tell you it's one thing talking about it and another experiencing it. I couldn't move at all maybe I was too scared or what but I just couldnt move (like i was frozen). My dad was like just take the money and leave.

He eventually took a few dollars and ran. But when he put that gun up and you know you might die make has your brain thinking of thousands of things all at once (thats how it felt). When they say your life flashes before you die it surely does. I cant really expain it. (you'll read this saying what is he talking about).

It's like your brain goes into overdrive thinking about stuff but your not making any sense of it while not being able to move. Thats how scary it was. By the way I was about 14-15 when it happened.

[tenders]

for me it would have to be watching my oldest son's birth. there was more blood than you can shake a stick at watching the plecenta come out........very gross it was something i had never seen before,but i don't think i would ever want to experience again.

[pyrate83]

I've seen porn I'm sure no one else has.

Actually, I saw wild turkeys down the road from our house the other day...I don't think everyone gets to see those guys.

[Faustus]

On the chase thing. I had a high speed chase recently end right behind me when the guy had a wreck going down 75 (highway straight through dallas) RIGHT BEHIND ME. Then cops swarmed out of nowhere. It happened really fast, but to this day a month or so later I think my speed limit going self is the reason why he had his wreck, like I said it happend right behind me in fairly heavy traffic, there was no way he could have gotten by.

[Solarjetman]

I think my speed limit going self is the reason why he had his wreck

good work. Even though unintentional

[freestyler]

I was about 8 years old, and saw 2 just beautiful ladies in daisy duke shorts pushing an old car, then I noticed a young guy on the sidewalk with a videocamera. I thought to myself "Hmm, why isn't he helping?"

Now that I think about it, being the Valley in California, center of pornography, I think they were filming an opening scene for a xxx movie

[Devanshu]

for me it would have to be watching my oldest son's birth. there was more blood than you can shake a stick at watching the plecenta come out........very gross it was something i had never seen before,but i don't think i would ever want to experience again.

My mom is a gynocologist(is that the right spelling?) so she does this sort of stuff all the time...I think it takes guts witnessing that everday and then coming home for a meal and not be disgusted by everything.

[housepig]

damn, this is like the negative checklist for me...

... spinning out of control in a vehicle, check.

... .45 pointed at my face while I'm being robbed, check.

... sitting next to the deathbed, check. hey Shoozle - it was a Wednesday, wasn't it? I know that because I spent that same day in the hospital with my mom - she crashed the following Saturday, the 20th.

@pyrate,

we should revive the pron thread and see who's got the more out-there collection...

otherwise, not so negative... I was sitting outside on the bleachers in high school, turned around and looked at a railing and noticed two flys having sex. so now I actually can judge whether a given activity is more or less exciting than watching flys f*ck.

(sorry Gees... "watching flys copulate" just doesn't have the same aliterative value).

[Gees]

(sorry Gees... "watching flys copulate" just doesn't have the same aliterative value).

Well, thanks for the nod anyway. :c)

When they say your life flashes before you die it surely does. I cant really expain it. (you'll read this saying what is he talking about).

I didn't. I know exactly what you mean. I always wondered what that could really mean or be like. And I found out too.

I was at an intersection (why do so many things happen to me at intersections?!) on Route 22 in NJ. The traffic that had the green light was a steady stream leading into a shopping center. I was first in line at the light in a little red bug I used to have.

I looked into the rear view mirror and saw this car coming up behind me pretty fast. And as he got closer I could see the panic on his face and he was throwing himself forward trying to get his brakes to work.

I only had a couple of seconds to think quick. I put my bug in neutral,took my foot off the clutch and brake and prepared to be hit.

In the time it took to do that, these images flashed through my head from being a little kid, school, every crush I ever had, old boyfriends, jobs, everything and it lead right up to the second he slammed into me. Hundreds of things go through, chronologically like a speeded up slideshow.

I rolled across the intersection just seconds after the last car had passed by. I wasn't hurt. He paid for a new bumper (I had a custom made wooden bumper at the time.)

I'm sure I wouldn't have seen the "life flash before your eyes" thing except that I saw his face & knew I was going to be hit. Strangest sensation! But I wouldn't recommend it! :c)

[RabidDog]

:P those flys were having gay sex!

[rendalunit]

A few years ago I saw a very large turtle crossing a paved trail that ran along a creek when I took the dog for a walk at a park in south San Jose

[cplevel42]

6 years ago I was in Downtown St. Paul Minnesota at a nightclub, can't remember the name. I was meeting my girlfriend for drinks. Just after I walked in the door, I saw two Asians yelling at each other and spitting on each other, so I took a few steps back. Just then, one of the guys pulls out a gun and shoots the other guy.

My jacket was sprayed with blood. The bullet passed straight through him and almost hit me. I could here other people outside saying, "lets get our guns and get that guy", and so I threw my jacket to the floor, grabbed my girlfriend and fled to my car. It's a good thing that we left. There was another shooting before the police arrived and the person was killed. I was lucky to be alive. The 1st guy who was shot lived. It was an apparent dispute over a girl. These guys were reported as being part of an Asian gang that frequented MPLS and St. Paul nightclubs stirring up trouble.

As a result of this and many other incidents, metal detectors are have been posted at the entrances of many Minnesota nightclubs. Let me just clarify that the guns that were used in these shootings were NOT registered legal guns. Gangs buy these illegally on the black market so they cannot be tracked for murder. Also, shootings such as this are not common in the areas that I hang out, but that Particular club was in an area where vilolence was not uncommon. Needless to say, I have never returned.

[flaninacupboard]

I put my bug in neutral,took my foot off the clutch and brake and prepared to be hit.

I'm learning to drive at the moment, and my highway code tells me that's 100% the wrong thing to do! it says you should secure your vehicle i.e. handbrake and i suppose footbrake as well, to make sure you don't get pushed into traffic. or maybe i misunderstood your explanation

Two things driving related, first about a mile from home, i watched a small car plough directly into the side of a vauxhall corsa on a roundabout at about 40mph. his defence? "sorry mate, i didn't see you!" wonderful. The other was about 100metres from my home, driving down a hill, and there's a drunk lad and his girlfriend at the side of the road. a townie car razzes past us up the hill, and the lad steps into the road to watch it, sees us driving towards him, and gets back on the pavement. at this point another car whizzes round the corner and up past us, the lad steps into the road to watch it, and into our car! i couldn't beleive it! he'd -just- seen us and stepped in, then stepped out again! it was my ex driving at the time, she pulled up and ran over to check he was ok. he says "yeah, i'm fine. my foot hurts a bit though. we're having a party, do you want to come in?"
he was very, very drunk.

things you never see? cleaners in toilets. we've all seen the "caution, wet floor" signs, and most men have had the horrible thought "what if that ugly female cleaner comes in while i'm at the urinal?!" but it -never- happens. they have some kind of extra sense.....

[Gees]

Flan - what I did was stop pressing on the brake (like I was doing to remain stopped at the light) and kept my foot over the brake to prepare to try to steer off to the side or any open space that was freed up when the moment of impact occured. And brake as and when I needed to.

Believe me ... at the speed the guy was coming and with the look on his face... the worst thing for me to do was put all brakes on and try to brace for impact! :co

Guess you had to be there. And I sure hope you never find yourself in that situation.

The highway code's great, I guess. :c* (I don't drive here) but sometimes you have to do things that are not quite "by the book". :c)

It all worked out. Timing was on my side. :c) I lived to tell about it. :c)