- Ceiling tiles falling on my taxi while driving through any of the Big Dig tunnels.
- Water flooding in when in any of the Big Dig harbor tunnels.
- Someone hip-checking me off the subway platform into the path of an oncoming train. (Or even just onto the third rail.)
- My hand slipping when I’m shaving my underarms and the blade slicing open my eye, all Chien Andalou-stylee.
2fs says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 pm ESTVisit 2fs
Trying to imagine the shaving posture wherein your eyes are remotely close enough for that last one to happen…
The main one I can think of for me is sideways gravity-suck pulling me off the edge of, say, unenclosed atria in tall buildings. There was a place I worked many years ago, ten stories tall with an open atrium. Outside the elevators there was a half-wall probably four-and-a-half, five feet tall. I wasn’t comfortable going within ten feet of it: as I said, sideways gravity-suck.
Editrix says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:38 am ESTVisit Editrix
You can never be too careful when it comes to sideways gravity suck!
Terri says:
November 15th, 2009 at 8:55 pm ESTVisit Terri
I also can’t help imagining that I will be pushed, trip, or even–in a fit of impulse–jump onto the T tracks.