# My brushes with mortality this week -OR- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brushes-with-mortality-this-week-or-an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge/363408 "2006-07-06T19:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brushes-with-mortality-this-week-or-an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge/363408/21 "2006-07-08T00:09:00Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I hope you don’t mind, but with the deadpan delivery and the “666” post count, I can’t help but think of a tall, cadaverously thin 19th century comic-book mortician, top-hat and all, delivering that line with questionable sincerity and a predatory grin. > > Think, the Crypt-Keeper. 🙂 And considering that **gabriela** is a forensic pathologist (think Khandi Alexander and David McCallum’s characters)… :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brushes-with-mortality-this-week-or-an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge/363408/22 "2006-07-08T01:24:35Z")
And, in an ironic twist of fate, the man who survived a cave entrapment, a copperhead strike, and a flash flood met a gruesome end when the bureau he was moving toppled over on him at the top of the stairs. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brushes-with-mortality-this-week-or-an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge/363408.md?page=1)