# Strange and exotic deaths **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885 "2003-05-08T12:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/21 "2003-05-09T01:35:58Z")
AAAHHH!!! THE DUCKS!!! THE DUCKS ARE HERE!!! ARMY SARGEANT: It appears that the ducks are attacking the city! Hm! OLD PROFESSOR: Ah! The ducks are headed for the power lines! DUUUCKS!!! _–YOU’RE NEXT!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/22 "2003-05-09T01:45:03Z")
> [@](#): > > When your death comes, you will be: > > Flattened by a falling piano! Hmm…and I’m a keyboard player… Maybe I’d better give it up? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/23 "2003-05-09T02:06:12Z")
I will be mugged to death by midgets! Cool! _I want a death by misadventure Wanna die face down in some dude’s pool Not gonna kick in my sleep lying on my dentures When I die, Jack, it’s gonna be real cool_ ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/24 "2003-05-09T02:58:43Z")
Strange: [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134703119\_webbaby08.html](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134703119_webbaby08.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/25 "2003-05-09T04:09:39Z")
Death by urine. Yay me. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/26 "2003-05-09T04:09:58Z")
Another bear-lover here. Killed by the love that dare not speak its name! ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/27 "2003-05-09T04:42:20Z")
I’m not following some dumb website, I’m going to follow my destiny of being killed, when I’m 80, by a jealous husband. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/28 "2003-05-09T05:18:59Z")
They can’t even spell _fuchsia_ and they think they know how I’m gonna die? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/29 "2003-05-09T06:30:56Z")
Wow. I’m to be “Barbequed by an angry dragon!” Burninating’s a nasty way to go. The best I can hope for is to be well marinated when I get it. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/30 "2003-05-09T10:57:31Z")
The midget mob is going to get me too. I don’t even know any midgets. I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers of his bus. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/31 "2003-05-09T11:26:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by roadrunner70 \* > > \*\*I’m getting the meteor… > > Me too! \*\* You guys don’t live anywhere Southwest London do you - 'cause if you do then I am seriously worried 😉 Grim ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/32 "2003-05-09T12:52:30Z")
WTF! Sneeze my brains out? How lame is that! By the way: Meteoroid: Rock floating in space Meteor: Rock which hits atmosphere and becomes visible while falling Meteorite: Portion of meteor that makes it to earth ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/33 "2003-05-09T13:21:00Z")
Mauled by a Mob of Midgets… Hell, I get that from my kids every night! The especially like to pin me down and jump on me till I cry out in pain, then repeat. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/34 "2003-05-09T13:32:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nangleator \* > \*\*By the way: > > Meteoroid: Rock floating in space > Meteor: Rock which hits atmosphere and becomes visible while falling > Meteorite: Portion of meteor that makes it to earth \*\* So … since, technically, you’re not a part of the Earth, the thing is, in fact, still a meteor during the brief fraction of a second while it’s crushing you to a paste? (Incidentally, is “brief fraction of a second” a tautology?) (And am I the _only_ drowned-bobbing-for-apples person in this thread? Bad enough having a bizarre death, without it being an _unfashionable_ bizarre death as well … ) ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/35 "2003-05-09T13:40:03Z")
I’m getting the meteor as well. _What less likely then being struck by lightning? That’s right! A meteor strike!_ Lucky me! ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/36 "2003-05-09T14:07:31Z")
Just before clicking the **Get Test Results!** button, I felt a tad frightened. Then I saw my fate and all fear was lifted. > [@](#): > > \*When your death comes, you will… > > Drown while bobbing for Apples! > > Can you imagine the discussion at your funeral? > What a way to go!\* ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/37 "2003-05-09T14:16:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*(And am I the _only_ drowned-bobbing-for-apples person in this thread? Bad enough having a bizarre death, without it being an _unfashionable_ bizarre death as well … ) \*\* We can’t have you unfashionable, now can we? I’ll do the Drowned-Bobbing-For-Apples death as well. I’ll even do it at the same time so as to make things less complicated for after. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/38 "2003-05-09T14:19:52Z")
> [@](#): > > When your death comes, you will be > Struck by a train at a railroad crossing! > Remember to obey the crossing gates! > Your impatience will be your end! Although I’m quite impatient, I don’t fark around with train tracks. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/39 "2003-05-09T14:27:36Z")
It’s the piano for me. At least my demise will have a soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885/40 "2003-05-09T14:31:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racer72 \* > **The midget mob is going to get me too. I don’t even know any midgets.** And your continued insistence on propagating this bald-faced lie is just pissing them off even more! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-and-exotic-deaths/173885.md?page=3)