Things that someone can do 99 times with no problem, and then the 100th time they get killed? Drunk driving seems like an obvious example, but what else?
Dialysis
Russian roulette. Drunk chain sawing. Using a deep fryer. Feeding a bear or buffalo.
There’s a metric crapload of stuff you can do once, but won’t survive 100 attempts unless you’re real lucky. And will never survive 200 attempts. Swimming with sharks and no cage? Pullin’ on Superman’s cape?
Over 50 years of driving I have a lot more than 100 drunk driving events. Never got stopped or dinged anything. But most of that was long ago and I’m a lot more circumspect these days. That’s a loser’s game these days between advancing age and changing mores.
(A story that’s been discussed here, I think: potatoes go bad in basement and release heavier-than-air toxic gas; Dad goes down to the basement and doesn’t come back, followed by Mom, followed by Sis, followed by Grandma. Something to think about next time you open a cabinet and get a whiff of something real strong.)
The 1988 story of the skydiving instructor who forgot to wear his parachute was re-trending a few weeks ago. It was his third jump of the day and he probably wasn’t expecting the hazard.
Free soloing.
Maybe that’s what killed the three drunk guys who supposedly froze to death.
Yikes, I just read the thread title again. Not an unexpected hazard!
Working in enclosed areas (think large storm drain or under-street vault) and skipping any of the safety procedures. Working in a trench deeper than 4 feet . . . make that 3 feet. Even with shoring, collapses happen.
General Anesthesia
Sex with my Ex.
Storm drains also count. In America at least.
Do you have me under surveillance?
Pissing Tommy off.
Not just collapses. I vaguely remember an incident in Connecticut in which sewer gases killed a couple of telephone company employees in an underground vault. I can’t find any articles on that incident, but here’s a Washington Post article about three dead utility company employees in Florida.
Australia.
Unless you’ve been paying attention to Australia’s reputation.
Unprotected sex.
Having lived in Oz, I concur.
Being on the internet.