Ever had one of those 'final destination' style moments?

[Pyroka]

I did yesterday, after getting back from work which I forced myself to go to after being offered to drive down to guilford with my mate, he posted a facebook status with this picture:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs280.ash1/20758_1333409425576_1541250888_825627_4836604_n.jp g

So I could've been in hospital right now like the mate who did go down with him. Has anyone had a moment like this where they decide to do something else at the last minute then something goes wrong on the road you never taken? (metaphorically speaking on 'road' :P)

[Japan]

My dad avoided the 7/7 London bombings.
He was supposed to have returned from France at around 8:30 and then taken a train from kings cross back home. One of the trains that was bombed left kings cross at about the time he should have been there.
Luckily one of the people he was supposed to have been returning to England with was late so they had to take a later eurostar and effectively missed the bombings.

Scary stuff.

[Black_Apalachi]

My dad used to work on oil rigs and one he had been on blew up a day after he left it or something. Can't remember the story properly because he told me it yeaaaaarsssss ago.

Anyway what hit that car??

[Blinger1]

Can't say anything freaky like that has happened to me that I know of.
I mean I take care of what I do, except at work where I seem to burn my arms a lot >_<

[HotelUser]

I left a room less than a minute after a massive wall board crashed down. If I hadn't left I probably would of been in the hospital with a very serious head injury.

[The Don]

my mates were doing a competition on who could swing on this regulation sized football goal posts the longest, it was my turn but i decided not to and the person who went on it next the posts swung over and landed on them cracking one of there ribs... so that could of been me. not as bad as everyone elses but meh.

[Jordy]

My dad avoided the 7/7 London bombings.
He was supposed to have returned from France at around 8:30 and then taken a train from kings cross back home. One of the trains that was bombed left kings cross at about the time he should have been there.
Luckily one of the people he was supposed to have been returning to England with was late so they had to take a later eurostar and effectively missed the bombings.

Scary stuff.Hmm that's not actually true, he would still be safe if he caught the train. Only in 2007 did Eurostar services transfer to Kings Cross St Pancras, he would of gone to Waterloo in 2005 and would of therefore missed the 7/7 attacks (All of which originated from Kings Cross).

[Japan]

Hmm that's not actually true, he would still be safe if he caught the train. Only in 2007 did Eurostar services transfer to Kings Cross St Pancras, he would of gone to Waterloo in 2005 and would of therefore missed the 7/7 attacks (All of which originated from Kings Cross).

So my dad is not super lucky?
Sucks ;(

[Tash.]

My dad avoided the 7/7 London bombings.
He was supposed to have returned from France at around 8:30 and then taken a train from kings cross back home. One of the trains that was bombed left kings cross at about the time he should have been there.
Luckily one of the people he was supposed to have been returning to England with was late so they had to take a later eurostar and effectively missed the bombings.

Scary stuff.

That actually happened to about 6/7 people from my school, they missed one of the trains that was hijacked, and they were supposed to be on it. Very scary thoughts really. I've never had one myself, not sure i'd want to.

[Meanies]

not reallllllly

a bus was driving off as i was walking up to get on it though and then i got the one after and on the way to town the other one was crashed if that counts as one

[CJW93]

That actually happened to about 6/7 people from my school, they missed one of the trains that was hijacked, and they were supposed to be on it. Very scary thoughts really. I've never had one myself, not sure i'd want to.

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Edited by Jamesy (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not make offensive racist remarks. Thanks.

[Misawa]

When I was about 10, I was with my mother and we drove out some place and stopped at a shop. I remember we stopped to do something for a couple of seconds, whether it was because we had forgotten something or not, I can't remember, but on the way back, at a roundabout, a white van zoomed past us just as we crossed and crashed into the middle of the roundtable. If we were literally two seconds later, he would have hit us at about 70mph.

Re: 7/7, no trains were hijacked.

[Japan]

Two trains and one bus was blown up/hijacked. Two of the attackers were british muslims and the other one was an african muslim (I think).

[TickTockTickTock]

Two trains and one bus was blown up/hijacked. Two of the attackers were british muslims and the other one was an african muslim (I think).

Also, please don't use racist terms. It really isn't pleasant.
It depends what way you look at it, socially the term has been made unpleasant however what do you call someone from Australia? An Aussie. What do you call someone from Pakistan?

Wouldn't use the word but that's down to sociaty.

[Becca]

Well, my mum and dad were suppose to get married on the day that the twin towers happened and we were in Disney Land. They had to shut the park down and everyone was running around screaming. :|

[Jordy]

It depends what way you look at it, socially the term has been made unpleasant however what do you call someone from Australia? An Aussie. What do you call someone from Pakistan?

Wouldn't use the word but that's down to sociaty.It doesn't depend how you look at it, the word is offensive whether it should be or not. It's irrelevant that you can call an Australian an Aussie.

If you use the word in a school, you will get in trouble, if you used it in a workplace, you will be disciplined most likely, if you used it in a police station you would probably be arrested and if you use it on here you'll be infracted. Just cause it doesn't make sense that it's offensive doesn't mean it's okay to use it.

[TickTockTickTock]

It doesn't depend how you look at it, the word is offensive whether it should be or not. It's irrelevant that you can call an Australian an Aussie.

If you use the word in a school, you will get in trouble, if you used it in a workplace, you will be disciplined most likely, if you used it in a police station you would probably be arrested and if you use it on here you'll be infracted. Just cause it doesn't make sense that it's offensive doesn't mean it's okay to use it.
That's because societys turned it into an offensive word just like any other word which is deemed offensive.

[Jordy]

That's because societys turned it into an offensive word just like any other word which is deemed offensive.idc. you still can't use it.

Plus, the fact it's been turned into an offensive word, means you would only use it if you were trying to be offensive. Just say "Pakistani".

[TickTockTickTock]

idc. you still can't use it.

Plus, the fact it's been turned into an offensive word, means you would only use it if you were trying to be offensive. Just say "Pakistani".
I didn't say you should use it. I said I wouldn't use it because of society, just like I don't say the C word.

And I'm not getting into the debate whether or not he used it in a racial way or not because we simply can't endulge that without his input.

[Pix]

Not similar to anything above but after a extremely miserable day at school i had to travel an hour distance for an appointment i had and because i was so miserable i didn't want to hear anything so wore my headphones top volume. I was then crossing the road 10 minutes away from the place and a bus crashed into me at like 20 mph and luckily i was just slammed onto the pavement and wasn't dragged underneath. Nothing major happened in the end but it was pretty scary.

[Neversoft]

My dad went through a similar experience to what Misawa said just a few weeks ago. He was on his way to work fairly early in the morning when a van from the opposite lane came skidding off and practically flew through the air right in front of him. The van smashed into the barrier and a street light at the side of the road just before crashing into a ditch. If it happened just a second later or if my dad was going just a little faster, right now he would probably be dead. The debris from the crash scratched and dented the car a little, but it could have been a lot worse. Thankfully it wasn't!

[Misawa]

Again, none of trains and the bus were hijacked, just had suicide bombers within them.

[Black_Apalachi]

Adam's also reminded me of another (which is about my dad again lol). Anyway he was in a taxi once, and they approached a set of traffic lights just as they changed from red to amber so the driver was going to continue to drive on but for no reason at all, my dad just told him to stop. Cue: car comes through a red light across from the right doing about 70. They would probably both have been dead if they had continued.

[[Chris]]

I dont personally think i have..

But my great grandad (I think :s) Missed the titanic.. Lol

[Black_Apalachi]

;6328032']I dont personally think i have..

But my great grandad (I think :s) Missed the titanic.. Lol

If that's a true story it is awesome!!!

[leah]

basicalllyyyyy there was this huge car accident on my road when I was a baby cause this lorry lost control and went into a car at the trafic lights, the car was behind me and my dad at the lights but we were the last car to go through them. If they stopped sooner or we were a few seconds late we'd have died :O

[Pyroka]

Godd some of you have quite the worrying experiences D;

[[Chris]]

If that's a true story it is awesome!!!

Lmao, it is actully true.. Pretty lucky

[DJ-Ains.T]

my mates sister was just stepping onto a bus in the london bombings, as it blew up. some guy grabbed her.

my caravans tire had a blow out, and we were going to get dragged over, but a lorry came and pushed the car and caravan off the road.

and the best one, the final destination movie with the rollercoaster in, on the second loop, it comes off. well... i was on the corkscrew at flamingo land (exact same one as in the movie) and as we went over the second loop, my restrains came up, and i was help in by the seatbelt, if it had snapped, i would of been a goner.

[ItsDave]

My Mum could've died if she didn't let me watch Live Wrestling when I was younger. She had this virus which closed up her throat so she couldn't speak so if she wouldn't of let me watch it, I woulda been at school and she would have died.

Also I remember when football sticker books were in, and I left it at school. I went back to get it, and on the way back, I looked both ways and I usually never do, that took like a second to do that and I got hit by a car, but I hit the wing mirror, if I didn't look I woulda been on the bonnet. ***** didn't inidicate.

[Pazza]

my mates sister was just stepping onto a bus in the london bombings, as it blew up. some guy grabbed her.
bull.

my caravans tire had a blow out, and we were going to get dragged over, but a lorry came and pushed the car and caravan off the road.
bull.

and the best one, the final destination movie with the rollercoaster in, on the second loop, it comes off. well... i was on the corkscrew at flamingo land (exact same one as in the movie) and as we went over the second loop, my restrains came up, and i was help in by the seatbelt, if it had snapped, i would of been a goner.
bull.

Urm, i've not had a near death experience really, closest is probably a flight I had and we were taxiing with the cargo door open, and when we landed we proper smashed the ground, and bounced up again, but that was fine really.

[CrazyColaist]

I did yesterday, after getting back from work which I forced myself to go to after being offered to drive down to guilford with my mate, he posted a facebook status with this picture:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs280.ash1/20758_1333409425576_1541250888_825627_4836604_n.jp g

So I could've been in hospital right now like the mate who did go down with him. Has anyone had a moment like this where they decide to do something else at the last minute then something goes wrong on the road you never taken? (metaphorically speaking on 'road' :P)


my boyfriend goes to guilford college haha,

and nah i dont think so :S

[Gullable]

My dad avoided the 7/7 London bombings.
He was supposed to have returned from France at around 8:30 and then taken a train from kings cross back home. One of the trains that was bombed left kings cross at about the time he should have been there.
Luckily one of the people he was supposed to have been returning to England with was late so they had to take a later eurostar and effectively missed the bombings.

Scary stuff.
my sister was in london, the day it happened, and they were going to go on a train, one that had the bomb on and then one of her classmates needed the toilet badly, so they did'nt catch it, and then it blew up, my sister would of been a goner :(

[N-Dubz]

i was running for the bus to school, and the driver pulled away just before i got there, and then the bus crashed like two minutes away.


depressing.