22 Oct 17
Last November I had a heart attack. I was just standing in my kitchen making a cup of tea and felt light headed (no pain at all) and awoke an hour lying on the floor. Had an interesting and peaceful OOB experience. Had it not been for the 2 fractured ribs I received when falling I would not have gone to the hospital 2 days later. Just did not seem like a heart attack. No pain until after the bypass surgery.
I guess going quietly has it merits.
Originally posted by @suzianneWoody Allen's famous quote---"It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens"
A comedian (I forget exactly who it was) once said, "I think I'd like to go peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather, and not crying and screaming, like his passengers."
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeI could go for this. But it'd be Marmite.
I'd like to go in my sleep, a belly full of good Malbec.
Originally posted by @ogbAnother famous answer to the question (don't know who by, may be Allen as well, but it sounds like Wilde, too):
Woody Allen's famous quote---"It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens"
I would like to die as I have lived: fashionably late.
Originally posted by @lemondropI don't see that as much of a problem. At least we won't have to miss one another.
the problem with that is most of humanity would probably go with you
Originally posted by @apathistJust friends and family, apathist, talking to me and trying to make things as comfortable for me as possible. Or in case of an accident, strangers choosing to stay around for the same reason.
I wonder about that. Why inflict on others? Seems kinda selfish and needy.
Originally posted by @shallow-blueHe also said (Maybe plagiarized) I don't want to achieve immortality through my works, I want to achieve immortality through not dying'
Another famous answer to the question (don't know who by, may be Allen as well, but it sounds like Wilde, too):
I would like to die as I have lived: fashionably late.