Top five regrets of the dying

Anon La Ply said:
Life is is like walking into a movie theatre partway through the movie. At first you have no idea what's going on but, just as you start getting absorbed, the ushers escort you out again.
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Geez Grea, this is really great.

BTW, this article was posted recently by a friend on fb so I've been giving it a fair amount of thought.

While it's a bummer to think about mortality and not seeing how the movie ends, I'm not sure I'd want to take another ride - I don't want to walk into another movie theater not knowing anything about the characters or story line, to take the trouble to figure out what was going on - too often guessing incorrectly and asking dumb questions - only to be ushered out before seeing how it ends.

Thing is, is that too often movies have unsatisfactory endings anyway, and there are a lot of interruptions by other theater-goers who either ask a lot of dumb questions (as I did and do), or who simply don't care about the flick. Then there are the naps, trips to the snack bar and loo ... all while the movie continues to roll.

I dunno. I'm glad to be here and all, but I think by the end of this run, I'm gonna have a been-there / done-that attitude towards the whole thing. I can already feel the beginnings of it.
 
larryace said:
My biggest regret is that with the exception of my son, I will have to lose every one of my friends and loved ones, because I'm going to outlive them all.
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Well, either that, or go out in a blaze of high-volt electrician glory.
 
Anon La Ply said:
#4 fr me, in fact I already regret being slack about staying in touch.

I regret that all my unanswered questions. I'd love to know the future. Life is is like walking into a movie theatre partway through the movie. At first you have no idea what's going on but, just as you start getting absorbed, the ushers escort you out again.
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That's kind of similar to what I thought about ....life in general Grea.Except with my version,I start watching a movie on cable,and it's really getting good.Just then,lighting knocks out the electricity,and I never get to see the ending,or the begining,and I'm stuck reading a book,and using a propane camp lantern for lighting.The sh*t end of the stick,just when your were getting the hang of it.

That's an example of not doing everything A to Z.If you try to start, at somewhere after A,to save time and effort,or finish before Z , to save time and effort,there are usually unpleasent consequences.

As far as reincarnation is concerned,if you are a believer,then if you've left unfinished business,or didn't right a wrong....you'll be back.The idea is that you must learn from a past life's mistakes,and correct your behavior,or you'll keep repeating different lifetimes,till you get it right.

I believe that when it's over,it's over,no afterlife,no reincarnation.So do your best to get it right the first time folks.

Steve B
 
tamadrm said:
I believe that when it's over,it's over,no afterlife,no reincarnation.So do your best to get it right the first time folks.

Steve B
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As I like to say, when you're dead it's going to feel exactly the way it did before you were conceived.

Funny thing about reincarnation, people seem to "remember" being a king or a princess or a powerful warrior, but nobody seems to remember being a luckless serf who got died at age 27. There were a lot more of the latter than the former.
 
One thing that I take pleasure in knowing about death and dying is that I will not be heard saying 'I wish I could have owned a set of Sonor drums...'
 
1. my drumming cape wasn't long enough
2. no flying drumset

other than that i would be pretty good at the end. and who knows? i am still working on both, hey it could happen!
 
JimFiore said:
As I like to say, when you're dead it's going to feel exactly the way it did before you were conceived.

Funny thing about reincarnation, people seem to "remember" being a king or a princess or a powerful warrior, but nobody seems to remember being a luckless serf who got died at age 27. There were a lot more of the latter than the former.
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this why people wonder about dying and reincarnation. First they their egos want to know what people think about them. They need to be the fly on the wall. And to be reincarnated they want to be something different, never themselves again. whether they were prince or frog they still want people to know it's them. The ego seems to outlive the human
 
JimFiore said:
Funny thing about reincarnation...
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I for one hated being a T Rex.

Having hayfever (well, fern fever as it was back then) and not being able to scratch my nose was dreadful. Going extinct was something of a relief really.
 
Nah... no ragrets, not even a single letter :)

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MikeM said:
While it's a bummer to think about mortality ...
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I disagree, Mike. I think mortality is one of the very best things to think about. Probably should have been a goth :)

People who come close to death often come away with a fresh outlook on life. Thinking about life, the universe and everything reminds me not to get too caught up in bullcrap as we hurtle through space at over a million miles an hour ...

No singlets!
 
resohead said:
No regrets, coyote. None.
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Joni Mitchel reference. Nice.
My band just started doing "Big Yellow Taxi" (the "pave paradise, put up a parking lot" song)
I really like her stuff.
 
JustJames said:
I for one hated being a T Rex.

Having hayfever (well, fern fever as it was back then) and not being able to scratch my nose was dreadful. Going extinct was something of a relief really.
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Pretty funny man. Fern fever lol. All you had to do was rub your nose on a tree trunk if it itched. Geez no wonder you went extinct.

:p
 
Anon La Ply said:
No singlets!
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You're not kidding! I've been looking for a hi-viz florescent singlet for summer running for a couple years now with no luck. The closest thing I found was hi-viz orange muscle tee.

I should put this in the annoyance thread, along with a reference to people who run/walk in the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk (or side street) just feet away. Especially the fools who wear dark colors. In the evening.
 
BacteriumFendYoke said:
You have a problem with Goths, Jim?
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I'd prefer they not be easy targets for distracted drivers or those with malicious intent. Or even those like me who don't like the sudden surprise of realizing that that isn't a shadow but rather a human being with questionable sartorial choices.

At least if they were walking toward traffic their pale, vampire-like skin might produce sufficient contrast for them to be more easily noticed.
 
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