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Heard this on Hamish and Andy - stories of how people have narrowly avoided trouble, or somehow sidestepped being found in trouble or caught out in a dangerous (one way or the other) position or situation. Was pretty hilarious. Any stories along these lines?
 
I remember this one time i was about to read this gay thread but instead glazed my eyes to post two which told me all i needed to know
 

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I love the one from Modern Family where the husband and wife have Valentine's Day and are roleplaying strangers meeting and hooking up in a hotel bar.

Claire: So if your wife is so beautiful, what are you doing here with me?
Phil: Because... I respect her too much to do to her what I'm about to do to you.
 
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This probably counts as an amazing save. Fell of my surfboard in South Africa two years ago after i was dumped by a wave and found the head of a great white slide past me to attack my board which had a navy bottom. I had a light green wetsuit on. The thing ripped my board in half, pulled me along for about two seconds, let go, and left me with my leg rope attached to half my board. I hit the surface and with half my board attached to me paddled like a mother fuc*er, i managed to ride a wave into shore.

Obviously a pretty frightening ordeal. The local wildlife officer said my wetsuit probably saved me because my board which was navy blue looked like a big seal. Still got half the board and have a nice shark tooth that was lodged in my board as a token.

So yeah thats my amazing save. Hopefully that sparks this thread up a bit.
 
demondavey said:
This probably counts as an amazing save. Fell of my surfboard in South Africa two years ago after i was dumped by a wave and found the head of a great white slide past me to attack my board which had a navy bottom. I had a light green wetsuit on. The thing ripped my board in half, pulled me along for about two seconds, let go, and left me with my leg rope attached to half my board. I hit the surface and with half my board attached to me paddled like a mother fuc*er, i managed to ride a wave into shore.

Obviously a pretty frightening ordeal. The local wildlife officer said my wetsuit probably saved me because my board which was navy blue looked like a big seal. Still got half the board and have a nice shark tooth that was lodged in my board as a token.

So yeah thats my amazing save. Hopefully that sparks this thread up a bit.
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Holy shit- do you still surf after that?

As for saves. Uh. I started a conversation with the wrong person the other day on MSN so instead of explaining that I blocked them.. :o
 
yeah_nah said:
Holy shit- do you still surf after that?

As for saves. Uh. I started a conversation with the wrong person the other day on MSN so instead of explaining that I blocked them.. :o
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yeah i do, it was a one off you know. You got more chance of being stung to death by a swarm of bees than being attacked and killed by a shark. Oh mate it was fuc*ing frightening and it messes with your head but i do love surfing, i just make sure i am always out there with someone else. I got to tell you it was the most surreal couple of seconds being underwater, getting my bearings and then seeing this huge black mass surge past me. I didnt actually see it properly, but i got a glimpse of the mouth wide open for about a mili second. I then felt a huge force pull me along, release and then i hit the surface. I never saw it again after that, it was like it just vanished. Everything on the surface was still, it was just me and my half eaten board! Wow!
 

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Yeah I made a good save once.

Have a mate who did Arabic in VCE. The Arabic teacher was a nut job, nice guy, but ****ing nuts. He had a daughter. I forget her name. Anyway, I constantly bagged my mate by saying shit like 'one day the Arabic teacher and Arabic student will be united through marriage.' I said this aloud once and to my utter dismay, the teacher was standing behind me and asked me what the hell that was supposed to mean with a fierce look in his eyes which all but said that I was dead.

I bullshited my way out of it somehow by cracking a few irrelevant jokes. Vowed to myself on that day that I would think more carefully before I spoke.

Very good save.
 
demondavey said:
This probably counts as an amazing save. Fell of my surfboard in South Africa two years ago after i was dumped by a wave and found the head of a great white slide past me to attack my board which had a navy bottom. I had a light green wetsuit on. The thing ripped my board in half, pulled me along for about two seconds, let go, and left me with my leg rope attached to half my board. I hit the surface and with half my board attached to me paddled like a mother fuc*er, i managed to ride a wave into shore.

Obviously a pretty frightening ordeal. The local wildlife officer said my wetsuit probably saved me because my board which was navy blue looked like a big seal. Still got half the board and have a nice shark tooth that was lodged in my board as a token.

So yeah thats my amazing save. Hopefully that sparks this thread up a bit.
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pics of board and tooth?
 
I had driven a car 12 times previous to taking my driving test. During the test

1.

We turned right, off Warrigal Rd into the Oakleigh shopping district at which point 2 lanes merge into 1, apparently I cut some poor sucker off thinking I had right of way from the left lane, because I was in front, when in fact I should have given way to the right.

2.

As we came back into to the car park I hit the accelerator instead of the brake, which was fine as I had the clutch in, but I panicked and slammed the brake pedal causing us to all lurch forward.

I turn the engine off and the instructor asks "what happened there?", "adrenalin" I answered, rather than I hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal.

he then asks about point 1 saying you looked over your shoulder saw the car, looked at your mirror, looked over your shoulder again and still merged.

Me thinking I had right of way said something along the lines of given the relative speed of the cars and the length of the car that I was able to merge without danger. He still deducted me 5 points but not the 12 or something he may otherwise have done, or even outright fail if I'd have given the truth.

In summary I finished with 70/100, smack bang on the pass mark.

I took a girl to the South Oakleigh drive in that night, a night that may never have otherwise occurred :thumbsu:

(Stalled 6-8 times on the way there, but couldn't stall long enough when actuallly errrr there if you get my drift), did see a lot of the movie though ;)
 

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I posted this a while back in a thread on Near Death Experiences, but it's somewhat relevant here too:

Back in 2006, I was getting a lift into the city one morning. Once in the CBD, I decided to get out of the car once we'd stopped at the intersection of Pulteney Street and North Terrace (near Adelaide Uni). We were one car back from the intersection, in the lane closest to the median on North Terrace. It's not the safest thing to do, but when all the cars have stopped, there doesn't appear to be any danger.

Anyway, as I opened the door, for some reason I hesitated for a second before getting out, and in that second, a motorcycle slammed into the open door. Both the rider and their passenger went flying over the handlebars and the door and landed on the pavement, one of them on their head (luckily wearing a helmet). Sure, I shouldn't have had the door open in the first place, but the motorcycle shouldn't have been riding between the lanes either, especially at great speed (there was no way they could have slowed down enough to stop before the intersection).

The riders were for the most part alright (the one who landed on his head seemed a bit groggy, and reluctantly agreed to take a walk up the street to the Royal Adelaide), but were obviously shaken up. I was pretty shaken up too, as if I hadn't hesistated for that second when I was getting out, I would have been what the motorcycle slammed into, and I most likely wouldn't be here now.
 
Damon_3388 said:
I posted this a while back in a thread on Near Death Experiences, but it's somewhat relevant here too:

Back in 2006, I was getting a lift into the city one morning. Once in the CBD, I decided to get out of the car once we'd stopped at the intersection of Pulteney Street and North Terrace (near Adelaide Uni). We were one car back from the intersection, in the lane closest to the median on North Terrace. It's not the safest thing to do, but when all the cars have stopped, there doesn't appear to be any danger.

Anyway, as I opened the door, for some reason I hesitated for a second before getting out, and in that second, a motorcycle slammed into the open door. Both the rider and their passenger went flying over the handlebars and the door and landed on the pavement, one of them on their head (luckily wearing a helmet). Sure, I shouldn't have had the door open in the first place, but the motorcycle shouldn't have been riding between the lanes either, especially at great speed (there was no way they could have slowed down enough to stop before the intersection).

The riders were for the most part alright (the one who landed on his head seemed a bit groggy, and reluctantly agreed to take a walk up the street to the Royal Adelaide), but were obviously shaken up. I was pretty shaken up too, as if I hadn't hesistated for that second when I was getting out, I would have been what the motorcycle slammed into, and I most likely wouldn't be here now.
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Shame, one less Collingwood supporter. And a Collingwood supporter from Adelaide! Wow that motor cycle could have hit two birds with one stone! :D

Just joking mate! Sometimes its funny how it works out isnt it? Just stop for that one second and it changes your entire life. I know thats how i felt when i had my encounter! Such luck!
 
Car Accident Save Story:

Driving from down Yorke Pennisular (SA... boot looking one) from Kadina to Port Vincent on the country road in the middle of the day doing about 160kph. Bugger all cars on the road that day, but I was approaching a couple of cars along a long stretch. Could see that they were slowing down approaching a T-Junction and the car infront was towing a caravan and was turning off to the right. A second car was behind it assumingly waiting for it to turn off as no indicators were on. I started slowing down to about 130kph as that front car with caravan turned off right and the 2nd car started moving forward. I was thinking "2nd car is now going straight ahead, wont bother breaking and I will just my current momentum to zip by as they start their acceleration". I indicate and pull out in to the right/opposite lane ready to overtake when... they decide to NOW put on their indicator and start turning right across my path.

Yes I know I shouldn't have been overtaking on a t-section (shouldn't have been speeding either) but too late now. Shitting myself (and wife beside me) I slammed on the brakes but I was too close and going too fast and already in the right hand lane. Without missing a beat I continued breaking, turned left and took the car onto the dirt shoulder beside the road. As soon as I went off the road I took my foot off the brake, so the car wouldn't slide, kept the steering straight whilst passing on the left still travelling around 90kph, and then once passed I slowly brought the car back on to the road at speed and continued on our journey.

It all happened so quickly and yet was well controlled. Scared he shit out of us and we continued driving for a few minutes in silence before discussing "how freakin close that was".
 

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