[stomachmonkey]

Things I can't see, hear, or smell that can kill me.

Electricity, gas.

When I was a kid in Germany I stuck a metal rod into an electrical socket.

I remember thinking, "gee this looks like it will fit in there"

Then was instantly paralyzed until it seemed like the floor came up and slammed into the back of my head then black. Next thing I remember was opening my eyes to mom freaking out and shaking me. Feels like it happened yesterday.

A few years later my brother and I were watching TV. Mom was in the kitchen getting dinner together. We called her in to look at something. A few minutes later my father bursts into the room, grabs my brother and I by our collars, drags us outside and throws us in the car. Mom is in the front seat putting wet towels on her face, chest and arms and I could swear her skin was sizzling as we haul ass to the ER.

She had turned on the gas to the stove just as we'd called her. She thought she turned it off but found out she was wrong when she went back to the kitchen, lit a match and opened the oven door.