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What happens if you get scared half to death (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo May 2019 OP
Then you're 3/4 scared to death htuttle May 2019 #1
Ah ha! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo May 2019 #2
Perfect! VOX May 2019 #5
Three times, you're mostly dead NotASurfer May 2019 #3
Mostly dead! Wounded Bear May 2019 #9
I haven't been scared half to death True Dough May 2019 #4
Petition the gods for a mulligan. But there's a ton of paperwork involved. VOX May 2019 #6
Then you're a cat Bayard May 2019 #7
Depends. KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #8
I think it's like working off a sick day at work backtoblue May 2019 #10

NotASurfer

(2,146 posts)
3. Three times, you're mostly dead
Mon May 20, 2019, 09:07 AM
May 2019

just short of going through your pockets for loose change, if I remember the wisdom of Miracle Max correctly

VOX

(22,976 posts)
6. Petition the gods for a mulligan. But there's a ton of paperwork involved.
Mon May 20, 2019, 10:42 AM
May 2019

And you have to go through the proper channels.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
8. Depends.
Mon May 20, 2019, 11:03 AM
May 2019

If I get scared half to death today and again five years from now, I will have had plenty of time for my nerves to recover so in the end, I'm still only scared half to death. Adrenaline actually (normally) subsides within an hour or so.

However, if I get scared half to death by a bullet whizzing past my head and then a second shot does the same a second later, then I'm scared 3/4 to death - at least for a while.

After I first change my underwear.......

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