h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Mister Toad's Wild Ride - A54348762
Author: pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) - U2750614


Hmm... This stretcher is because dmitri reminds me of a car wreck.


I mean, his stretcher reminds me of one that I was in.

What did you think I meant?

Excuses, excuses.

Nice one. As somebody who has never had such an experience, I can't quite imagine it. Sounds interesting, though.

I can't say I'd want such a thing!

Nevertheless, this is interesting and the description of the accident is vivid.

I believe there's some evidence that people who do dangerous sports get addicted to thrills.

It's like the holy grail of a safe recreational drug that would make a lot of hippies happy

I recognise the slow motion accident. It really does happen just like that. Very well described

Thanks for this! It makes you wonder why these intense perceptions happen in moments of close to death encounters? Or as someone suggested perhaps life is wasted on the living. What would it be like to intensively live life like that every second? Are we all such control freaks that we put brakes and inhibitors on our senses so that we don't get out of control?

And yet all the amusement parks make money on those thrill ridess.

No answers here just questions.

In my heart of hearts, I suspect I remind more people than you of a car wreck.

This is way cool.

You're absolutely right - I've been there, in some dangerous situation so intense that time slows down.

The thing I always noticed was that you don't get the shakes until afterwards, when you come back down.

Me, I would never want to be an adrenaline junkie, but I don't even like roller-coasters. I have spent my life trying to get that kind of perception going without using adrenaline. But I'm weird. (See above.)

I think your device is a great idea - to get the perception without the drama.

It reminds me of one of my favourite essays, the 'Dissertation Upon Roast Pig' by Charles Lamb.

We shouldn't have to burn down the house before we can eat barbecue.

I want one. I hate fair ground roller coasters but to be able to fully savour every second in certain circumstances would be brilliant.