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How I Might Like To Die

I would like to die in an airplane flying upside down, through a barn. Or in a fire truck, a one woman crash, taking no one with me. Falling off a tightrope above a skyscraper might be nice. I have heard you die of fright before you hit the ground. This would be one way to prove it. But how would I let the world know? I do not want to be eaten by a lion or mauled by a bear. And I do not want to be chased by a mountain lion. Or eaten by a crocodile or an alligator. Maybe I could die from eating too much sugar? Or from choking on a banana split, but at the end. When there is only one spoonful left.

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Date: 8/29/2022 11:41:00 AM
Ha! Love your banana split way to die, Caren! Sounds pretty perfect to me (if I could substitute berry crumb pie a la mode!)…
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/29/2022 10:54:00 PM
That sounds good too.
Date: 8/29/2022 8:24:00 AM
(chuckling) Interesting. Unfortunately, we don't get to choose, Caren. I want to go in my sleep...just never wake up and find myself in a delightful, fantasmagorical place where I am totally free.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/29/2022 10:54:00 PM
I understand that perfectly Hank.

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