Every day, billions of people are not struck by lightning, and I am one of these lucky, lucky people.However, I can tell you what it's like to be nearly struck by lightning, and it's this: hot, loud and hurty. I've plugged myself into the mains before, and I have no desire to repeat the experience, only a million times hotter, louder and hurtier.
But: Getting out of the car at Sedgemoor Services on the M5, the mid-afternoon sky as black as night, and the rain coming down like the proverbial stair-rods, I swear I was but yards away from that all-too-familiar frazzling feeling as a bolt of the Queen's finest electricity shot from the sky.
Sense of distance and/or perspective may have been a bit skewed by the ear-ringing explosion, but trousers were well and truly soiled.
Ironically, I have been nearly struck by lightning in exactly the same car park before. I GET THE MESSAGE.
If there's one thing that the whole episode proves, it's that I shall never fulfil my ambition of standing up in a concert hall and leading an orchestra.
I'm not a conductor.
7 comments:
One of the effects of a near lightning hit is an unexplainable feeling of déjà vu.
Groan!
It just shows you are well grounded and quite a down to earth chap .. and that I should not be allowed to use the Internet in public.
oh, scaryD the master Flea, I have news for you! You were struck by lightening, but now the bad news, it was the fault of a ufo who is totally whackered off jealous and zealous, watch those comets from above(they may not be just comets), and he also has u on their version of the telly/youtube, called UFOME!.COM so nows u is famous striking the pose as ufo struck u with pink and lavender lightening!
COOL!
In terms of scientific definitions, Scary, I'd classify you as more of an "agitator" than a "conductor".
And I feel it incumbent to mntion that when most people have a Near Escape From Being Killed To Death by lightning, a common impulse is to be sick inna hedge.
You must be losing your touch.
More of an irritator than agitator, wouldn't you think?
hold a wooden stake high up above ur head with a cross and a star atop, twirl 3by3by3 and mumble these words, sheirusmedseorpmsoe,ooooh! it works everytime.
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