Real "What ifs" that bother you, but are very unlikely...

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strawman

strawman

What if, after icing a cake, I'm licking the remains from the butter knife, and an earthquake happens, causing me to fall onto the knife?
 
Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

What if I die in a few minutes? It's something that bothers me rarely but intensely.

At least I like to think that tha's unlikely...

Edit: What if I suddenly was transported 50 years into the past? How would I convince people I'm from the future? My family? How would my life be then?

RE-EDIT: Wait, you said "real"...
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

What if the person you are waiting to here from just called while you were checking the messages.

What if pennies are really people?
 
phil

phil

What if I'm itching my eye area and then someone scares me and I poke my eye out?



What if supervolcanoes? Just that. That's all it takes to freak me out.
 
M

makare

What if that pain in my jaw or that lump in my stomach is actually cancer?

What if I graduate and can't find a job and all this work was for nothing?

What if people I care about turn on me and are cruel to me?
 
netsirk

netsirk

Not to be flip, but this immediately made me think of the Shel Silverstein poem:

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!
 
klew

klew

What if the girl I hook up with ends up being a direct relation because I was given up for adoption?
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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What if, one night, I'm hanging out alone with someone I've known a long time and trust... and then that person just snaps under some pressure they've been under that I don't know about, and they try to kill me or something?

What if all the weird, supernatural things I'm afraid of at night are leaving me alone BECAUSE I fear them, and the moment I get over my fear, they'll come after me just to prove their existence??
 
Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

What if I'm really not as good as people lead me to believe?

What if I hit a person with my car while I'm driving, and I glance down to check the speedometer?

What if I accidentally called pocket-dialed someone while I'm singing in my car, and they've been listening to me THE WHOLE TIME
 
strawman

strawman

Cajungal said:
What if, one night, I'm hanging out alone with someone I've known a long time and trust... and then that person just snaps under some pressure they've been under that I don't know about, and they try to kill me or something?
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I have a relative (let's see - my wife's brother's wife's brother...) who was at a sleep over/party. One guy gets a hammer, kills the other kid (who's house they are staying at) and subsequently puts my relative in the hospital. He survived, but suffered significant brain damage. I understand he's completely functional, but just a little off-kilter in observable ways.

So, apparently, not as unlikely as I would have expected.

Oh, the dude that did it is already up for parole only 2+ years later. He's still behind bars, but now those that were affected have to respond to parole hearings every so often and, unless they don't mind him being release, will continue to have to deal with it for the rest of his sentence.

So, as a parent, I have to add the fear:

What if my son's friend is really a closet murderer, and he chooses to come out during a sleepover...

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General Specific said:
What if we all really are alts of JCM?
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What if we aren't? I'd have to assume responsibility for my own craziness.
 
Null

Null

I just read the book "Everything Will Kill Everybody" - it's basically a good list of things to worry about.
 
Vagabond

Vagabond

What if everybody knows all your secrets, and are just playing dumb until you own up to them?

What if every act of kindness you've ever know was really an act of pity?

What if bee's?
 
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Chazwozel

makare;447121][QUOTE=Vagabond said:
What if bee's?
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I almost got stung by a bee the other day. It's the middle of October damn it! Shouldn't they be dead or hibernating or whatever the hell it is they do all winter?[/QUOTE]


Nest under the house siding and under the window shutters. Your window shutters. The ones next to your bed.





You have bees in your mattress.

Pleasant dreams.
 
Gusto

Gusto

I've mentioned it elsewhere but I periodically get the feeling that no one really likes me, and all my friends are either humoring me or begrudgingly tolerating my presence.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

What if I have another wreck, only this time I'm not as fortunate, and I end up paralyzed?

What if I end up in a knock-down-drag-out with a dirty, and he manages to get the upper hand on me?

What if the next fence I jump over has a gun barrel on the other side?

What if my daughter's apparent early liking of Rap/R&B is a sign of things to come?
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Not really a what if... but it fits.

Cleaning your ear with a Q-tip and a strong wind hits the house jarring the bathroom door open and hitting your arm... forcing the Q-tip deep into your ear striking your eardrum... sending your balance off so bad that you get so dizzy that you puke.

It actually happened to a woman I dated when she was a little girl.
 
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