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Well that just confirmed all my greatest fears

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Have fun! 😂😂😂

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I had a *huge* pit in my stomach reading this. You have articulated one of my primal terrors expertly.

Fantastic and terrifying piece.

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Thank you, and I'm sorry LOL!

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Dark.

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1. Well, NOW I'm not. (but seriously, I have, on occasion, wanted to skydive just once. )

2. Oddly enough I haven't.

3. Vault. If it's that good of a bar, it'd have what I personally believe was the best soft drink in all the world. Mountain Dew and Mello Yello are good, but Vault...ah, that was the good stuff.

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You are either a very grounded sleeper or you have elf-like reflexes.

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My problem is actually the reverse; sometimes I dream I'm falling and then I actually *do* fall out of bed. It has happened.

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now that is WILD!

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1. Nope. Heights and I run in different circles.

2. Not exactly the same thing; a lot of times while I'm falling asleep, I'll have this sudden feeling of "tipping over". I instantly wake up and flail for a moment, before I realize I'm in bed.

3. The drink's not so important, but if its tropical, it HAS to be served in a coconut (a la Gilligan's Island).

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The coconut requirement is excellent and I am adopting it into my own rules for life!

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2. I never trip in dreams but I regularly fall off cliffs or from other great heights. lol

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1. No and while I don’t hate the idea I probably never will. There are other things I’d rather do.

2. Yup, but more the sudden reflex jump rather than real dreams.

3. Something whiskey-based. I don’t tend to change my drinking choices based on setting.

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1. Have always wanted to. But the margin for error is a tad small. Plus I've gone 175 mph on a motorcycle. It's very loud and buffety and rough and the awareness of peril is paramount. Skydiving is probably like that.

2. I forget the question

3. Depends. Maybe a pina collada. Or just a nice cold beer. But last summer we were having dinner at a beachfront place and they had a drink called the Tommy Shelby. I had literally just finished bingeing the show so even though it was $15, I had to get one. It. Was. Amazing.

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I have had the same falling dream 3 or 4 times. Like 5000 feet plunging toward a big greenblue lake and it's probably gonna hurt. Pretty sure it's Lake Cuomo, where I've never been.

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