{"id":723,"date":"2002-12-05T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2002-12-05T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=723"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:20:15","slug":"723","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/12\/05\/723\/","title":{"rendered":"Near Death Experience (NDE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mebug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Ever since reading an article in a magazine I&#8217;ve been recalling a strange event which happened to me a while ago. I might as well share it with you.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; While practicing for a local power-eaters contest, I believe I had a near-death experience. I accidentally swallowed a whole cheeseball, cutting off all my air. I felt strangely calm however. I saw a bright tunnel of light, and began to sense deceased relatives gathering around to welcome me. I knew it was not my time though, so I managed to Heimlich into a Baggie (no reason to waste a perfectly good cheeseball) and slowly I began to recover.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; As the vision dissolved, I could hear fading away the voices of those who had gone beyond. &#8220;Bastard! How typical. We traveled all this way and not even a hello! Same thing as before. But <i>next<\/i> time &#8212; <i>peh<\/i> &#8212; nothing!  <i>You<\/i> can go, but next time I&#8217;m staying home.&#8221; After that I spent the evening watching TV and taking aspirins dipped in gravy.<b>*<\/b><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>*<\/b>Helps them go down easier.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Ever since reading an article in a magazine I&#8217;ve been recalling a strange event which happened to me a while ago. I might as well share it with you.&nbsp; &nbsp; While practicing for a local power-eaters contest, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/12\/05\/723\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-me"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}