Re: "Destiny, John, is a fickle *****."

On Sat, 10 May 2008 12:53:08 -0400, Mason Barge <masonbarge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  
wrote:


> Yeah, that was a great turn of words.  They just had to say it again.
>
>   AFAIK it's just figurative, although suicides have actually been  
> thwarted by a bullet deflecting off a person's skull, running under the 

> scalp, and then exiting.  (Imagine putting a pistol right to your head  
> and pulling the trigger, only to wake up with a mild flesh wound.)  Once
 
> it gets inside the skull, though, an actual bullet wouldn't bounce even 

> in the Lost universe. You could throw a bullet at brain tissue and it  
> would probably go completely through it, if you have a decent arm.  Not 

> trying to spoil the fun here, btw, just exploring the possibilities.

Check out King's, "Duma Key" if you can. The scenario outlined above is  
explored in this King novel. Without spoiling anything, imagine an MRI for
 
a 'bullet to the brain'.

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