Jaws

Anyone who knows me knows the story of the time I went to Universal Studios as a child. I went on the tram ride which seems innocent enough, but there is this one part where you pass by the movie set to Jaws. There, they have a huge mechanical shark, the Jaws that was used in the movie actually, and at one point he "disappears"under the water. Well, as the tram operator is talking about mundane things, Jaws suddenly jumps out of the water at the tram. Now, I was eight years old, and all of a sudden Jaws popped out at me right at my elbow. I nearly had a heart attack and jumped sideways to grasp this random lady's arm in alarm. Now, you may laugh, but I was traumatized and I just came across the perfect picture to show you why anyone would be disturbed by this occurrence, especially if you aren't expecting it.

Now, imagine you're sitting next to the woman in white. That was me. :( Man, that tram must have had 5 separate cars.... why me? LOL! And don't you dare tell me you wouldn't be alarmed, because I know you would have grabbed the woman beside you in lieu of your mommy. (My mother wasn't there. Smart woman.) I'm just glad that my father, who was sitting where the woman in white is sitting, didn't go into congestive heart failure. I mean - that shark is HUGE!

photo: http://z.about.com/d/gocalifornia/1/0/H/N/ush-jaws-us.jpg