Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates. '