Completely unrelated, but the phrase 'death by misadventure' sparked a memory, and I had to dig up this gem from the late 80s/early 90s, so thanks for that!
youtu.be/AuOB0hVOOXM?...
It totally does. I've had a couple of IRL close calls that would have qualified, and it's a combo of 'this is gonna hurt, but not for long' and 'this'll make for an interesting obituary, or a good story'