there is not nearly enough small items on the shop rag, and the bench doesn't have enough "stuff" taking up space needed because the shop rag is laying out flat.

Doing it on your lap would be fine until that metal starts spinning on the drill bit about 60 miles an hour, resulting in your anxiety causing the bit to drill into your own would be wood, or the metal contacting your unit, resulting in a Jeffrey Bobbit situation.

There is just enough gap between the table and the wall for everything to fall behind and drop to the floor. Then you will only find 60% of what fell . . .

The longer I look at it the funnier it gets.

The kicker is that we all find it funny because we have done similar dumb stuff.

I don't see a jerry can of gas and a space heater nearby?

Id be one step smarter and just hold it in my shirt and save the clean rag to stop the bleeding.

Hand her the drill.

feets it could have been your lucky day if the drill drive direction was switched by chance to the counterclockwise position and you realized what could have happened before it was too late..........................................nawwwwwwwwwwww none of us are that lucky

We need pics of the 'punctured spray paint cans' and 'differential on glass table' from the old days here.

Kinda reminds me of an incident where one of my fellow employees was replacing a worn pilot's seat track in an executive jet; the drill bit caught a carpet thread and pulled out about five feet of it. Ever notice how just one missing thread in a carpet is so noticeable?

I had a similar experience like John just mentioned.
Many years back I was working using a 2 inch wire wheel in a power drill.
My shirt wasn't tucked in and that wheel caught the front shirt tail about 3000 rpm's it seemed.
It wrapped that shirt and spun it up to my neck so fast I didn't know what caught me.
It felt like a noose around my neck and the wire wheel just grazed the skin.
I had to feel around for reverse and backed it off......must have looked hilarious

That was me...