Hi Gang,

Knowing you lot in here, you'll all find this funny but, I could have died
through sheer embarrassment at what happened to me today. It all started
when I was called out to an office which has, how do you say, rather lovely
looking women wondering around. This doesn't get to me really, because I am
a professional (grin), but this particular place has more than its fair
share of attractive lovelies and I hate (love) going there because of the
distractions. Anyway. I sat crossed legged on the floor of the office, in
between a desk and the box on the wall where I was carrying out the repair.
After a few minutes into the job, I was asked if I would like a cup of
coffee. "Yes Please" says I, with a big foolish grin trying to look as
handsome as possible (I know, I'm a real show off), and I was promptly
issued with a rather large mug of the steaming brew. Being a bit to
engrossed to accept it straight away, I asked for it to placed on the corner
of the desk beside where I was. Fair enough.

Well. The job carried on for a few more minutes and the coffee mug stood
growing cold on the corner of the desk above my head where it had been
placed. In their pure concern, the lovelies, sorry, ladies, tell me to take
a break and have drink before the coffee got too cold and would be wasted.
I dutifully responded with a bright "OK"and then tried to stand up from
where I'd been sitting crossed legged on the floor. Totally unknown to me,
the office chair, you know the type with the little castor wheels on them,
had been pushed along just a tad by the young lady who'd brought the coffee
and one of the wheels had rolled over my boot lace and had actually fixed
itself tight into the loop of the bow which formed the fastening. Well. As
I said earlier, I tried to stand up, "Tried" being the operative word here,
but the weight of the chair was now holding my left foot firmly in the
crossed legged position. My right leg, given its due, quickly compensated
for this unexpected minor loss of balance and held firm beneath me to
prevent a disaster. As you can imagine, this situation took me slightly by
surprise, so, I pull my left leg a bit harder in an attempt to free it from
its unwelcome captor. I am now in complete panic as my left foot moves
rather easier than was expected by the leg muscles and I tug the chair
around with such velocity, that I knock my right leg away from where it had
taken hold after its compensation from the earlier loss of balance.

Now due to the shock of being hit by the chair, my right leg is heaved into
the air and I am now in the position of being on one leg which has been,
literally, pinned to the floor by the office chair, and the other leg has
been involuntarily lifted into the air by the shock of being hit by the self
same object. Well. With arms now flailing wildly trying to keep my head
up. The chair now rolling at an ever increasing speed, being pulled by the
loop of my left boot lace. You can imagine the expression of panic on my
face as I completely lose my battle with gravity and begin my uncontrolled
descent back toward the floor. I bet you may be able to guess what happens
next. Yes ? That's correct. Between me and the floor, to which I am now
rapidly approaching, is the desk with the rather large mug of hot coffee,
remember it, sitting quietly on the corner. CRASH !!! BANG !!!! WALLOP
!!! I'm now lying under the desk and am covered with papers and hot coffee,
with thee hottest red face I think I've ever had, in my life on this earth.

This mishap took place in only a few seconds, but the memory of it will last
for eternity. I began the day with the thought of being in the presence of
some unrivalled beauty and ended it with wet clothes and a badly bruised
ego. Who said life was easy ? :-(