Adrian C wrote:
On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote:
1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
over the kerb.
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Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that?


Someone else's tradegy he

"When carrying ridiculous quantities of stuff the short distance from
your car to the office, take an extra moment to use the shoulder strap
on your laptop case. If you don’t, you will trip over said shoulder
strap, fracture your ankle on your wheel-arch, smash your laptop on the
concrete and – because you are carrying too many things and can’t put
your arms out – land flat on your face in front of eight builders,
breaking a tooth and permanently damaging your ego. #LFMF

The most 'pratty' thing I ever did (in that vein, at least) was a few
years ago when walking along a busy street minding my own business, when
I stepped on one of those bits of stiff plastic strapping used by the
the likes of newspaper vendors to bundle up newspapers. This bit had
been pulled off, than cut off, so was lying on the pavement was a hoop
about 18" in diameter.

When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up
perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already
moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored
to the ground by my body weight.

All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came
off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of
my left leg moving forward.

At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking
pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored
together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner
of a felled telegraph pole.

No lasting damage done, but not the most elegant moment of my life.

David