Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Folding Chairs Are Not Ladders!!!

Rachel and I witnessed something quite humorous over the weekend. I know it's sort of messed up, but you all know you would have laughed if you saw it too. The weather was really crappy, so we headed over to the mall. We were walking past Childrens Place, when something caught both of our eyes. We turned to see a woman walk hard into the glass in the front of the store. I guess it's a testament to how clean the glass at the store was, because she obviously thought she was walking through a doorway leading back outside. She hit so hard that she left a fog mark on the glass where her forehead hit.

It reminded me of a time when I was a kid. There were 4 of us walking to school. And we're all talking and suddenly I hear boyoyoying. One of the kids I was walking with walked headfirst into a stop sign. We were probably 9 or 10 at the time, so man was that funny.

The 2nd incident of the weekend, started bright and early Sunday morning. We were hoping to sleep in, until our smoke detector kept chirping to warn us of low battery. So after about an hour of the chirping, I couldnt take anymore. So I get out of bed and grab a folding chair from Rachels craft room. I position the chair under the smoke alarm and step up on the chair. Bad idea. I guess my weight wasnt evenly distributed, and the chair collapsed out from under me. Being half asleep yet, my reflexed werent quite there, but I did manage to land on my feet. But then my moment carried me forward and I collapsed. Which according to Rachel, happened in slow motion. Once I hit the ground, I rolled about 5 feet (which Rachel said was like the stop, drop and roll fire videos) before spring back to my feet. Rachel was nice and didnt laugh, as I changed the battery. But then I get back into bed and she rolls over, putting her back to me, and she practically hyperventilated she was laughing so hard.

3 Comments:

Blogger Niel said...

will you be recreating this moment with rachel taking photos? I would like to see that.

3:51 PM  
Blogger Mike said...

At my age, I cant risk another fall.

10:49 AM  
Blogger foodiechickie said...

LOOOOOL. First I am laughing at that comment you made. And second very nice of Rachel to turn away before laughing. Your story reminded me of when we were helping Holly move out and Niel fell off the moving truck. It was really like slo-mo. Hope you are ok.

6:59 PM  

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