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My sister was getting married and her bridesmaid arranging her hen night emailed me the invite for my wife to go as she didn't have her email address. I forwarded it on but said my sister had a unique skill of attracting total tossers for friends and I'd think of a way to get her out of having to go. Only I didn't press toward, I pressed reply.....reply to all.

Made for an interesting wedding day. We went for getting very drunk very fast as the only way to survive the death stares.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 12:59 am
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Didn't put my elbow pads on as it was a hot day.

[url= https://m.pinkbike.com/photo/12049042/ ]parental guidance recommend[/url]


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 2:40 am
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Didn't put my elbow pads on as it was a hot day.

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Ouufff.... More than parental guidance!!!!!! Not for the weak of constitution. Like wot I am.....


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 3:28 am
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Hmm, that looked ripe for infection, oozing and puss extraction. Bleurgh!


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 6:45 am
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Failed to clip in pulling away on a hill, foot slipped off pedal, back of leg ripped open by chainring, trip to hospital (in police dog van!!), surgery, plaster another summer on crutches.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 6:46 am
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Riding along on a warm day. Sat up no-hands to get a bit more airflow. Thought "this no-hands is easy - I wonder if I can take my jumper off while riding?"

Turns out it's harder than you'd think to ride a bike no-hands when you can't see or reach the bars.

I've still got the chainring scar on my ankle.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 7:47 am
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Riding along on a warm day. Sat up no-hands to get a bit more airflow. Thought "this no-hands is easy - I wonder if I can take my jumper off while riding?"

Turns out it's harder than you'd think to ride a bike no-hands when you can't see or reach the bars.

I've still got the chainring scar on my ankle.

My variation on this was hunting around in my back pocket for my phone, hand getting stuck in the pocket and the devil on my shoulder saying the solution was to shove the other hand in there too then introducing a pothole. Landing on tarmac without hands to protect you is messy.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 7:53 am
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The consequence of an epic fail do ?

Chinese Gybe in 35knts into a mark in a 5mtr rolling swell, I was on the kite sheet, mate on the lazy ready for the takeup, helm couldn't hold the helm and let go of the wheel and round she went.. boom came over at an alarming rate and smacked me square in the face and I flew backwards out of the yacht into the drink.
Broken jaw, lost my front teeth, broken nose, in the water semi unconscious leaving a trail of blood about 50mtrs.. at least it was daylight in bright sunny conditions yeah 🙁


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 8:08 am
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I went to a Fall gig once.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 8:19 am
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Riding along on a warm day. Sat up no-hands to get a bit more airflow. Thought "this no-hands is easy - I wonder if I can take my jumper off while riding?"

Turns out it's harder than you'd think to ride a bike no-hands when you can't see or reach the bars.

I've still got the chainring scar on my ankle.

My variation involves thinking about what would happen if I swapped my hands round on the bars. Muscle memory, that's what, correcting the wrong way and hitting the deck in an instant. I was only a youth though, so bounced better them days.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 10:11 pm
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A few weeks ago I noticed the wooden platform holding 2 water butts was rotten so emptied butts and disconnected drain pipe. Hadn't rained for weeks so no rush to fix.
Well today it rained a lot, the disconnected drain pipe flooded an area including the shed. Whilst trying to route the drain pipe section away I directed the full flow down my jacket sleeve and in to my pants. A lot of water comes off a roof when it's raining heavily!


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 10:38 pm
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My variation involves thinking about what would happen if I swapped my hands round on the bars. Muscle memory

Several times a day for the last 3 days, I've stabbed myself in the tongue with a needle because of muscle memory. This one takes a bit of explaining, so settle down kids and let grandpa sore-mouth tell the tale...

I'm a diabetic on insulin, and for about 10 years, I've injected myself 4-5 times a day with an insulin pen, using disposable screw on needles. They were like this:

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The routine's simple- tear off the foil cover, screw the needle onto the pen, remove the outer cap with my left hand then pull the inner protective cap off with my teeth. Do injection, put outer cap on for safe handling, spit inner cap into my hand. 10000 repeats, I could do it in a coma.

But they've just changed my supplier, to a new needle that doesn't have the inner protective cap. So the routine's simple- tear off the foil cover, screw the needle onto the pen, remove the outer cap with my left hand then stab myself in the tongue with the exposed needle.

Muscle memory's a bitch


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 11:44 pm
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Sorry northwind but that made me laugh.


 
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