When I was 5
My sister was 2. My parents put a stair gate across the top of the stairs to stop her falling down. I used to stand on the gate press the release catch and swing out above the stairs. My parents always warned me not to do this but I was 5 and knew better.

One day whilst swinging out I felt that small jolt that something makes just before it totally gives way. The gate tore from the wall and I rolled head over heals down the stairs becoming one with the stair gate. A human stair gate hybrid. As I lay groaning at the bottom of the stairs, my limbs twisted through the bars, my mother came running over. I shall always remember the words of her best friend Debra as I lay there in tears.

"Crack him Melodie!" she snapped. And she did.

Did I learn for this experience? Yes I did in fact. My daughters stair gate opens back on to the landing and not forwards over the stairs. This isn't for her safety, it's in case I get drunk and try it again.
( Peej, Fri 22 Jan 2010, 14:05, 1 reply)

what did we learn?
run faster than your mum if you've done something
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Fri 22 Jan 2010, 14:49, closed)