One in a billion
Many moons ago myself and my brother, aged about 13 or so, were hitting golf balls up and down an un-used football pitch as we were bored. We made a game whereby we tried hitting the crossbar with the golf ball from as far away as possible. Now, we played this game for about 4 hours without any luck, its hard enough to hit a crossbar with a golf ball when properly aimed after all, never mind swinging a golf club at it.

Anyway the game cumulated in a swift ending when my brother, a full 30 or so feet from the goal, whacked the ball as hard as he could and brought probability to its knees. Imagine if you will the following sounds in succession all within half a second of one another...metal club hits golf bally golf ball, golf ball hits metal crossbar, golf ball hits spongey head, spongey head lets out piercing howl. I laughed so much I fell over as I saw him fall backwards in a comic motion grabbing his forehead, that is, until I went over to him and his face, hair, arm and t-shirt were all drenched in blood! Anyway usual yada yada went to parents, parents brought him to hospital etc and now he has a scar just at his hairline in a nice inverted V-shape.

However it wasnt until years later that I fully appreciated the chances of that happening. One spherical object with dents on it, hitting another spherical object at an exact right angle to cause it to travel back in the same path of motion but maybe 1 degree higher to hit my brother in the forehead. I dont think it could be repeated no matter how hard anyone tried.

Oh and on a side note, he was using one of my golf balls so a few hours later I went searching for the offending ball and found it about 20 feet from where he had been hit, and attached to said ball was a small clump of hair, some skin and some fleshy bits. I brought it over to him to see if it would still fit into his head. To say my mother was unimpressed is an understatement.
(BigFatPaulie, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 16:00, 3 replies)

*click*
for "spongey head lets out piercing howl".
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 16:46, closed)

I actually love this story!
I have to say, that people getting hit in the head by anything, is the single funniest thing.

Funnier than any stand up comedian, seeing someone get hit in th head, then fall over. I love it.

*Click*
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 16:55, closed)

im a shit golfer
so that gets a click!
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 16:55, closed)