I've been run over more times than I care to remember
and not suffered any real lasting damage, other than the ability to predict rain within ten minutes via my left knee.

I've fallen out of trees, off bridges, down hills, crashed my sledge into trees and almost decapitated myself in the process, again with no lasting damage.

My most Darwinesque moment was the time when my older brother invited me onto the rails of the London underground where he'd just started working as an engineer.

They switch off the lines at night so they're safe to work on, but there's always things to watch out for that could cause you some serious harm...whether its the rats that congregate around your lunchbox and seemingly sneer at you when you shout at them to fuck off away from your dairylea lunchables, the sparks that are coming from random wires near the guy who's working in an area that's signposted highly flammable; NO smoking or just staying away from the bloke with the lopsided grin who wants to show you his collection of animal parts he's found.

All was going well until around 2:30am when I got a little bored and went wandering round Holborn tunnels to find something to do. One of my brothers workmates called me over to hold some wires he was working on, instructing me to keep them separated. He continued soldering, then went off to get some other equipment. They were pretty heavy and I grew tired of holding them, so started carefully lying them down on the floor as they were just long enough to reach. I got the first two down, but the third one slipped and I woke up to find ten guys peering at me from across the tunnel where I'd landed.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 18:38, 6 replies)

I like that
click!
(Errin C, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 19:05, closed)

great post
cheers! click!
( SpankyHanky, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 19:10, closed)

Erm
Underground uses DC, so you wouldn't have "landed" anywhere, more likely you would have stuck to your position and started frying rather rapidly.
(lochii, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 0:51, closed)

You nonsense.
DC will send you flying just as much as AC will.

If you don't believe me, find a CRT TV, turn it on, then unplug it and open it up. Stick your hand inside and wave it about until you find the capacitors with 30KV stored up in them.

Don't you dare suggest capacitors "store AC" either, or I'll murder your family.
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 3:39, closed)

Erm yeah
what he said.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 13:39, closed)

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Clicks for "the ability to predict rain within ten minutes via my left knee".
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 17:44, closed)