Speaking of the Big One at Blackpool.
Mrs Sandettie and I managed to get a load of our friends together and went on a coach trip to Blackpool for the day. We turned up, had a wander around and some of us decided to go on The Big One.
Now for some reason I still cannot fathom out, as we both were strapped in, I noticed that my missus had her bag between her feet.
"Why have you brought that?"
"I didn't want to leave it with all the others" she replied
"Why didn't you give it to R, the self-designated 'you aren't getting me on that!' person?"
"It'll be ok" she said.

Being at the front, we could see what was coming, and I will always say that the best place to sit on a roller-coaster is the front. I had my arms up, as everybody does on a rollercoaster. However, as we reached the first, outrageously steep drop, I stopped waving my arms about and grabbed the rail.

Then we plummeted down the drop. I caught something out the corner of my eye. I hadn't clue what it was, but I heard her go "SHIT!". She shouted to me that the bag had flown out. God knows where to. Consequently, I didn't really care much or really notice the rest of the ride because I wanted to hurry up and get off to look for it.

We hunted all around for it but to no avail. It was gone for good, as was my silk jacket that was in it, the coach tickets and her camera, though it was only one of those piss-poor 110-film things. Good job we divvied our cash up first, as her half was in the bag.

I didn't care for the camera, I was quite gutted about losing my jacket but the money was worst. We only lost about £20, but back then that was a hell of a lot of cash to us as we were church-mouse poor and had saved up for weeks for that day out. That really did put a downer on the rest of the day.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 19:25, 12 replies)

In case anybody missed the pertinent part of this post:
"my silk jacket"
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 19:36, closed)

Surely a pink silk jacket would be easy to spot?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 22:31, closed)

Yes
That needs explaining
( zulu eh?, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 22:38, closed)

He might be confusing silk with satin - beginners mistake. That would make it ok...cough
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 23:20, closed)

Out of work jockey?

( Ghoti Fingers, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 23:54, closed)

This comment
made me spit my lunchtime rice pudding over my computer

EDIT - that's not a euphemism by the way
(jesseventura, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 13:28, closed)

Hahaha!

( Dervel OTBC, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 15:20, closed)

it was black
If that's any consolation.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 0:48, closed)

Terrible racism.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 7:50, closed)

I'm not racist
Some of my best coats are black. Honest.
(richardm, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 10:27, closed)

I'm assuming you took your belt off to her when you got home
For that little misdemeanour.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 15:57, closed)

Let me guess....afterwards she blamed you.

(FirstBendBunching All four back please..., Mon 13 Jun 2011, 19:14, closed)