I was the victim of inappropriate laughter
A couple of years ago, the whole Lardy family went to Dorset, to a little cottage, for Easter. We took our dog Louis with us, for his first family holiday and his first trip to the seaside. Louis is not a big dog, but being a Staffie/English bull cross, he's very stocky and strong. He's also a rescue dog, so it being his first time on the beach with us, not knowing what his reaction would be, we had him on a 20ft training lead.

Well, Louis was absolutely over the moon about being on the beach, running up and down, biting at the foam on the waves, wading in the water, being sick from drinking saltwater, kicking up sand. He was having a whale of a time. Seeing that he was OK and not going to cause a fuss, we started to relax. That's where the problem started. Whilst holding his lead, I was talking to the lovely Mrs Lardy about how well Louis was doing and didn't notice him trot off to almost the full extension of the lead. I also didn't notice him get attracted by something, causing him to run, full pelt towards it. Remarkably, I also failed to notice him pass behind me, at an astounding rate of knots. I only noticed what he was doing, when the lead went suddenly taut, spinning me around, throwing my feet into the air and landing me, arm extended, right on the side of my rib cage, straight onto wet sand. I hit with a thump into what felt like concrete covered by half an inch of cotton wool. All the wind was driven from my lungs and a split second after landing, I was half submerged by an incoming wave. Barely able to breathe and now being jumped upon by our over excited dog, I managed to turn onto my back to look for assistance from my family, only to find Mrs Lardy and our two daughters doubled over in fits of laughter. It was a good couple of minutes before they noticed that I was having great difficulty breathing and couldn't manage to stand unaided. Bastards.

Mrs Lardy and the kids admit to feeling a little guilty about laughing, but that doesn't stop them from wetting themselves laughing everytime they tell the story.
(lardyboy Next stop, Fissplap Central, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:52, Reply)