Is it 3rd or 1st degree? I forget
My brother used to love fighting me. I say 'love', I used to tease him, insult him, yell at him etc. until he did. I say 'used' to, but I still do =P

Still, picture the scene, I'm 14, he's 6, no matter what he says, I always interupt the first few words out of his mouth with "SHUT UP!!!" This eventually annoys him, he's chasing me around the room, as usual, trying to hit me but failing. Everytime I'd just push him back but he'd come back for more.

This time (without really thinking it through) I was stood in the middle of the room. When he ran at me I moved out of the way, he tripped on my foot and fell. Onto our wood burning stove and seeming as it was mid Januray, we'd had it on all day. Made more unfortunate for him, we were both in underwear as the heat generated from this thing is enough to peel the wallpaper. I heard his skin sizzle on the surface as his right knee and upper leg, the right side of his chest, his right hand and the right side of his face fell onto (and initially stuck to) the roaring fireplace. Never before has an image so vividly stuck in my head as him screaming his young lungs out as his quickly pulled his body off.

We had him in a cold shower AND bath for about half an hour just to cool him, then had to take him to A&E with every ice pack us and our neighbour owned.

Glad I didnt have much of a social life when I was 14, 'cos I didn't see much of one for the next 3 months.
( Insane Maniac musically inclined (about 45°), Sun 21 Aug 2005, 3:30, Reply)