tried to be funny, fell flat on my arse, ended up funny after all.
new year's day, 2010. my parent's annual new year's day party. i was sitting in one of those white plastic lawn chairs as all other seats were taken. my two-year-old nephew was getting tired and cranky, so i sat him on my lap and made silly faces, trying to be funny and cheer him up. sadly, he wasn't amused and tried to climb over my shoulder to get to the tree decorations behind me.
as our weight* on the chair shifted, the plastic legs lost their grip on the laminate flooring and buckled, tipping me upside down into the christmas tree with a very startled toddler bawling on my chest and everyone else roaring with laughter.
it wasn't just me, either. everyone who sat on one of those 4 garden chairs that night ended p on their arses as the legs gave up the ghost.
plastic furniture and laminate flooring do not mix.

*when it comes to weight, my cousin's chair buckled too and she's so thin, she's practically invisible when she turns sideways.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 19:30, 3 replies)

So your story is your family are all morbidly obese?

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 21:57, closed)

Have you been GAZed by S**F**e yet?

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 24 Aug 2013, 8:00, closed)

no
should i have?
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 24 Aug 2013, 15:01, closed)