Head Shot
Back in infants school, so probably aged around 6, I invented a great new game. I would walk up to someone, then apparently punch them full in the face. The trick was to stand at exactly the right distance that the punch would end mere millimetres from the end of their nose, shocking them but otherwise doing no harm.

What fun I had for about half a day. Until I tried it on one boy, and (I'm sure you've seen this coming, unlike him) completely misjudged it, and smashed him hard on the nose.

I felt pretty bad about it, he was a good lad and didn't deserve it. Bizarrely, although it's more than 40 years ago, I've just remembered his name. So, Gary Head, I apologise once again: I was a dick. Sorry.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 16:15, Reply)