That must have hurt
When I was about 11 our entire year went to some outdoor pursuits style camp. It was all camping, kayaking, making lethal bow and arrows and shooting them at each other, that sort of thing.

To keep us entertained there was a fuck off big deathslide that started at the top of a pretty steep hill and went for about 100 meters across a field. It was a pretty bad boy deathslide for 11 year olds to be fucking about with. But what made this one more dangerous was the thing you held onto as you slid down the cable actually came off when you got to the end. Once you'd stopped moving you had to drop to the ground and roll away as this 2 stone metal contraption would spring into the air and land safely, inches from your head. You then had to carry it back up the hill and give it to the next guy.

The thing is, every time this massive metal thing came crashing to the ground it was getting clogged up with grass.

Cue this girl, we'll call her Patrick (her real name was Cathy) flying down the slide and then slowly coming to a stop about halfway down the hill and about 15 feet in the air. Our teacher yells to this girl to hold on and rushes to help. Just as Ms Ward gets to her, all the time yelling not to let go, she let's go. The 2 stone metal slide thing launches into the air and lands bang in the middle of our teachers head.

As the blood was pissing out Ms Ward walks up the hill and into an office and calls an ambulance, whilst Patrick, who was completely fine, screamed and cried like the little girl she was.

Turns out the force of this thing landing on her head was sufficient to break her nose. As well as a filthy scar on her head she still had two massive shiners 3 weeks later when she returned to work.

As Mother Theresa one said: "Never apologise, never look back"
(Stainer Has been treating objects like women since, Fri 8 Dec 2006, 22:55, Reply)