I wish I could have watched this in slow-motion repeatedly
It was a warm summers day, and me and my mates were outside playing football. Granted, I say playing, we were more flailing around the field in a manner more akin to a barefooted mong on a griddle pan, but we were enjoying ourselves.

As this was a friendly kick-about and not serious, we weren't really trying our hardest, and were messing around a lot. My mate M, for that is his initial, had the ball passed to him, and went to score.

Then it all started to go horribly wrong.

Unbeknownst to all of us, M included, M had a problem with his right knee and kneecap. In that his kneecap tended to dislocate at really awkward and inconvenient times, which causes his knee to fuck up. As he's running towards the goal, he goes to kick the ball. His kneecap pops out, followed by him still moving and trying to kick with a leg that won't respond.

And of course, momentum is still carrying him forward.

He spangs into the goalpost with a sickening, yet hilarious, crunch from his face and general body, and collapses on the floor, blood pouring from his nose, twitching gently. His kneecap decided that the impact with the goalpost would reset it.

We all stood and looked in shock as he finally gets up, only to promptly go down like a sack of shit again because his knee gives out again. At which point, rather than be helpful and get a responsible adult, we instead laugh at him. And carry on doing so at his feeble attempts to walk that keep resulting in him falling over like a drunk on merry-go-round.

Good times were had by all but M.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 12:52, Reply)