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I had a drum that was stored on a huge wardrobe and was pretty unstable. One day, as i opened the wardrobe, the drum fell on my head. I laugh about it today because fortunately, the wound was not as severe as i though at first.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So a light rail train is a surface ground public transport system similar to a tram, it moves around on street level and can be quite fast but is usually plastic on the exterior and lighter and slower than a typical train.

So anyways, one time as I am walking down the sidewalk in college my hat blows right off my head, without thinking much of it I sprint off after it hoping to catch it before it ends up in the street.
I manage to catch right before I'm in the actual road, but apparently still right on the tracks for the light rail that had right of way through the intersection.

I am still bent over grabbing my hat as I look over my shoulder to see the train hitting me.
I bounced off the front of that train probably a good 10 feet, skid across the ground for the last bit but immediately jump up slap the hat back on my head and stare at the driver of the light rail just long enough for us both to realize I am still on the tracks. I don't know what they were ever going to say as I just held my hand down on my hat to stop it blowing away and sprinted as fast as I could away.

I have been hit by nearly every mode of transportation but that one always makes me giggle compared to the trains, buses, cars or boats.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Every moment, Existence is some cruel joke.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

I went dirt bike riding with my dad and my brother. My brother hadn't ridden in a while, so dad started to go over the basics with him. He had other ideas however.

"I know what I'm doing", my brother complained, interrupting the explanation. He then proceeded to start the bike, rev the handle all the way, and dump the clutch. He popped a wheelie and got maybe five feet before he fell over. Funniest thing I've ever seen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I once had a group drive by in a van, and harass me and my friends as they passed, then, maybe 30 minutes later, come around again, slow down as they were driving past, open the sliding door, and started throwing fish at us. Like whole dead fish.

[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I saw a cop pull up and park illegally to go into a Dunkin donuts. It was like seeing a political cartoon in real life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Childhood memory from Munich: We're sitting at a table eating breakfast when a patrol car parks right outside and two police officers exit (you know how they look in their Bavarian uniforms, boots, belts and all), they're both in the prime of their lives, tall and strong, walk straight up to the counter and say nothing more than a good morning before a breakfast spread magically appears on the counter before them, with two MaรŸkrug of beer. The police officers devour the breakfast and down the beers faster than I can breathe, before they say a simple thanks and go out to their car and drive away. No visible payment. My little brother and I just looked at each other, both knowing that we had just seen something one doesn't see every day.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Stepped on a rake, smacked me right on the forehead. More plausible than you might think.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Done the same. Didn't think it could happen to me. I was wrong and paid the price.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was at an OHL (minor league hockey) game and they had a couple of very little kids teams come out to skate around the ice before the anthem and puck drop, but while the kids were skating around they rolled out a long carpet to centre ice for the anthem singer to walk out on. Every single kid came around the corner right into the carpet and wiped out, one by one, someone ran out on the carpet waving their arms to try and tell them to STOP! but they either couldn't stop or didn't notice and all of them ate it.

The crowd was a mix of people horrified and going OH NOOOO and others laughing their asses off. It was quite the scene.

[โ€“] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I once saw a guy slip and fall on a banana-peel. He just stared at it for a good 30 seconds in disbelief before getting up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This happened to me too. Everyone says they aren't actually slippery. For me it was a cartoonish feet flying out from under me slip.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It was you! :D

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Ya know when someone rounds a corner, they lose traction, run in place for a moment, and then fall?

Yeah. While in a factory. One of the trailers the next section was working on caught fire, so I bolted over there to assist, and no one in my section thought to hit our E-Stop. I bolted around the corner, hit the red button, turned, was booking it back, hit that corner, and was just in place until my ass hit concrete.

After all was said and done, we had a good laugh. Got called out at the next safety meeting for being a bit too enthusiastic on making my way back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Sister and I ran across the road in winter when we were kids and slipped on the pavement ice, both going arse over elbow in a very comical cartoon slip in time with each other.

In our heads it was like synchronized swimming, but falling

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

At a friend's wedding. He is known for being clumsy. Literally 30 seconds out of church after the ceremony. He shows off the ring, just hear a cartoonish pling pling and the ring rolls straight down the street drain in slow-mo. Next 30 minutes are spent recovering the ring, people in suits and dresses digging through the gutter XD

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago
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