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Where have you fallen ?

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1. Down the Waverley Steps from Princes Street to Waverley Station.

2. Off the top of a wheelie bin whilst jumping on the contents in a pathetic attempt to get more stuff in the bleedin' bin.

3. Down various slopes at golf courses (hey... we've all done that so that doesn't count)

4. Onto a road in front of a car in 1988

5. Into the band (specifically the drummer and his kit) whilst trying to "waltz" at a wedding.

This definition sums it up, really.

Go on, share your moments of comedy/injury with the Forum.
 
Worst one for me was down the steps of a night club, when my leg was in plaster and on crutches, at 3am in the morning in Loughborough when a student, and had to be wheeled to the cottage hospital in a shopping trolly
 
Ponta do garajau, maderia. There's a statue of JC (much like the one in Rio) on the top of the cliff. I thought I'd get a better photo from below, so if I just went down the cliff a bit . . . . .
 
I drunkenly walked through a park for a short cut a good few years ago now only to find the gate locked so decided to climb over the fence.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...207.77,,0,12.65

Think this....

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With my left foot, I had to drag myself home and woke up the next morning in a small pool of blood but tried to stand up without thinking, only to fall over and whack my head on the way down. Never again!!
 
trying to climb back down a sway brace of a scaffold




about 6 foot off the lip of a deepish bunker into it during a very windy day



off a 30 ft ladder .....


....luckily i was only on the 2nd rung :D

my boss had put a bucket of cement( & walked off) behind the ladder as i was coming down with a stack of old tiles
 
I was keen on BMX so pretty much everywhere I went on that thing. I went over the handlebars and broke both my arms once.
I also fell off a massive ladder, 3 floors up, luckily landed on a heap of sand rather than the scaffold tubes right next to it.
 
On a long ride back from the Lake District on my old VFR750 after a long week-end away with mates.
Had the missus on the back, bike with a topbox on, panniers and a tank bag.
Spent so long in the bloody saddle I pulled up outside my house and completely forgot to take my feet off the footpegs.
Luckily the next door neighbour was watching out of his living room window and helped us up (bloody bike weighed a ton). Luckily the missus stopped all the fairings from breaking.
 
Trying to be a hero on a school trip aged about 11 to the Gower. Thought I could walk down the wet hillside and not use the path. Slipped, starting running until speed and gravity took over. Went over and over just as Homer does in the Simpsons (must have been pre-ordained - DOH) and landed on my chest on top of a very large rock. Didn't move. Couldn't move. All the girls were crying thinking I'd killed myself, the teachers were panicking and rushing down (which apparently looked just as hilarious). Couldn't breathe and ended up going to X ray for suspected cracked ribs. Nothing more than severe bruising and a large mark on my chest for weeks. My mum was less than impressed and the teacher who had to miss an evening in the pub waiting for me to be seen at A&E wasn't overly thrilled either
 
forgot one,

walking home @ night on a rural road from my course i worked in the restaurants kitchen for spare £ when i wasnt playing or at school

Im walking on a grass verge a car coming the other way has its lights on full beam
couldnt see where i was walking and i step in one of the drainage ditches cut into the verge to take water off the road into the ditch i fell into the ditch absolutely full of stinging nettles

my hands & face was absolutely covered and stung like hell, luckily it was near one of the waitresses home and she let me in to call my parents for a lift

but she took care of me,put a load of cream on my face and then gave me a lift home herself

next day my face & neck were still swollen as hell
 
I sort of forgot to take my feet out of my clip pedals at a set of lights once and keeled over right in front of numerous cars.

I managed to kick my feet out stood up only to see the lady in the car beside me pissing herself with laughter. At that point I decided to just cycle through the red light and get the hell out of there incase anyone else was doubled in laughter.
 
I have managed to fall over a couple of times recently, by getting one foot stuck when removing my trousers. The fall is usually proceeded by some mad hopping and swearing. Strangely it only happens at home after a few glasses of wine. :D :D :D :D ;)
 
Whilst on holiday in Italy in 2008 the complex we were staying at laid on a courtesy coach to the local town centre.
The wife and I had our 1yr old grandaughter with us and she got on the coach first, followed by me carrying the buggy. The only seats available were opposite the stairwell in the centre of the coach. Wife got seated with baby, I put buggy in the hold and as i walked up to the seat and turned round to sit down,the Italian driver decided to pull away and as he turned at pace out of the car park I just went, flailing away trying to grab something to stop me and ended up in a crumpled heap at the bottom of the stairwell! :eek:

And do you know, the stupid driver didn't even get out of his seat. He saw me sit down and heard me shout a few obscenities at him and just drove off.

When we got off the coach I let rip at him but I don't think he understood what I was saying, nor did he seem particularly bothered.But it did make me feel better. :mad:,

I'm just glad I wasn't carrying the baby!

Golfmmad.
 
Out of the front door.

Simple.

Caught my right toe on the sill, went down heavily on the left ankle - spraining it very badly, that then threw me onto my right side and I went over on that ankle completely shattering it. Apparently my foot was only being held on by the muscles,ligaments and skin!.
Had a screw threw my heel, holding that in place as well as an ounce or two of titanium and screws to keep it all together. Couldn't put any weight on it for 7 weeks, had the cast off after 9 when they took the heel screw out. After about 3 months I was back at work.
I was advised I'd be lucky to get 50% mobility back in the ankle - luckily I've got about 75%

Luvly!!
 
A couple of falls in the last year have been:-

1) Off the side of the 12th tee at Lundin Links golf course, I attempted to right myself my grabbing hold of the very decorative plastic chain link fence. It was no match for my 11 stone frame and I managed to snap the links and ended up going head first into the thistles and long grass.

2) While out cycling I failed to clip out of my pedals and went sideways crashing on to the pavement in the local town centre, fortunately it was a Sunday morning and there weren't too many folk around.

Should probably stick to drinking.
 
at my mum's funeral, my aunt opened the door of the car and stepped out into a vacant grave - never seen anyone (she's deaf and dumb) laugh so hard in my life.
 
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