Was unloading one of those tall gas bottles from a high truck bed with no help but my wife and sister. Asked the wife to watch the top didn't slide sideways as I grabbed the base to lower it to the ground. Was pulling it straight back when my heels caught the edge of the garage floor and down I went. The bottle came down with a thud on my crotch and pinned me to the concrete floor. Fortunately the forward edge of the base hit the floor first and the rest of the base just held me down. I could barely get my hand in between myself and the bottle to make sure I still had all my inventory. Once I realized I had escaped a horrible fate, I couldn't help but sit there and laugh because the bottle was still leaning up against the truck from my spread legs and made me look like the most gifted guy in the world. I crawled out from under it and said, there's never a camera when you need one. Then my wife remembered her phone camera. But it just wouldn't have looked as good staged. By the way, I don't drink and have been out of diapers for awhile. But I had to change mine soon after. So this fool will watch how he steps backward with a bottle after this...............
Funny! its always interesting how an accident brings perspective and makes you laugh like a schoolgirl.
Once I knew the whole family was still with me, it was scary funny! The "African Queen" torpedo standing up from my crotch just topped it off.................... Cool new avatar Mr. R....................
Jerry, That was brazing of you to try that? Definately,not a gas right then,huh? Probably knocked the oxygen right outta you? Okay,that's all. Glad you weren't hurt badly.That had the potential for disaster. You kids and your hot rods and loud rock music and ...
Who put a quarter in you tonight?.......lol That's what I put it up for, laughs. Something tells me there would have been laughing if it had been closer too. And I was talking like Mickey Mouse...............
My great fear is not death, but rather that St. Peter's welcoming words to me will be, "Dang, I don't think we ever got one in that way before," and that I will be pointed out for all eternity as "He's the one who tried to..."
or st peter could just be laughing when you come knocking.....i guess as long as he wave you in its ok....
Oh man after hearing that it ended well for you i had to laugh.... Too funny, glad it worked out......
Thanks for sharing that with us glad all is OK . Those bottles are awkward to handle . I worry about one falling over and taking off like a rocket .
The guy at the welding supply place where I buy my gas saw me pick up my 25/75 bottle by the protective screw on valve cap and lift it over into my pickup. He said, "Never pick one of those up that way unless you've checked to see if the cap is screwed completely on! My boss picked up one that way one day, the cap was barely screwed on and when it came off, it knocked out two of his front teeth. We spent several hours at a dentist getting him fixed up." Yikes! I never thought about it but I can see how it could easily happen. Glad you were not hurt.
Yeah, it was a close call, but you couldn't help but laugh just like you would at some of the stunts the three Stooges pull on each other. Great comebacks and comments too! Made for more laughs. Thank you! And I'm not going to recreate the stunt to show what happened. God saved my bacon once, I was told not to tempt him. And I'm told he has a sense of humor, so......................
He has to have a sense of humor? He made so many funny people? Nyuck,nyuck,nyuck! Next time promise me you'll get help and slide that tank s-l-o-w-l-y off of that truck!
I have heard of guys hitting the bottle but this is the first time I have heard of the bottle hitting the guy! Glad for the near miss!
Jerry youre a wild and crazy guy... __________________ http://backstreetwheels.blogspot.com/ 3/01/11 UPDATED my BLOG Slim, I've been called a wild and crazy guy even before you, scary part is that it's soooooo unintentional. By the way, Cool blog! Kan: Seems like I can't win. You are right. I gave up hitting the bottle, so the bottle hit me...............funny.......
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