Have a nice trip, see you next fall

Shortly after Christmas dinner, I went into the garage of my parents’ house to smoke a cigarette.

The garage was dark. Making my first step out the door, I tripped over a pair of shoes that I failed to notice in front of me. Somebody had kicked them off before entering the house. I then stumbled over a 24 pack of Diet Coke while trying to regain my balance. This caused me to twist my ankle and fall head first into the door of my Dad’s car. It all happened in about three seconds.

I had spilled wine and garage floor dirt all over me. My forehead was getting red and swelling. My brother-in-law Adam, who was walking into the garage behind me, is laughing hysterically. He later told me that the fall looked like something out of the Naked Gun movies. As I hobbled around in search of an ice pack, Connie said to me, “Well, at least we took pictures already.”

Posted by chuck at December 28, 2004 2:05 PM

Comments

That’s why you shouldn’t smoke. Chuck, you’re too young and beautiful to smoke.

Posted by: Andy Gorzalski at December 28, 2004 5:19 PM

Frankly, I think the Christmas 2004 pictures are meaningless without images of “Fallen Chuck.” It’s nice to pretend that you didn’t nearly kill yourself in the garage, but the reality is, Christmas 2004 is forever about “Fallen Chuck” and also having to buy the same Christmas presents twice because Amazon couldn’t deliver in time.

Also, happy new year everybody!

Posted by: Jim at December 29, 2004 1:16 PM

Happy birthday, a day in advance, Jim. I may have a picture of my injury to share with you. If only I had video of that fall.

For the record: My Amazon shipment still hasn’t arrived.

Posted by: Chuck at December 29, 2004 1:35 PM

Ouch on Amazon. I’ve been meaning to ask the leisure nation and the Chuck if they’ve seen Napoleon Dynamite

Let me know, it’s awesome.

Posted by: Andy Gorzalski at December 29, 2004 7:46 PM

I liked Napolean Dynamite. It was a bit uneven, but has its moments. The scenes with Napolean’s brother and his girlfriend are priceless. I bought it for my sister as a Christmas present.

Posted by: Chuck at December 29, 2004 10:53 PM

Hey Chuck,

I’ve been replaying the fall over and over in my head for the last week. Every time I find myself laughing hysterically.

It totally reminded me of the scene in the Naked Gun where OJ Simpson gets shot, burns his hand, gets wet paint on his coat, then steps into a bear trap all while on that boat.

Your fall totally makes my “Funniest Moments of 2004.” As a matter of fact, it just might be the funniest thing I’ve ever been witness to.

Posted by: Adam at December 30, 2004 5:58 PM

Adam, I’m glad that you enjoyed it so much.

Posted by: Chuck at December 30, 2004 7:57 PM