Funniest thing happened...

So I'm walking to get on the tube today and start my journey home and as usual I have my very nice, semi-expensive, and uber noise cancelling headphones on (listening to remember the time by Michael Jackson - which will become very ironic shortly).

I jump onto the train just as the doors close but for some reason it doesn't compute that the train will be leaving soon so I take my sweet a$$ time sitting down. Costly mistake. The train takes off, feeling the momentum of the train (remember I can't hear anything), and starting to fall backwards a bit, I reach out to grab one of the poles to keep myself from falling. Unsuccessful. My hand completely wiffs the pole and I start to fall backwards. First instinct is to step back and steady myself but that was impossible given the piece of luggage directly behind me. Second instinct was to yell 'oh shit' as I tumbled into a back flip, landing on the laps of two young women - face up!

After gathering myself back to my feet I get my book out to start reading. Needless to say I got no reading done between the apparent stares, the sweat pouring from my head, me reliving the incident in my head imagining what it must have looked like to the rest of the people on the train, and of course me fighting the urge to laugh out loud at myself!!!

So yes, I do remember the time. The time I nearly did a back flip on the central line and ended up on my back looking up at two very surprised tube riders. Not as surprised as I was I can guarantee




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