Wednesday, June 10, 2015

People over 40 should avoid these things



Sunday I hosted a backyard BBQ party for my husband's 40th birthday complete with food truck (Stuttering John's Smokehouse) and a bouncing castle.

I promised my daughter I would go in at some point and jump with her.

I barely made it out alive.

Once in, I couldn't stand up and the recoil from the kids jumping "waved" me over to a corner where I lay wedged between the mesh wall and a hump.

It didn't take long for my guests and the kids to clue in as to where I had wedged myself and the ensuing fallout. I had cut off the air intake valve. The castle began to deflate. Kids ran out screaming as the roof started to fold in on itself and with the help of my friend, Sandra, who was trying to pull me up, I managed to move away from the air supply tunnel and then slid myself out of this awful death trap. A few men fixed the hose and I laughed off my near death experience.

Never again.

And what does that have to do with public transit? One of my guests took the GO train in from Oakville to get to the party.

9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM

    LOL. It could have been worse CJ. You could have rented Sammy the Snake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR2-xA8TXxQ

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  2. TomWJune 10, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Dangerous things. You have to be careful...

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  3. AnonymousJune 11, 2015 at 8:45 AM

    I told my wife this story last night and she p****d herself. Somehow I think it could only happen to you CJ...;)

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  4. C.J. SmithJune 11, 2015 at 9:12 AM

    When my husband found out I was in the castle, he told our guests out on the front driveway with him, "Welp, there goes the $60 deposit".

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  5. BickyJune 11, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    It was hilarious from the view on the outside.

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  6. AnonymousJune 11, 2015 at 1:02 PM

    Ha! I was in one this weekend and I'm 53. But then again it was a wedding and I was up quite a few cocktails.

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    1. C.J. SmithJune 11, 2015 at 6:07 PM

      I drank almost two bottles of Gwertzaminer before I took it on.

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    2. C.J. SmithJune 11, 2015 at 9:09 PM

      I drank almost two bottles of Gwertzaminer before I took it on.

      Delete

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