I climbed a fence to get my ball out of a tree

I was playing tennis and the ball got stuck in the tree. The tree grows over this chain-link fence, and I looked at where the ball got stuck and was like, “I could totally get the ball if I climb this fence.” It’s been a while since I climbed a fence but I figure it’s like riding a bicycle. I make my way to the top easy enough, yoink, got the ball. Realize I need to hands to climb down so I throw the ball down. Realize I’m not gonna be able to climb down cause my feet are losing grip. So I jump. You know how the chain-links of chain-link fences form a set of points at the top? Well this friendship bracelet I’m wearing that my friend made me at summer camp a year ago that I’ve only taken off once or twice gets caught on that part of the fence. My wrist is jerked up from my body and I think I’m gonna die. I land feet-first on the ground, less like a cat and more like a frog, and my bracelet is nowhere to be found. It must have snapped off when it got caught. Good thing it was only tied with a square knot and not something stronger or I could have broke something. Still, I wonder if my friend will care that I lost the bracelet he made. I wonder if he remembers making it for me, or if he knew that I was still wearing it. I don’t even like wearing bracelets—they’re uncomfortable—but I wore that one for a year. No one had ever made me a friendship bracelet before.

Posted Jun 23, 2018, 8:24 AM UTC

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johngreeninkTried the weird salad•

Great story - I wonder if that means the friendship INSTANTLY ends??!? You gotta follow up on this one, OP

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determinism89Scared off by angry bird•

When I was a teenager, my friend and I jumped a chainlink fence trying to sneak into our highschool's girl's soccer game without paying. The same thing happened to me only I ripped my shirt from the armpit out through the sleeve. When we got to the rafters, we realized that it was half time and entry was free.

I still have visions of impaling my armpit on that fence. Hanging there like a more relaxed looking jesus-on-the-cross.

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