I am such a jock!

[Zen]

Dumb jock my arse, Pooks. I've been to your website.

When I was 9 or 10, my sister and I were riding our bikes to my aunts house. The bike I was on had a bit of a jerk in the pedal stroke but I wanted to ride it. It reminded me of what we called at the time an "English 3-speed". Even though it was just one speed it was much sleeker than my Huffy.

So, we're riding along, my sister in front. The pedal skipped, my foot slipped and down I went. I told my sister I was OK, go ahead and I'll catch up. When I didn't catch up, sis called Mom who came on foot looking for me. She met me limping back home, leaning on the bike with a severely sprained ankle and black eye. I sat on the seat, she stood and pedaled us home. When we went to the ER, I looked so bad they thought she had beaten me To add injury to injury, the fall must have inflamed my appendix, I had an appendectomy not long after.
Old school dumb jock.