Your story was my chuckle for the day. I bet we all have stories like yours from when we went clipless in the beginning. Mine was that I was riding with a group and we went down a road that was being freshly paved. I got to the end of the road and didn't unclip fast enough and so toppled over onto the pavement. My pedals/clips left a big hole in the fresh pavement. I was so sorry but my friends thought it was funny I was more worried about the road than myself.