I have to admit to a bit of schadenfreude last night. I was sitting in an S-Bahn train that was stopped in a station with its doors open; a Cool Skater Dude was skating down the platform at high speed (which has to be all kinds of illegal) towards the train. Obviously, he was setting himself up for a spectacular flying dismount through the open door and into the train.
Unfortunately, he miscalculated a bit, and hit the side of the train, right next to the open door, with a solid THWACK! He quickly rescued his skateboard, which was about to roll down into the gap between the train and the platform, and sheepishly walked onto the train, where everybody was snickering at him.
Posted by Kevin at March 16, 2004 07:54 AM