Anyone got any family anecdotes?

[maxxangel]

I said to her "Stand in the bucket and see if you can lift it"  Well, she climbed into the bucket but couldn't understand why, now, she couldn't lift it or why I was rolling about in fits of laughter.

Ritchie

There was a big chap at my husband's workplace who was always showing off how much he could lift. One day some of his co-workers challenged him. They got him standing in a dustbin and told him to see if he could pick himself up. He couldn't figure out why he couldn't lift himself either!

[bikermickau]

My Granddad Alex turned up at the shearing shed on a springboard one afternoon and walked to the shed with a limp.
When asked what he had done to himself, he replied.
That bloody horse threw me this morning, and I've broken my leg. I had to catch the night horse and round up the mare so I could get the bridle and saddle off her, then I had to hitch up the night horse to the spring board and drive over here.
Ted, could you let me have a piece of fencing wire about 3 feet long , and could I borrow a screwdriver, a drill, a pair of pliers and 2 or 3 screws. I'll be right as rain in no time.

A shearer nearby said "Bloody Hell! Is this man for real"

Alex got what he asked for, rolled up his trouser leg and used the items to repair his leg.

I only have one memory of Granddad Alex from around when I was 5 or 6 and that is of watching him taking his leg off before getting into bed.

Mick

[wendy47]

Brilliant.