The things boys do. On a dare I once jumped off a 60 foot platform into a deep lake. I didn’t land exactly feet first, rather on my butt. It hurt so much, I thought I would be paralyzed (which I wasn’t, thank God)
On the bright side, it cured me of peer pressure forever....
ditto, though I dove.
NE Pa back in the 60’s a guy did a belly flop off a same height platform.Killed him
I’ve mentioned this before, but I think it bears repeating: the same impulse that makes a young boy light a fart is responsible for most of the great inventions of the civilized world.
The things boys do. On a dare I once jumped off a 60 foot platform into a deep lake. I didn’t land exactly feet first, rather on my butt. It hurt so much, I thought I would be paralyzed (which I wasn’t, thank God)
On the bright side, it cured me of peer pressure forever....”
Not to mention “pier” pressure!