Let go of the fucking kite, Brian!
Possibly not quite Darwinian. But it definitely must have fucking hurt.

A few years back I had a colleague called Brian, an extremely funny bloke with a propensity to throw himself into anything and sod the consequences.

One day he decided to try kite surfing on the local beach. Attaching his feet to the board, he waited for the wind to waft its magic. Sure enough, the wind caught and off he went along the sand, giggling like a mong and generally feeling very pleased with himself.

Until, that is, a particularly strong gust caught in the kite, and lifted him quite high off the ground; certainly higher than he had expected...

...Before depositing him back on the sand, the front of the board burying itself in the soft, golden granuals. At which point, due to the laws of physics, he stopped moving.

Trouble was, the kite didn't, and the wind suddenly decided to change direction. This had the effect of jerking Brian in a completely different direction to the one he was pointing in. Worse still, he was still firmly attached to the board, albeit by only one foot at this point, and still holding onto the kite...

Legs tend not to like being bent in directions that they are not supposed to go. Unfortunately for Brian, what with the board being buried nose first in sand, and not having the quick thinking to let go of the kite ("I didn't want it to fly off; it belonged to a mate", he later remarked), the rapid change in direction coupled with an immovable board conspired against his still strapped in ankle. His ankle did the only thing it could do under the circumstances, and snapped with a bone crunching crack.

It was at this point that Brian decided he should probably let go of the kite, before collapsing in screaming agony on the beach and in the knowledge that his mate's car was about half a mile back in the car park.

Length? Six months on crutches...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:08, 3 replies)

Hmm...
I've been doing that for nearly five years, and I've enevr broken anything. Mind you, the incident with the 10ft bank, the fence post and the concrete lump would have been interesting if I didn't know how to take a fall properly...
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 21:06, closed)

Some people are just unlucky
It was his first time as well.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 21:18, closed)

Wow
He must have been slow, even on crutches half a mile shouldn't have taken six months.
(Charlietron Still can't think of anything witty to put here, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 15:04, closed)