Body warmers
These are just coats with no arms and while they were a fashion must-have in the early 80's - and 11 year old me HAD to have one, they were useless at actually keeping you warm. Being a genius however, young prescottsflu would often tuck his arms inside the garment to keep warm.

We had returned from some boring shopping trip and my street was chock full of my mates playing frisby, BMX'ing or setting fire to a playground (ah more innocent times). I could not wait to get out the car and go hang out and be cool and all my mates were approaching to welcome me.

In fact, in my rush to escape from the back seat through the front passenger door, my leg got caught in the seatbelt and I started to fall. Now having zipped up my arms inside my body warmer, my spaccy attempts at breaking my fall were moot. Time slowed and I hit the tarmac face first.

The stinging gravel in my face wasn't the worst thing. Nor was the fact I had winded myself and so couldn't scream out or ask for help. No the worst thing was my parents, siblings and about 50 people in the street were rolling around pissing themselves as I look like a fitting Daniel Day Lewis/My left foot impersonator. And then of course I couldn't get up. So I am laying there like a grounded seal while 90% of the people I knew and trusted were trying not to release little wees, they were laughing that hard.

Good times.
(prescottsflu infected you at, Fri 18 Dec 2009, 4:15, Reply)