Okay, this was about 15 years ago or so. We had a pretty big cherry tree that had been hacked up by a previous owner of the home. But it still had a couple big branches, of about 12” or so. So I had the genius idea that I would set up my 12’ ladder next to where I would cut this branch off. Then when it started to fall I would step onto the tree in between the two branches. Well when I was cutting through it instead of falling straight down it twisted and rolled and before I could step onto the tree it rolled into my ladder. Which I can only imagine it looked like when Willey Coyote would fall, that’s what it looked like. I fell directly into the branch hitting directly on my ribs. And wind knocked out and that whole thing. So I tried to hide being hurt, but I underestimated how painful broken ribs are, and I could not get out of bed without help the next morning, so the jig was up. I can say sneezing with broken ribs may be the most painful thing I have ever been through, and that includes kidney stones.
The kicker was when I fell my kid saw it and he came up and asked if I wanted an ambulance, and now that’s one of the fun stories at family gatherings. He got to ask that question a couple more times, but that’s here nor there.