This was almost 30 years ago.. could have been grade 4 or 5. Me and my bestie had a habit to lean our chairs against the desk behind us, pretty much balancing on the back legs of the chair, but the desk would keep us vertically.
So on this day, the girls who were usually sitting behind us weren't at school, so the desk had nothing to stop it from moving from our weight. Me not realising how physics work, decided to do my leaning chair thing.... It was all good for a minute or so, then the desk slid away from me and I went backwards with a loud noise.
Still to this day I don't understand how my friend didn't hear or see me "go" and in exactly the same time as I went down, she decided to lean back as well, but there was nothing to hold her up, so while everyone is looking and laughing at me on the ground, my friend goes down too.
We sheepishly got up and sat down, couldn't stop laughing until the end of class.
Still, when I remember that day or tell the story, I just start laughing.
So on this day, the girls who were usually sitting behind us weren't at school, so the desk had nothing to stop it from moving from our weight. Me not realising how physics work, decided to do my leaning chair thing.... It was all good for a minute or so, then the desk slid away from me and I went backwards with a loud noise.
Still to this day I don't understand how my friend didn't hear or see me "go" and in exactly the same time as I went down, she decided to lean back as well, but there was nothing to hold her up, so while everyone is looking and laughing at me on the ground, my friend goes down too.
We sheepishly got up and sat down, couldn't stop laughing until the end of class.
Still, when I remember that day or tell the story, I just start laughing.