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04-10-05, 07:39 AM
"Pete, I heard you were hit by a car the other day! I'm glad you're ok," he consoled me. "I just happened to hear some people talking about it as I walked past. They said you were hit by a car yesterday and your bike was totaled!"
I thought hard. I pictured my bicycle safely parked at home. I couldn't seem to remember the incident, no matter how hard I tried.
"Um, no, I wasn't hit by a car, and my bike doesn't have a scratch on it, and I'm fine. The reports of my death seem to have been exaggerated," I joked.
We laughed at the crazy rumor, and he started to tell me his own amazing story. He went on to tell me about something that happened to him as a teenager.
He had been riding his bike home from football practice one afternoon. In a very unusual twist, he just happened to still be wearing his football uniform, pads, helmet and all as he rode. As he came around a sharp bend that motorists sometimes overshot and crossed into the oncoming traffic lane from excess speed, a driver did exactly that. My friend was riding on the right side of the road, "as far right as practicable." The driver hit him head-on.
My friend crashed through the windshield, head-first. His bike was totaled. But amazingly, he wasn't hurt.
Somehow, his football helmet protected him!
My friend is not given to telling tall tales. An amazing story...
I thought hard. I pictured my bicycle safely parked at home. I couldn't seem to remember the incident, no matter how hard I tried.
"Um, no, I wasn't hit by a car, and my bike doesn't have a scratch on it, and I'm fine. The reports of my death seem to have been exaggerated," I joked.
We laughed at the crazy rumor, and he started to tell me his own amazing story. He went on to tell me about something that happened to him as a teenager.
He had been riding his bike home from football practice one afternoon. In a very unusual twist, he just happened to still be wearing his football uniform, pads, helmet and all as he rode. As he came around a sharp bend that motorists sometimes overshot and crossed into the oncoming traffic lane from excess speed, a driver did exactly that. My friend was riding on the right side of the road, "as far right as practicable." The driver hit him head-on.
My friend crashed through the windshield, head-first. His bike was totaled. But amazingly, he wasn't hurt.
Somehow, his football helmet protected him!
My friend is not given to telling tall tales. An amazing story...