It had long been a dream of Ted’s to barrel roll over the edge of Niagara Falls.
He’d never been much of a daredevil per se, yet this act of rebellion had excited him ever since he’d caught a TV Movie of the Week in 1974; The Great Niagara.
It had been done before though, and this was a problem. Ted wasn’t keen on leaving behind a legacy as “the clichéd old fool”.
It was a cold Sunday morning in February when Ted stumbled upon his single greatest idea. Or, to be more precise, Ted tripped over his kitchen chair.
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What fun! I can’t help thinking a barrel would have been safer.
Excellent! I can see him now, strapped to the chair, hurtling towards the edge… Great fun 🙂
Haha perfect!! Ted’s giving me a few LOL moments this week…
Dear Peter,
Ted’s in for a wild ride. Hope that kitchen chair has seat belts. Fun!
Shalom,
Rochelle
This made me laugh and cry all at once. Here’s to a real individual!
xx Rowena
Tripping over the chair was more of an omen to me than an idea! I hope he made it!
He seems to have already parted company with his vehicle of choice. 🙂
Oh, this was hilarious. A chair… over Niagra… oh, the very definition of ‘idiot in action’. Loved it! 🙂 ❤
This is not going to end all! I enjoyed this story.
I guess he strapped a barrel to each side of his chair, but forgot to tie off the knots. It seems the chair survived but as for him? A fun take – I enjoyed it.
Geez. Now there’s a twist. Well done.
That definitely cannot end well… but leaves us in stitches!
Well good luck with that, I can’t see it ending well, I think his next seat could be a cloud.
Yoiks! A bad idea at best. Fun story.
I agree this was great fun. Well done.
Oh my goodness! I don’t think it will go well!
As they say, “It’s only a movie.” Funny ending, Mr. B.
It doesn’t bode well for Ted, but hey, at least he can rest assured that he won’t be remembered as a cliché!
I love it, of course!
Did Ted and his Chair survive the ride? Fun story, I enjoyed it :-).
Obviously the chair survived, not so certain about Ted. Nice one.
The best ideas are the crazy ideas. If Ted survives to tell the tale, that is. 🙂
That was hillarious.
Cruel but great fun. Splash.
Minus the “clichéd”, legacy intact.
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