I Dare Ya

A vast number of accidents, wars, explosions, injuries and other disasters probably could have been averted, if not for three little words:

“I dare ya!”

A perfect example happened at work the other night, after 5pm, when everyone’s motivation and concentration levels had hit the ‘overtired and lacking in caffeine’ stage. Picture an impromptu game of ‘office cricket’ with a rubber ball and a rolled up newspaper… nothing too sinister about that. A few hard hits of the ball sent it flying to various part of the office, which made us all giggle and think about that Reflex Paper ad where the football hits the lady visiting the office in the head.

Anyway, my colleague decides to pick up an ultra heavy boxed roll of paper (seriously, this thing ways about 10 kilos) and pretends to swing it like a bat. “You’re too weak to swing that… Go on, I dare ya.” I said knowingly. As you can guess, no Aussie fella can back down from such a challenge…

The ball is thrown… everything goes silent… he takes a swing… and manages to smash his In-Tray and all it’s contents across the room with an almighty crash… causing people to come running from all over the office to see the source of the kafuffle… and a very red-faced batsman was lost for words as we all rolled around laughing.

Never rely on Matty…