Beware Flying Candy Bars
“When I was about 11 years old, my family went on vacation to Florida. We stayed in a hotel room with a full kitchen, and we made our own food to save money.
“One evening after we arrived back in the room, I was getting into the fridge to make a sandwich. My father hollered from across the room to toss him a frozen candy bar from the freezer. I thought I’d be cute and throw it across the room and over his head as hard as I could. I expected it to crash into the wall beside him, and if I was lucky, land in his lap for a nice little chuckle.
“So without pulling my head out of the freezer, I threw it with all my might. What I didn’t realize was that my dad had gotten up to go to the bathroom, and he was walking right past me as I threw it! The candy bar slammed into the side of his head, and he immediately started to bleed profusely. We ended up in the emergency room, where he received 5 stitches.
“Twenty years later, my dad loves to tell the story to everyone we meet, and we all have a nice laugh — but at the time... not so funny!”
