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Don't Try This At Home

Over the weekend I saw some people swinging around from ropes on the side of a big building in downtown St. Paul. It was part of the Flint Hills International Children's Festival.



So whenever something like this is going on, people always warn you, "Don't try this at home!"

I didn't listen! When I got home, I was hanging from the top of my garage from a clothesline doing some really cool stunts while Metallica was playing in the background! Then all of a sudden, the clothesline broke! I fell almost three feet to the ground! Wow! I sure learned my lesson! I'm going to stop at the hardware store and get some rope before I try that again!

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