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Travis J. Todd’s Story

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So, long story short...

While Travis J. Todd was exploring physics

Travis J. Todd made the mistake of

Trying to use a lifeguard stand as a catapult

My Advice to You is

wear a helmet when drinking

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Despite what a slightly inebriated mind may think, you cannot launch yourself into the air, fly like a weightless bird, and dismount softly into the white sands of Jacksonville Beach by holding onto the back end of a lifeguard stand as you tip it forward.

Instead it will flip you violently into the air where you will sink quickly like a wet elk onto the supporting wood of the stand, and come tumbling out bloodied and wondering if your ribs are sticking out of your chest. Your friends will be horrified that you are alive and what may hurt more than the cuts, bruises and instant sobriety, is the embarrassment at attempting something so inane.