10. Trying to Impress the Girl
A guy in my 6th form found himself locked in his own house (his parents had both left for work and he had slept in). He was on his final warning for not attending classes (this was 6th form in an open school so it was your own decision whether to attend classes and he bunked most of them). Desperate to attend class so he didn’t get dropped, he jumped from his bedroom window on the upper floor and promptly broke both his knees and a leg. He was lying on his driveway for half an hour before a neighbor found him and called an ambulance.
When we asked him why not climb out of a ground floor window (which he was perfectly able to do). He insisted it would sound cooler if he jumped and combat-rolled down to impress a girl he fancied.
He was in a wheelchair for 2 months and failed to get the girl.