sorry for you, that must have been horrid. But you told the story in such a way, that I started to laugh! That's a talent, you know?
Anyway, you at least tried : I think in the circumstancs I would trie too, and with worse results...
Hope your injuries/humiliation will heal soon!
Melambra
"when one is suffering and in agony,
one immediately thinks of the CMB"
Two Wongs
"we(as avid readers)inhabit the worlds
our books take us to" Brad