At this week’s meeting, the safety briefing included some of the information provided in the monthly safety newsletter. These incidents, and others, were part of a section entitled “Mishaps”, which made me realize that if I ever do anything stupid at an official event, it’s going to end up, quite possibly, in the safety briefing of some future meeting.

I will admit that three of the mishaps made me snicker:

• While roasting hot dogs over an open flame in a fire drum, a member backed into the drum that resulted in a leg burn.
• A student jumped over a shrub, unable to see the other side, and collided with a parked car.
• Vehicle moving on a public highway was struck by a wild turkey.

It was the last one, of course, that brought a few comments from some of the members present.

I can see the usefulness of reporting mishaps in parking an airplane, perhaps, but being struck by a wild turkey? What are you supposed to do about that?

Stop visiting the liquor store, I guess.