A NEW LOW FOR THE WORLD OF ISAAC

A. Isaac Senior Editor

Everybody has their share of embarrassing moments. For most, they occurred during college or while under the influence of alcohol.

But me, well, mine just happened this afternoon while stone cold sober at Subway.

I hurt my knee playing basketball yesterday. And by hurt, I mean I’m freakin out of shape and this wouldn’t have happened to anybody who weighed under 230 lbs.

Anyways, I barely limped out of bed this morning. It felt like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my knee.

I went to Subway for lunch and there was a huge line(tip: all regular subs are 5 bucks).

A group of 3 young woman walked in directly behind me chatting and laughing it up. I acknowledged them with my famous “Isaac” nod.

Had any other guys been with me, I would have referenced the “Whatta we got” line but thats neither here nor there.

As the line moved forward, I began to move. And then it happened. My knee absolutely locked up on me.

In a lame attempt to brace myself, I grabbed that stupid rope that Subway uses to separate the lines.

Except, its not really a rope but a thin piece of leather or something. Needless to say, it didn’t brace my fall. As I began to crumble to the ground, one of the girls standing behind me tried to grab my arm to keep me from falling.

Bad idea!

She must’ve thought it was “skinny Isaac” and not “Fat Isaac” that she was trying to help.

As she tumbled forward, I considered faking a heart attack or something. Maybe passing out on the way down would ease my embarrassment.

The only good thing that came out of this was that she didn’t completely fall on the ground but ended up bracing herself with her hand.

As for me, I couldn’t get up from the ground as several people asked me if I was alright. The other two girls helped me up and I hopped over to the nearest table.

One of the subway workers asked me if I wanted them to call an ambulance.

At this point, I just wanted to leave Subway to avoid any further embarrassment but my knee still hadn’t unlocked.

After about two minutes of people staring at me, my knee finally moved back into place. I walked up to the three women as they were leaving and apologized profusely.

They laughed it off and said, “don’t worry” but I know that it will be a story they tell to their friends on Friday night.

I returned back into line and got my sub and left.

I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff in my life, many of which is detailed in the early months of this blog, but as far as embarrassing goes,

This one takes the cake.


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