One afternoon, a couple years ago, i was hanging out with some friends, and we were on a relaxed walk. We were walking by a little park that someone had put together. It was just a tree and a rope attached to a plank of wood at the end. At first sight, it looked very sketchy, and when we got closer to examine it, it was even worse than we thought. The plank was mouldy and inhabited by termites and different insects. The rope was intensely frayed, and the tree branch had certain cracks in it that made it look like it would snap any moment from then. But being the kids we were we that time, we still decided to give it a go.
I went on it, carefully, took a couple swings and hopped off. My first friend went on it, swung a little bit, then heard some unsteady cracks and jumped off. Then my last friend got on, it stayed pretty steady throughout, just a couple cracks. But when he tried to jump off, his motion was cut short with the rotten rope snapping, along with the tree branch, and he came tumbling down. He rolled his ankle pretty badly, but he wasn’t that injured. We laughed it off as we walked away, but his limp and 60% laugh said it all.