eXtreme Friday © Niall Fleming 2003
eXtreme Friday was the greatest of all days, and at its most basic level it involved the use of several chairs in the building of chair pyramids, which we like to think of as modern art. Then came the eXtreme part, Tim or Dave jumping right into the middle of the stack, sending it tumbling to the ground.
The madness of the pyramids and the other eXtreme activities grew and grew, till its climax in mid-January 2003, that was the month after Mark had put a hole in the wall at school, although that technically wasn't our fault, Mark shouldn't have kicked the door like that. He could've really hurt Dave who had been standing against it stopping him from entering only a few seconds previously.
- Chair Acrobatics
- Only possible using the linkable style chairs, you must stand on the seat with one foot on the top of the backrest, rocking it, till you gain enough momentum to tip it, the trick is to control the tipping, so it descends slowly and you have enough time to jump off before smacking down on the floor, dead. Well maybe not dead but bruised at least, and not just bodily bruises but also egotistical ones!
- Pyramidical Fever
- The tallest we could manage was a four-tier pyramid, but that was only due to the limited number of chairs available (of the correct type, i.e. with legs that weren't bent). The most dangerous one would have to have been the one which involved tables as well as chairs, as the chairs were on top of the tables and the tables have melamine tops, which meant they were rather slippery to chairs, as these chairs do not have rubber feet. Dave still managed to site atop the pyramid though, and Peter too I think, though not at the same time. That could have been fun to watch, although quite painful if they had fallen! Lol!
- Modern Art?
- To make our version of modern art you will need at least 5 chairs, and they must able to be balanced against each other at rakish angles, forming a tall column of chairs, with legs sticking out in random places.
- The Tumble Of Death
- Build your chair pyramid, and then launch yourself from the side right into the very heart of it, sending it tumbling down around you, best to have some friends watching or you'll feel a right twerp. A note of warning do *NOT* try it with the modern art column, you could easily impail yourself upon one of the chair legs...
In short it was cool, and good harmful fun! ;-)
A word of warning, don't try this at home - your mother/father will kill you! If anyone asks where you got this crazy idea from, you *didn't* hear it from us. We will not and cannot be held responsible for any actions or injuries caused while performing eXtreme stunts.