‘What’s a lucky, one in a million thing you did that you could never repeat?’ – 21 gobsmacking one-offs
11.
‘Early 90s, was dragged along to some social function by my parents, was held in a church hall. There were other kids there too, some I knew, most I didn’t. These other kids were bored and made it their mission to wind me up all evening. I got bored/tired of their antics and decided to grab a small Ribena juice carton from the buffet area and chuck it at the ringleader.
‘Went outside and found the group who were all hollering at me. I botched the throw terribly, instead of going low and hard, it looped up in a graceful arc to about 20ft high, well away from hitting anyone.
‘The group were jeering at me, until the carton caught the very edge of the corner of the building they were stood by. The impact burst the carton which then proceeded to shed its entire contents in a lovely purple rain all over the whole group of kids.’
–Worldly_Let6134
12.
‘Days after my Dad died, my boyfriend was trying to distract me. He was stood in the doorway to my bedroom, and I was sitting in the bed facing him, and he picked up an old pack of cards from my book case.
‘He pulled one at random, and asked me what it was, I got it right, and the next two cards too. Then he got freaked out and stopped. My mum was watching over his shoulder and was shocked too. Must be big odds against that.’
–chocolatefeckers
13.
‘Not me, but a friend on the way home from the pub years ago caught an egg in between his thumb and index finger thrown at high velocity from a passing car in near pitch darkness. We were all quite drunk and it was thrown at us from behind so he has to spin around within no more than two seconds to make the catch. I will never understand what kind of innate high-tuned danger senses he has because I could never.’
–eggdog44
14.
‘I had gone on a bike ride to the coast with some friends, and we’d stopped to get some fish and chips. I finished eating and said to my friends ‘Ah, I wish I’d had some bread and butter to go with that’.
‘As soon as I’d said it, a seagull dropped a bread bun directly onto my plate.’
–d3gu
15.
‘A few years back I was walking through a nearby park, where a guy and two kids were playing football. One of the boys punted the ball far too hard so it headed towards me, and so I decided to try and return it.
‘I channeled my best and whacked it back, and to my utter shock it was the perfect kick and it sailed directly to the chap’s feet. ‘Beautiful touch there, mate!’ he exclaimed, and I’m sure I heard one of the wee lads let out a ‘wow’.
‘For context, I always hated football, mainly as I was absolutely awful at it. So bad in fact that my PE teacher used to let me skip football lessons as it was a waste of everyone’s time to have me bumbling around the pitch getting in everyone’s way.’
–iamagardner
16.
‘Sat in a pub garden many years ago, I reached out for a pouch of tobacco only to have the wind lift it right across the table straight into my hand. I had various Jedi nicknames for a while after that.’
–Jakelby
17.
‘I once dropped a pan of hot soup, watched it to a miraculous 360 flip, and managed to catch it by the handle without spilling a drop. Only myself and my cat witnessed this, and she didn’t seem particularly impressed. But I still ride the high from that moment when I remember it.’
–glytxh
18.
‘I was listening to a T-Rex tape on my Sanyo portable audio player when I was about 11 (I am only 43 now, but always listened the old music my parents listened to). Turned it to the radio, Capital Gold to be precise, probably in anticipation of Jonathan Pearce’s football commentary, and it was the exact same song.’
–ImmediateFigure9998
19.
‘Years ago a window broke and a piece of glass went towards me. I instinctively put my hands up and did a martial arts type move where they stop a sword and I sort of clapped my hands and caught the shard of glass in front of my face. I did get a small cut on my hand.’
–AlGunner
20.
‘1983. Reading Swimming Pool. I was visiting my Auntie who wore hard contact lenses. She lost one while swimming. I jumped in and found it almost immediately. Every single ounce of luck I ever possessed was used up in that instant.’
–Chockster
21.
‘A schoolmate bet me £2 I couldn’t throw my apple into the bin. It was about six meters away and was one of those bins with a lid that had a 15cm x 30cm-ish opening. I chucked it without looking and absolutely nailed it! Tight bastard never did pay up.’
–Greggybread
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