Nick... odd how that can happen. My old man was advancing down a street of row housing in WW2 by blowing out basement walls. He was carry a Bren and ammo down some stairs and one of the stairs was missing. He felt his neck crack and it was very painful and he could barely move his neck. But there was a job to be done.

In the 60's, the pain became chronic. When he was examined by a doc at CFB Camp Borden in Ontario, the doc asked how he had gotten there. "Drove." The doc went out and looked at his car. Dad asked why and the reply was he wanted to know if Dad had been in a car accident. "Why?" "You have a broken neck." Twenty years with a broken neck and pain. Odd indeed.

And, I'd stick with the football story... the barstool... no. >;-)