My mum used to tell me that if I ever ran across the road, I'd trip over my shoelaces and get flattened by a steam roller.
For the next 15 years I always made sure I walked, and had my laces tied (two lessons for the price of one), but recently realised that steam rollers do in fact go so slowly that by the time it gets to you it would either have noticed you and applied the brakes, or you'd have picked yourself up and walked off.
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