Laughter at my own expense

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For some time now a story has been told in my family. Its called (with a smirk on my son's face) "The Leaf Blower Incident." A number of years ago I was newly divorced and full of all my independent wisdom. I am WOMAN! Hear me roar! I can do anything! Ummm yea, well, so I was full of myself. LOL Well I went out and bought myself the biggest leaf blower I could find, knowing that I would be learning about power tools and I could maintain my own yard myself. My son, who was a teenager at the time sat there watching me assemble this thing and said "Mom, do you know what you are doing?" Kids! Well it was cold out so I bundled up in a parka with the hood tight and my mittens on. My glasses started to fog over with the cold. No worries, I mean how much do we need to see to run a leaf blower? I get it all plugged in, wave to my grinning teenager from the kitchen window and turn the thing on. Couldn't the salesman have mentioned the kick this thing would have BEFORE he sold it??? This thing spun me in circles, wrapping the extension cord around my legs. I'm laughing my head off knowing just how silly I must look. Suddenly I get so tangled up and the force of the thing blew me over onto the hood of son's new car. (Here is where he stopped grinning) Out comes son in a hurry (where was he when I wanted the yardwork done?) and he unplugs it and he quickly gets mom off the car. I'm still laughing hysterically at this point and just hoping my neighbors didn't get this on America's Funniest Videos. To this day I have not used the leaf blower. Matter of fact its a running joke around here NOT to give mom any tool that requires a cord or battery.