{"id":1266,"date":"2014-07-31T22:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T22:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2015-01-06T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:46:05","slug":"5-of-the-funniest-summer-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/31\/5-of-the-funniest-summer-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of the Funniest Summer Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer: it\u2019s the season of ice cream, happiness and endless sunshine (kind of&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also the season of massive, massive fails. Maybe it\u2019s the heat, or maybe people just feel a bit more adventurous, but something about summer makes people commit all kinds of hilarious mistakes. And, fortunately, most of them get caught on camera.<\/p>\n<p>So, as a bit of Friday fun, we\u2019ve picked some of our favourite summer fails for your enjoyment. You probably shouldn\u2019t laugh, but it\u2019s just too hard not to.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Slip N&#8217; Slide<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAnYrOLsDos\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a great example of a brilliant idea executed poorly. Oh, and kids: don\u2019t build slides from the roof of your house. Or, if you do, make sure you have a bigger pool.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Skateboard vs. Face<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I4S2Gu7ZDT0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Skateboarding is a sport that requires skill and patience. Unfortunately, this skater has neither and follows up a failed trick by throwing a tantrum that goes horribly wrong. Painful, but very funny.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The world&#8217;s worst advert for slingshots<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l403ndBvdEk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A lesson for kids planning to play with slingshots over the summer holidays: don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Backflippin&#8217; hell, that must have hurt<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Ut17RRqWYs\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Woah, look at that backfli- oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The best throw in ever (nearly)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lP0CmEA6PA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Skill? Check. Athleticism? Check. Awareness of people in the direct vicinity? Erm&#8230; The ol\u2019 ball in the face is enough to induce tears in the even the bravest of men.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Share your favourite fails with us in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer: it\u2019s the season of ice cream, happiness and endless sunshine (kind of&#8230;). It\u2019s also the season of massive, massive fails. Maybe it\u2019s the heat, or maybe people just feel a bit more adventurous, but something about summer makes people commit all kinds of hilarious mistakes. And, fortunately, most of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[474],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3034,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions\/3034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}