NAME CHANGED TO PROTECT THE, UH, YOU KNOW: Just got this in my e-mail. It's for real. I know the guy. Too damn funny (as long as he's alright):

You may want to give [name deleted] a call today to see if he's still alive. Apparently he decided to take out the trash at 1 am on Sunday night & the door slammed closed behind him, locking him out of the house. Thinking a rear door may be open, he scaled a 7 foot fence to his backyard. Sitting atop the fence, he suddenly remembered he had locked those doors recently. So he goes to dismount the fence, catches a heel & slams into the ground, with his arm breaking his fall. Unfortunately, the arm crushed 3-5 ribs upon impact. Unable to move for 25 minutes, he rested on the ground in agony until he mustered enough strength to crawl across the road to a neighbors house for help. He went to the hospital - and they released him, telling him to just rest. Later, the hospital calls back saying they had misdiagnosed the x-rays & to get back there immediately. Apparently one of the ribs punctured the sack around the lung, meaning the lung would slowly collapse. He'll be in the hospital until Friday with a tube draining & inflating the lung. Visited him last night & he seemed to be okay, or perhaps just very high on morphine. He can be reached in his room at [deleted] City Hospital at xxx-37x-xxx4. Give him some grief to cheer him up a bit.