Man's attempt to sit on friend's shoulders goes horribly, horribly wrong

Oh dear.
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Sam Haysom
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Let's be honest: this was only ever going to end one way, wasn't it?

On Saturday, Lee Bartlett from Wemyss Bay, Scotland, shared a spectacularly disastrous before and after sequence.

The first image showed him sitting cheerfully on his friend's shoulders on a night out, both of them clearly having a lovely time.

The second image, meanwhile...

Just look at this frantic face clutch:

That is what desperation looks like.

Here's a video of the full incident.

Difficult to say who that whole experience would have been more uncomfortable for.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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