Let John Help You Feel Better

If you've been feeling like there's some kind of cosmic conspiracy working against you lately, John Lyne's story might just cheer you up a little. I just found out about this man who is billed as "Britain's unluckiest man". There couldn't be too many folks with as much bad luck as this guy. As of November 2006, poor John had already had 16 major accidents befall him through his years to date.
Apparently the man's run-ins with an unkind fate began when he was a kid. He was riding on a horse-drawn cart when he fell off. To add insult to injurt, he was run over by a delivery van before he could be rescued.
As a 14-year-old, he once broke an arm in a fall from a tree. While he was riding a bus home from the hospital, the bus got involved in a crash which ended up with him having the same arm broken in another place.
Last November's incident saw Lyne fall in a manhole and sustain injuries which would necessitate an expected 32-week recovery period. Lyne has been quoted as saying he is not bitter about his perverse luck. Rather, he expresses gratitude simply to be alive, although he does say his "mates, family and wife Susan just laugh about it."
There now. Does knowing about John help you feel just a little bit better?