No, modesty probably isn't one of my biggest treats. But possibly just like fighter pilots there may be some jobs where modest folks tend to come off second best.
And are sorely missed by their friends whereas the arrogant ones just disappear.
What probably made me really bite are posters who spring forwards with excuses etc when a simple admission of messing up would have been more honest.
The guy in question was not one of them. Whether it was a mess-up or step adjustment for the terrain is still up for debate.
I will add that the chap involved here is a great bloke (I have been told) and may have bitten the bullet (I know one of his work makes couldn't wait to see him to start the banterathon).
I have no doubt that the banter will be long, imaginative, very funny and involve lots of liquid.
Thanks for your reply.