I bet they didn’t seem funny at the time!

@Marionville One no but one yes. We were skiing at Kleine Scheidigge (Switzerland). We were beginners and found ourselves far from the train station. We only had a short while to get to the station before the last train and my former wife was having an emotional melt-down. A couple of guys from the ski patrol came and realized the problem. One convinced her to get on his back and he would ski her down, I was comfortable with my level and needed no help. He took off but his binding snapped and he crashed. He adjusted his binding but she refused. He then told her she had two choices, either get on his back willingly or unconsciously (the Swiss did not fool around) so she climbed on again and off we all went and made it.

The 2nd was we were skiing in Austria and a friend's brother was along (they were from Texass). He had never snow skied but was good a water skiing and took off down the slope. I noticed brown flecks in the snow going along his path. Later, at dinner, he asked for ketchup and proceeded to put it on everything on the plate. At home, I borrowed her car and spotted a can of chewing tobacco. I asked her if she chewed and she said no, it was her brothers so then I realized what the brown flecks were, ugh.