Quirky Bedtime Stories - Oh Foolish Boy

Another quirky story from the vaults of yesteryear. I wonder if we all have done things that we now regard as having been foolish, reckless, and ...slightly dumb? Skydiving has a rather strange allure, doesn't it? It seems that the people who do it on a regular basis have a certain freedom of spirit... or is it that the only way they can cope with the humdrum of life is to toss themselves out of a plane?