And I'd bounce half-heartedly off the springboard and land - thud - on the top, straddled on my tender bits.
During the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, my parents trudged through darkness for miles, their young children straddled on their shoulders and clinging to their waists.
In addition, the resident with the best view of the altercation that night said the person "with lighter skin color" in red or white was being straddled on the ground by someone wearing dark colors.
As the trailer implies, "First Point" is at once a surf film and a film noir, an exploration of the California dream and the Hollywood nightmare, worlds that Lohan doesn't have to pretend to straddle on screen.
The scene in which she straddled on an unconscious Blaine, while applying vapour rub on his bare chest, is arguably the most awkward moment in Glee history.
The benches, should they be approved, can be straddled, lounged on like an Art Deco sofa, or used to play cards or write a letter or read a book.
Plus, because it straddles the on-demand streaming video world and that of pay TV, you are able to use your Sling account to log into some TV apps that typically require authentication via a pay TV service.
Magistrates were told that Simpson was straddling Ward on the living room floor with both hands around her throat when police arrived at her house and officers said they heard screams, crying and then a choking sound before finding Ward gasping for breath.
Bismarck answered almost immediately, straddling Rodney on her second salvo.
Goldie eats cake with the elderly man, before straddling him on his wheelchair.
