Founder lore: the Glynn letter
Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor I met the barrel coming down. […] As you could imagine, still holding the rope, I began a rather rapid descent from the pulley down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles and the laceration of my legs and lower body.
Context
The forwarded insurance letter from Ennet House founder-lore: a man and a counterweighted barrel trading places on a pulley, meeting at the same third-floor point on every pass. A perfect mechanical annulation played as slapstick — injury by oscillating cycle.