Everyone's got a friend who tries to upstage everyone. The guy who does a flip when cliff diving, who pulls out the magic tricks at parties, who decides a kick is better on the boxing game at the bar than the standard punch.

This generally goes one of two ways: either the feat is completed and the showoff marches on, or an epic fail ensues that cements the wannabe's place on the food chain.

This version is, happily, the latter:

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Hey, it's a valiant effort, at least. And just think of how many more punches that bag will withstand now that it didn't face a death blow from the foot of a wayward pub ninja.

OK, not that many.

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