Or, in this case, "F*ck it, the barrow's down!"
There was a "ping" from the barrow as it lay upturned in the sun a couple of feet away waiting for action. It distracted me for a moment but it didn't register that it was the tyre-bead giving way. What really got my attention, and caused my arse to eat my trousers, was the unexpected "boom!" a few seconds later as a big chunk of the tyre-wall broke way and the inner-tube decided that it couldn't be "inner" any longer.
Looks like a visit to the barrow-wight is on the cards, to sell my soul for a new load-lugger.
THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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Have you ever heard the bang a road bike inner tube makes if you get it pinched in the tyre-bead when changing it? Happened to me once a few years ago when I was pumping mine back up. My ears were ringing for a good while and the dog wouldn't come out the bedroom for a long time lol
@Sandy (Bigbananafeet) - Heard a few on-road blow-outs in my time but never up close like that. We had a compressor tank burst at work when an RSJ fell on it, that was fairly impressive. I dread to think of the racket that would be created if my rifle's air-cylinder was to give out - after I've pumped it up it's at 190 bar (~2755 psi) and in use the near-end is about eight inches away. Damp filling-air can cause internal corrosion, and some poorly-maintained cyls do pop when being filled.