funny things that have happened to the place kicker... well i'm not sure about the funniest but today at practice it was raining really bad and the snapper was having trouble getting the ball back to the holder because it was raining and the field was basically a big mud puddle.  so today one of the snaps didn't get back very quickly but i thought i could still kick it, unfortunately my holder didn't think so.  instead of putting the ball down he picked it up and ran with it and i swung right through completely missing the ball.   then on another snap it came back really slow and when the ball was placed the bottom slid out so it was laying horizontally on the ground and i kicked it right into the back of someone on the line.  and as i was standing there someone on scout team that had fallen down slid into the back of my knees and knocked me down.  also, once on kickoff when it was really wet i took my running start and planted my foot but my foot had other plans and just kept on sliding.  needless to say the ball didn't really go anywhere and i landed on my ass.