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Done it many a time, getting better at it.
Worst incident was after 7 pints of Krony, and a 2 mile journey home at 2am. Was being extra cautious doing an extra slow fixed turn, when I lost balance and fell. Luckily, no lookers. Checked bike over, no damage, rode on home. Got home parked the bike up next to porch, whilst fumbling to find keys. Bike decides to roll back and top tube scrapes against corner of brick wall. EEEEeeeekkk, spend 3 evenings touching up, cutting and lacquering paintwork. Also woke up to a nice bout of road rash on my knee. Still makes me cringe when it catches a bad ray of light (top tube not my knee!). Moral of the story, always take your hack bike to the pub!