1440 - QUASH

Alfonso was good at the long jump. But he was annoying sometimes when he would swank about being able to jump over the local chasm. One day he decided to go and check it out, only to discover it was at the limit of his best jump and the approach was far too uneven. He had to set about to quash the boasts he'd made, making out he'd only been talking in theory.

Alfonso was convinced he could jump this - until he checked it out!