Man, you really had me worried there at first, with the beginning of your collumn.
But now I have calmed down, the laws of physic are still in place, the universe did not implode, everything is going its normal way. Well, except in D.C. and Hollywood, but thats a different subject.
And looking at the positive side of things: you already had some ice packs at hand to put on your bruises. :)
My wife thought the funniest part is that I held onto most of the frozen goods, all the way down. I would have thought it more likely that they would come crashing down on my nose! But you've got a point--if that had happened, I could have just left them there.