The Fan vs. The Swifter Duster

Ok... Today I noticed that in between the bars of my fan were dusty. Being a smart little cookie, I thought that it would be better to turn the fan up high so it can blow all the pieces of dust that I miss off as I wiped. This way I'll just vacuum them up afterward since I was planning to vacuum anyways. I know the rule is to be careful to not stick your fingers in when the fan is on, but it didn't occur to me to be careful to not stick the Swifter duster in too. Yep, it totally didn't occur to me since I was so absorbed in the battle against this one LONG piece of dust that was dangling on the inside part of the bar. It seriously felt like it was TAUNTING me! SO I shoved the Swifter Duster in to get it and BAM! A piece of the fan's blade came flying out through the bars missing me just as I was moving my head for a better angle of the dust I was trying to get! Yea...it was quite interesting... I mean, wouldn't anyone think that it would be the stick part of the Swifter duster that would break? I obviously thought that! Well, my fan is broken now and I'm definitely not a smart cookie today.