Oh... and I'm ridiculously tall too so that guit dropped looong and hard.
 
It's mind boggling there was no damage.
 

I had a similar strap malfunction (TMI?) which caused my Les Paul to drop right onto the expensive antique table owned by my friend's mom (I was 17 or 18).  Somehow, like Beep, the guitar survived, but I made a wicked dent/scratch in the table - boy did I hear about it!

That will leave a mark!
 
(Was looking for the one where he lets go and the guitar flies back about 15 feet...)

Here it is!

Now THAT'S a power chord!

Iknorite?
 
I'm not a huge RS fanatic (a few songs I loooove though) but really... Keith is pretty friggen' badass.

And getting schmucked with a Tele is not really something you want to happen.
 
It's like if a cricket bat and a sledghammer had a sharp, pointy, hurty babby.

I eexpect an orange tagarooni from kennywtelejazz for the above comment.

I've never been careful with my guitars, or cared if they were pristine.  I've always preferred the lived-in look.  That's one of the reasons i bought my first Telecaster in 1991 instead of a paper-thin Ibanez shredder.  It FELT more substantial.
I bought a '74 Tele specifically because the PO had played it for over 2 decades gigging regularly.  it's got beautiful wear-spots, has turned orange from the nicotine in bars, and has a life's worth of dings, cracks, and nicks.  The shiny "as new" models just don't seem as interesting.
 
PS.  luckily, my wife also appreciates "lived in," instead of choosing a younger, more handsome, man.