This morning I fell on my ass coming out of my house

[LibraLiz1973]

I was coming out the door with my hair wet and my purse flying all over the place and I missed a step.. next thing I knew I was falling down and sliding toward the MAIN ROAD that sits in front of my house. During rush hour.

Good news is I stopped myself. Bad news is I was hugely embarrassed. On the up side, no real injuries to report
except a big ol scrape on my elbow.


Anyone else have a fall story to tell?

[radfringe]

1. fell on an icy sidewalk that had an incline

slid down towards busy intersection of traffic, managed to grab a newpaper machine and stopped just in time

[LibraLiz1973]

3. Yowza! I'm glad you saved yourself

It's scary isn't it?

As it was happening all I could think was "Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me. HOW EMBARRASSING!"

[skygazer]

2. My most embarassing fall

I was working at a greyhound track and one of my dogs fell during the race. He was fine but I had to go down to the stretch to get him. The lights were still on, the finish line was still lit and here I go walking along in front of the grandstand with 5000 people watching feeling all smug. As I walked, I let the leash run through my hand but it was a short leash and plopped down onto the ground.

So I leaned forward as I was walking to grab it and the dog moved ahead. I reached and fell flat on my face full in the light of the finish line. I've alwasy wondered if they have a photo-finish image of that somewhere.


Oh, I take that back! My MOST embarassing fall was at my dad's wedding. I was sitting on a stool with my heels hooked over the rung. I reached for my drink, the stool began to tip, I couldn't disentangle myself and I ended up flat on my face on the dance floor.


Why are you making me relive this. :cry:

[LibraLiz1973]

4. Awww Sky!!

I sorry!!


I just wanted to know if other people have been as embarrassed as I was this AM.

[texas1928]

5. My junior year of high school...

It was my first year in a wheelchair. At one of the pep rallies for our football teams game. I was on stage ( I was in the band) and one of the drummers thought they would lean on the back of my chair. Well needless to say, that pressure on my chair sent me over backwards. I tried to catch myself, but in doing so I knocked over two tubas and three base drums. The auditorium went dead quiet, and as the last drum went thud, I hit the floor and out loud said "FUCK". The pep rallies in town are broadcast on the local AM station(it was a town of 3000). Everyone in town listening to the pep rally on the radio heard that. I get home from school and my mother looks at me and says "I heard what you said on the radio."

[skygazer]

8. Oh my god, I can just see that

It reminds me of the rehearsal for the school musical at my high school when the director backed up too far on the stage and fell into the orchestra pit. Unfortunately, it was NOT on the radio.

[texas1928]

10. Once I explained what happened, my mother just said use a better word.

I still hear about it from people to this day.

[LibraLiz1973]

9. Texas!!

Thank you for sharing- the funny thing is your mom telling you she heard what you said!!

Did you get in trouble?

[texas1928]

12. No did not get in trouble.

Got told to use a better word next time. I thought FUCK was appropriate for the situation.

[LibraLiz1973]

14. I wonder what the better word would have been?

DARN!

Shucks!

Whoopsidaisy!!!


I agree, Fuck was THE word right then.

I yelled SHIT as I was going down this morning.

[texas1928]

16. My Great great great grandfather...

When he was a kid, they moved the outhouse. But it got to late and they did not have time to cover the old hole. well in the middle of the night he gets up and goes to take care of nature. Well in his sleepy state, forgets they moved it. And falls in the old hole. He can not get out. So he starts screaming FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! Everyone in the house comes running out and finds him in the hole. They asked why he yelled FIRE. He looks at them and said "well I did not think you would come out if I yelled SHIT."

True story, my GGGGrandfather was in the Army during the Indian wars. He got land for his service.

[Rising Phoenix]

6. oh god

I had a chorus recital in 9th grade....we had to wear a black skirt, white button down shirt, black tights and black shoes....while running down my sloped driveway to my ride I slipped in those damn black shoes and went head first down the driveway....bloood on my shirt, my thights rippped...a mess... I had to go to my friend's house and borrow a shirt and tights and the recitale sucked...don't you love 9th grade....

[LibraLiz1973]

11. now THAT sucked

Ah, 9th grade

[texas1928]

15. Wrong spot.

Whoops

[redqueen]

7. Glad that wasn't worse, and that you're ok...

I busted my ass last week, after polishing some furniture and apparently not putting enough newspaper down around the table, so the floor was slick. Came around the corner later that night (after warning my kids that the floor was slick, so they should be careful) and BAM!

The best part is that I reached out and grabbed the closest thing on the way down, which was our cd/dvd rack... so that came down and gave me a good bruise on my upper arm... and I ended up with a lap full of cds and dvds and assorted knicknacks I had on there. Lovely.

[LibraLiz1973]

13. Ouch. Grabbing the rack and having things start falling on you

must have REALLY sucked.

I was SO thankful my purse was closed this AM when I read your story, or I'd have had shit everywhere.