AIBU?
flutterbee · 07/02/2007 10:44
LOL what I really love is when they try desperately not to fall over, and either run forward a bit and land head first or legs and arms get thrown around and they just end up on their backsides. LMAO!!
My DH thinks I'm mean but I just can't help it, I totally expect people to laugh at me when I fall over and break into the football chant "she fell over. She fell over"
mytwopenceworth · 07/02/2007 11:00
depends.
I think it's funny if someone has been pratting about and they come a cropper. Show-offs who get their comeuppance is always amusing! (unless they are seriously injured, then although I may still think it's their own fault, I wouldn't be giggling while the paramedics are working!)
I don't think it's funny if it's a small child. I do not understand how someone can laugh at those you've been framed things when it is a little one being hurt or scared or upset.
Nor do I find it funny if someone is just going about their business and has an accident.
WigWamBam · 07/02/2007 11:01
You'd have laughed like a drain at me last Friday then, flutterbee. I bet the workmen who picked me up and stopped dd's hysterical crying thought it was hilarious as well.
Shame about the cracked rib and bruised legs, and the fact that I still can't walk without pain but hey, at least it brightened someone else's day.
karenj1980 · 07/02/2007 11:08
I'm always falling over. Two weeks ago I fell onto someones head on the Train [embarrassed]
I was too busy playing on my phone when the train turned a corner and I fell over onto the guy that was sitting on the floor.
Even worse, I couldn't get up. So my ladie bits were on his head!!! I asked is your head alright lol
Lady passenger had to help me up.
Of course I laugh at people falling over but not a week goes by when I don't fall over something
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marriednotdead · 26/06/2010 21:01
I may be growing up as the last time I saw someone fall, I actually checked if she was ok. She was sprawled out face down on ice, and I felt her pain & embarrassment.
However, some years ago I had just emptied my suitcase and went to step over it, caught a foot on the inside straps and landed face down like a starfish in the middle of my lounge
DD was the only witness fortunately, but still talks about it.
Happybutknackered · 26/06/2010 21:11
I can't help but laugh too but the funniest thing I've seen is when FIL walked into a patio door on holiday with a cup of coffee in his hand - then he did it again a couple days later, this time with a pint of lager. I had to go off into the bedroom to laugh cos no one else seemed amused but I just couldn't help it (grin)
starsareshining · 27/06/2010 00:24
I laugh whether it's an adult or a child. I just cannot help it. I also laugh at myself even if I'm alone. I have fallen over and then been loudly laughing for a few minutes afterwards.
I don't always laugh if my son falls over but I would say that I do find it funny unless it looks as though he'll be really hurt. I try not to outwardly laugh at him because he doesn't like it.
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