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AIBU?

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to thtink that no one ever tripped over their shoe laces?

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PyongyangKipperbang · 12/03/2018 14:48

My mother is obsessed with this! If you have a slightly trailing lace you must sort it out straight away lest it trip you up and break every bone in your body.

I have never, in almost 45 years on this planet, seen or heard of anyone tripping over as a result of an undone shoe lace!

AIBU to think that this is "a swans wing can break your arm" and "going out with wet hair gives you flu" territory?!

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UnicornRainbowColours · 12/03/2018 15:27

My laces were undone I’m assuming you realised that but I forgot to write that and it’s the point of the thread so I’ve added it lol

TabbyMack · 12/03/2018 15:28

I did when I was 12, and tore some ligaments in my leg.

OutyMcOutface · 12/03/2018 15:28

I’m I have. One steps on the undone lace and then trips when unable to life the other foot properly.

LadySainsburySeal · 12/03/2018 15:41

This is why I have Velcro fastenings on my trainers

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PyongyangKipperbang · 12/03/2018 15:41

I stand corrected, it is obviously far more common than I thought!

I do keep my laces tied but I mainly wear DM's with ridiculously long laces and even tying them around my ankles first, they still have a long bow. They are not trailing on the floor and are perfectly safe but she still gets panicky about them!

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safariboot · 12/03/2018 15:43

I've done it. Managed to not fall, but stumbled. It's kind of unlikely even with the laces totally trailing though.

Kirbs1979 · 12/03/2018 15:43

I've done it before but I also managed to stand on my own toe the other week (don't ask, I have no fucking idea how I managed it)

carryondoctor · 12/03/2018 15:45

I've done it too

Anniegetyourgun · 12/03/2018 15:46

I caught the loop of the lace on one boot on the cleat of the other boot, and measured my length on the pavement. Several people initially thought I was dead. I wasn't, but I caught my head a nasty bump and also skinned one elbow and the heel of the opposite hand. This was only a couple of weeks after I'd tripped the same way and twisted my finger, which has never been quite the same since (over 2 years ago now). The first incident I suspected the laces but an observer was sure I'd tripped on a loose slab, so I took their word for it. The second time it was definitely the laces. I not only tie them carefully now but tuck the loop under so there is nothing to catch. Haven't fallen over since (touch wood).

mikeyssister · 12/03/2018 15:47

I've also managed to get one foot caught in the big bow on my hiking boots and fell face first. So now big bows get tucked in as well.

UserThenLotsOfNumbers · 12/03/2018 15:47

You haven't met my husband then pyongyangkipperbang...!

Pinkvoid · 12/03/2018 15:47

I’m not ridiculously clumsy but even I’ve done this once or twice.

acornsandnuts · 12/03/2018 15:48

Mine got hooked in my other walking boot and I went arse over tit in the snow

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PyongyangKipperbang · 12/03/2018 15:49

Annie sorry that you hurt yourself so horribly bu I did laugh at....

"Several people initially thought I was dead. I wasn't," just to confirm you are not posting from the other side :o :o

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newmumwithquestions · 12/03/2018 15:49

I’ve done it several times.

NonnieMouse · 12/03/2018 15:50

Sadly the father of a boy in the year below me at high school tripped over his shoe lace and fell under the wheels of a lorry. It was horrific for the family. So I get very upset over undone laces with my kids.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 12/03/2018 16:00

Yes, it’s very common. And I would be very careful getting on escalators if you have long bows.

Lancelottie · 12/03/2018 16:06

A while back I was sitting impatiently waiting in the car for DD who seemed to be faffing interminably on the doorstep and mouthing inaudibly at me.

Turns out she'd trapped her dangling shoelace in the (locked) door and was firmly clamped to the threshold.

That'll learn her.

5foot5 · 12/03/2018 16:11

*Anniegetyourgun"

I know somebody else who had exactly that sort of trip, i.e. loop of one boot catching on cleat of the other and she broke her wrist in the resulting fall.

I am always careful know to double tie mine so that the loops aren't so long.

kerryweaverscrutch · 12/03/2018 16:12

Of course they do! One of my dc can fall over nothing at all, with trailing laces he wouldn't be able to stay upright at all.

mrswhiplington · 12/03/2018 16:16

I'm afraid they do. Especially children. I work in a school and have been stood in the playground and they have fallen flat on their faces in front of me. If I had a pound for every set of shoe laces I have tied I wouldn't have to work at the school.

thefirstmrsdewinter · 12/03/2018 16:19

Op it's the sort of thing that's so upsetting you do it once and (generally) never again. Double-knotting my laces is now such an ingrained habit for me that sometimes I do it while trying on shoes and don't notice until I'm taking them off a minute later.
Will also never again wear heels with wide-legged trousers. Caught my heel in the hem and fell on a flight of stairs.

thefirstmrsdewinter · 12/03/2018 16:20

Oh and have done the walking boot thing too! So I also tuck laces when necessary.

peoplearepeople · 12/03/2018 16:21

I've done this many times.

RosaBaby2 · 12/03/2018 16:25

Yep done it. Also had to help a little girl who had her shoelace swallowed by the bottom of an escalator in Ikea!

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