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I SO nearly did that at the Con! I was looking at a huge Beymax (from Big Hero 6) and totally went off the curb. If my daughter hadn't grabbed my arm, I would have been in the gutter with this girl
Why do you think I started the thread?P.S. People falling down is the most hilarious thing in my world. I am apparently 'Forever 9'.
Oh my. That's hilarious. How I wish you had the footage!I wish I had footage of this incident to submit to this thread. Couple of years ago, was hitting a good stride one night on the treadmill, I usually walk/jog before going to bed, another sign I'm a permanent night owl I think..anyway, grabbed my ipod out of my shirt pocket to skip a song, dropped it, didn't think about where I was at, bent down to pick it up, right foot goes backward off the treadmill, while left foot goes sideways off the left side of treadmill. This all happens at 3mph which doesn't seem like much but it's pretty good gallop for my old arse. There was that split second where I realized what was going to happen, then my head slammed off the floor as I fell completely backward. By this time I'm laughing hysterically as I usually do during this type of event, I go to pull myself up and pull the box fan I keep on top of a table behind the treadmill off on top of me. The fan smacks me in the face. My wife, who had crashed out before I started walking, throws open the door of my den/exercise/computer room to see me lying on my back, box fan on my chest, and the tread mill still going at 3mph. I'm also still chuckling. My wife looks the situation over and says "Well, I thought you might have had a heart attack or something till I heard the laughing, then I knew you were still just an idiot." I replied that there was still time for me to change my beneficiary of my life insurance policy.... We both had a good laugh over that one. I conveniently left that story out when I got to work the next day in lieu of never hearing the end of it....
These were great! Just what I needed!
...I have forwarded a hard copy of this to your old squad room.....I wish I had footage of this incident to submit to this thread. Couple of years ago, was hitting a good stride one night on the treadmill, I usually walk/jog before going to bed, another sign I'm a permanent night owl I think..anyway, grabbed my ipod out of my shirt pocket to skip a song, dropped it, didn't think about where I was at, bent down to pick it up, right foot goes backward off the treadmill, while left foot goes sideways off the left side of treadmill. This all happens at 3mph which doesn't seem like much but it's pretty good gallop for my old arse. There was that split second where I realized what was going to happen, then my head slammed off the floor as I fell completely backward. By this time I'm laughing hysterically as I usually do during this type of event, I go to pull myself up and pull the box fan I keep on top of a table behind the treadmill off on top of me. The fan smacks me in the face. My wife, who had crashed out before I started walking, throws open the door of my den/exercise/computer room to see me lying on my back, box fan on my chest, and the tread mill still going at 3mph. I'm also still chuckling. My wife looks the situation over and says "Well, I thought you might have had a heart attack or something till I heard the laughing, then I knew you were still just an idiot." I replied that there was still time for me to change my beneficiary of my life insurance policy.... We both had a good laugh over that one. I conveniently left that story out when I got to work the next day in lieu of never hearing the end of it....
Worth every second!...I know it's not a "wipeout" but damn!.....
Oh, shi...............!
That's no way to treat Stephen King books!