So very nearly much worse.
Pub. Toilets in basement. Tiny step up about 3 feet away from top of descending stairs. Misjudgement on my part. Relief at going straight to a crumpled heap on the ground rather than careening painfully to a crumpled heap at the bottom of aforementioned stairs. Relief turns to embarrassment as pub patrons find it quite amusing. Damn.
(Grobie, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 18:19, 1 reply)

Had something similar to this...
...except that it didn't actually result in slapstick, and is thus ineligible for this week's QOTW.

I was at the very top of a flight of stairs in a pub, after a couple of pints, and almost lost my balance when negotiating my way onto the top floor of the establishment. For a second or two I thought I was going to fall all the way down the stairs and land in an undignified heap at the bottom, but I didn't.

Then I turned and saw a waiter with a very heavily-laden plate in each hand, standing right behind me, nervously laughing in a 'Thank fuck for that' manner.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 19:40, closed)