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., Thu 21 Jan 2010, 19:40, Reply)