Real-life slapstickFact: When someone walks into a lamp-post it makes a very satisfying and hugely hilarious "Ding!" noise. However, it is not quite so funny when the post is in the middle of town and you are the victim. Tell us about hilarious prat-falls.
Thanks to Bob Todd for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 12:07)
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Ad Lib SupermanWe were once hiking cross-country, descending a mountain in New Mexico, when our progress was halted by the presence of a cliff. The cliff wasn't terribly tall - maybe 15 feet - but the slope below it was steep, and littered with boulders, agaves, and cactuses (plus a lone pine tree). To fall would be dangerous - it would mean being battered on stone, or maybe shish-ke-bobbed alive.
Leaping down the cliff wasn't an option, so my mates began picking out a route to the left. I whined and whined - too dangerous! I started picking out a route to the right.
Suddenly I lost my footing. I was falling! I had just one option - to try and reach the lone pine tree standing away from the cliff. So, as I fell, I pushed my feet against the rock and leaped like Superman over my mates' heads. And it worked - I landed in the tree, and excepting a minor scratch, I was safe.
My mates thought I was being overly-dramatic: a hectoring and heedless safety diva.
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