Stairs Freestylin’
March 23rd, 2006 12
How cool am I? (By the way, this is a rhetorical question, I don’t expect an answer cos I already know). Last night I bravely dived all the way down the stairs. With no thought of my own safety, I heroically lunged down what must have been about 100 steps.
Ok, back to reality. Last night I fell down the stairs. But as Matt pointed out I did the classic ’slide’ manoeuvre instead of the more deadly ‘tumble’. Yeah, so, I’m a bit banged up but nothing I can’t handle (at this point I want ladies to my left for sympathy and dudes to my right for high-fives).
Are there more ways of falling down stairs? In fact it doesn’t have to be stairs, it could be any household obstacle. Have I accidentally invented the coolest new sport since extreme championship dominoes? I mean I’m not recommending you try this one at home kids, unless like me you have Elly to catch you. But I think there may be potential for this sport at the Olympics. Keep an eye out for it.
12 Comments (+0 in the moderation queue).
#1 On March 23rd, 2006 at 9:56 am Starberri said...
Aw dude, are you ok?
/sympathy.
Eejit!!
#2 On March 23rd, 2006 at 10:01 am kris said...
Dude,
Have you considered the fact that now you have your own place there is absolutely nobody to tell you that you cant put every mattress in the house on the stairs and play the much safer and bouncy diving game????
#3 On March 23rd, 2006 at 10:06 am Paul said...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - what a pratt!
Personally, I require photographic proof (ala Flickr) before you get any sympathy out of me!
I also require some, any form of response from my friends back home, but that is sadly lacking too…
#4 On March 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 pm kris said...
Whose this Paul fella????
#5 On March 23rd, 2006 at 3:16 pm Ross said...
Hope your ok after your tumble!
This lass at our houses slipped and bum slid down the stairs. When she landed, we looked on with grave seriousness, until a the her whimpering turned out to be mildly contained laughter, at which point we relaxed, and then laughed for longer than was needed, which she made clear by stopping laughing abruptly.
Anyway does a bum slide from top to bottom count as falling?
#6 On March 23rd, 2006 at 4:44 pm Jon said...
Ross: Yeah, I’ll survive, although I feel like i’ve been training with AJ (if you don’t know AJ, he’s the guy with all the trophies and can jump tall buildings in a single bound). I like the bum to stair method you mentioned, I’ll have to give it a go next time I’m feeling a bit frisky.
#7 On March 23rd, 2006 at 7:05 pm Dominique said...
Jon, when I was about 9 my cousin Al & I used to race one another down the stairs head first like that so from me you get a giggle but no sympathy
We had to be about that age I suppose, the staircase isn’t wide enough for 2 anymore… I wonder what made it shrink?
#8 On March 24th, 2006 at 11:14 am Jon said...
Minn Yeah, we used to do that n all. If you remember we were doing that at P&K’s in the summer.
#9 On March 25th, 2006 at 12:43 am Dominique said...
indeedy!!
i’d forgotten about that
though i only recall you and… was it Hann? crawling down the stairs.
I’m spending the afternoon with the twins tomorrow so i may check whether they’v tried it too (knowing them, yes!!)
And if it’s dry, bring on the trampolining!!
Fave game: ‘crack the egg’
#10 On March 25th, 2006 at 6:29 pm Matt said...
To be honest the thought of Elly trying to catch you is funnier than you flying down the stairs. If she hadn’t seen you coming we would’ve had to wipe her off you with a rag.
#11 On March 27th, 2006 at 3:09 pm Han Kemp said...
haha…now that IS a funny thought! i do remember crawling down the stairs at polly and keiths…my trousers started to fall down a bit! how embarrasing!
#12 On May 2nd, 2006 at 8:07 pm Darja said...
Well acutally I was looking for advice about what to do if someone pushes you down the stairs and embarrass yourself in front of 50 people, and I found this site. So I just want to say, I hope you’re okay. And like you I also sort of fell/ slid down the stairs.