You shouldn't laugh but...

eirebhoy · 04-10-2007 07:27PM #1

...just can't help yourself.

I was walking by the luas stop at Stephens Green earlier and it was very busy. Out of the blue a middle aged man in a suit trips over the path in the middle of everyone. He was doing everything to keep himself up and it must have been the slowest fall I've ever seen. 2 people were to his aid straight away. Someone behind me burst out laughing and half the people around me were trying to hold in their laugh. I spent the entire walk home pretending to bite my nail to hide the smile.

I can only imagine if I was closer to him and had to pick him up because I wouldn't have been able to help myself laughing in his face.

NoQuarter · 04-10-2007 07:31PM

yeah im the same i find this sort of thing ridiculously funny to the point where im crying laughing!!

some poor woman walking towards me and 3 of my mates on grafton street before, fell about one meter in front of us, i reckon it was the sorriest day of her life, i was in hysterics!

TPD · 04-10-2007 07:52PM

Best part of a night out can be watching people try (read: fail) to walk home.

Clare Bear · 04-10-2007 07:56PM

eirebhoy wrote:

...just can't help yourself.

I was walking by the luas stop at Stephens Green earlier and it was very busy. Out of the blue a middle ages man in a suit trips over the path in the middle of everyone. He was doing everything to keep himself up and it must have been the slowest fall I've ever seen. 2 people were to his aid straight away. Someone behind me burst out laughing and half the people around me were trying to hold in their laugh. I spent the entire walk home pretending to bite my nail to hide the smile.

I can only imagine if I was closer to him and had to pick him up because I wouldn't have been able to help myself laughing in his face.

You're going to hell

Actually I find most things hilarious but one of them isn't people falling over, I always cringe and feel sorry for them.

stepbar · 04-10-2007 07:57PM

eirebhoy wrote:

...just can't help yourself.

I was walking by the luas stop at Stephens Green earlier and it was very busy. Out of the blue a middle ages man in a suit trips over the path in the middle of everyone. He was doing everything to keep himself up and it must have been the slowest fall I've ever seen. 2 people were to his aid straight away. Someone behind me burst out laughing and half the people around me were trying to hold in their laugh. I spent the entire walk home pretending to bite my nail to hide the smile.

I can only imagine if I was closer to him and had to pick him up because I wouldn't have been able to help myself laughing in his face.

I seen it and it wasn't really that funny :rolleyes:

Terry · 04-10-2007 07:59PM

eirebhoy wrote:

...just can't help yourself.

I was walking by the luas stop at Stephens Green earlier and it was very busy. Out of the blue a middle ages man in a suit trips over the path in the middle of everyone. He was doing everything to keep himself up and it must have been the slowest fall I've ever seen. 2 people were to his aid straight away. Someone behind me burst out laughing and half the people around me were trying to hold in their laugh. I spent the entire walk home pretending to bite my nail to hide the smile.

I can only imagine if I was closer to him and had to pick him up because I wouldn't have been able to help myself laughing in his face.

Those people from the middle ages are always doing funny things.

Kintarō Hattori · 04-10-2007 08:06PM

Terry wrote:

Those people from the middle ages are always doing funny things.

Ha Ha. I'm eating Terry and you made me laugh, nearly choking myself in the process. Thanks!

eirebhoy · 04-10-2007 08:07PM

stepbar wrote:

I seen it and it wasn't really that funny :rolleyes:

Chocolate is not very nice.

/ I can't stand that rolleyes icon.

Rhyme · 04-10-2007 08:12PM

Terry wrote:

Those people from the middle ages are always doing funny things.

Suits of armour make such a racket though. Tch.

Karoma · 04-10-2007 08:43PM

eo980 wrote:

...I'm eating Terry and you made me laugh, nearly choking myself in the process. Thanks!

Uh... Keep it clean.

Sonnenblumen · 04-10-2007 08:48PM

eirebhoy wrote:

...just can't help yourself.

I was walking by the luas stop at Stephens Green earlier and it was very busy. Out of the blue a middle aged man in a suit trips over the path in the middle of everyone. He was doing everything to keep himself up and it must have been the slowest fall I've ever seen. 2 people were to his aid straight away. Someone behind me burst out laughing and half the people around me were trying to hold in their laugh. I spent the entire walk home pretending to bite my nail to hide the smile.

I can only imagine if I was closer to him and had to pick him up because I wouldn't have been able to help myself laughing in his face.

Somehow it doesn't surprise me.:eek:

FlutterinBantam · 04-10-2007 08:57PM

stepbar wrote:

I seen it and it wasn't really that funny :rolleyes:

I saw it ..and it still wasn't funny:rolleyes:

slinky · 04-10-2007 09:01PM

I remember on a night out someone tripping on a path, doing a spectacular head over heels outside the Central Bank and ripping his lovely new jeans and knee haha...oh wait that was me:o

stepbar · 04-10-2007 09:05PM

FlutterinBantam wrote:

I saw it ..and it still wasn't funny:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

johnnyrotten · 04-10-2007 09:09PM

eirebhoy wrote:

Chocolate is not very nice.

/ I can't stand that rolleyes icon.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Jesus Wept · 04-10-2007 09:48PM

I rarely find it funny to see someone trip or fall over, I just don't get it, seems to be the most humerous thing in the world to a lot of folk though.

_blank_ · 04-10-2007 09:58PM

It's funny when young children fall on their arses and then bounce back up off their nappy.

Pepe LeFrits · 04-10-2007 10:02PM

eirebhoy wrote:

I can't stand that rolleyes icon.

I like it, it identifies over-users of it as spastics.

Cheeky_gal · 04-10-2007 10:04PM

oh! :rolleyes:

btw! :rolleyes:

p.s! :rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

RandolphEsq · 04-10-2007 10:17PM

I find it so funny when people trip, especially those little niggly trips where the person stumbles a bit. It happens to so many people around college and I laugh out loud every time

dade · 05-10-2007 02:40PM

was watching the news last night on RTE they where doing a report about the M50 roadworks and they cut to the mad cow roundabout showing the state of it and in the back ground you see this workman tripping over the kerb. he turned back to look at the camera and verything after falling

xzanti · 05-10-2007 03:29PM

BrightEyes wrote:

I find it so funny when people trip, especially those little niggly trips where the person stumbles a bit. It happens to so many people around college and I laugh out loud every time

Yeah and then act almost like they meant to do it.. So funny..

I do it all the time

letterman · 05-10-2007 03:36PM

And beyond the point that some juveniles find it funny when other people fall over, is there actually any point to this thread ????

KTRIC · 05-10-2007 03:42PM

DUh, Man fall down

F**king childish to be honest, falling on concrete can be very painful and some older people can really do some proper damage to themselves.

Some of the people in this thread would want to get a bit of cop on.

MOH · 05-10-2007 04:13PM

letterman wrote:

And beyond the point that some juveniles find it funny when other people fall over, is there actually any point to this thread ????

Yeah, where's the football in the groin?

Wacker · 05-10-2007 04:46PM

KTRIC wrote:

DUh, Man fall down

F**king childish to be honest, falling on concrete can be very painful and some older people can really do some proper damage to themselves.

Some of the people in this thread would want to get a bit of cop on.

Laughing is an involuntary response. People do not choose to laugh, so judging people for what they find funny is totally unfair.

Hellm0 · 05-10-2007 04:54PM

I remember the jacks in work were out of order, I went out for a smoke and came back in to use them. Having seen my boss leave to use the head before I left, when I went in and saw the second cubicle was used I knew it was him. I just knew.

Anyway, without going into too much detail, durin the "act" of delivering "the package", a few stray sounds/stenches were released by myself. All I heard from the cubicle next to me was sounds of uncomfortable silence and then a quick race to get the hell out of there.

The whole time I had to bite my lip to prevent from cackleing maddly. Bwahahaha

Blowfish · 05-10-2007 05:22PM

letterman wrote:

And beyond the point that some juveniles find it funny when other people fall over, is there actually any point to this thread ????

No, but at least Terry's and Karoma's comments made it mildly worthwhile.

eirebhoy · 05-10-2007 06:12PM

letterman wrote:

And beyond the point that some juveniles find it funny when other people fall over, is there actually any point to this thread ????

I think I regretted opening this thread as soon as I did. It was pretty pointless alright but it was the strangest fall I've ever seen.

Anyway, todays walk home was also mildly eventful. The 48A grinded to a hault at the junction of Mount street (and whatever that road is called on which the Mont Clare hotel is). It couldn't have happened at a worse place and time on the route. Blocking off 2 roads in the rush hour traffic. I'd love to know how long it was there for (at least 5 minutes) but I can only imagine how the bus driver was feeling. A friend of mine is only driving buses 2 weeks now so I can just picture him in that situation.

SpAcEd OuT · 05-10-2007 06:54PM

MOH wrote:

Yeah, where's the football in the groin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SavGO0CquDQ&mode=related&search=

NUTLEY BOY · 05-10-2007 07:24PM

Accidental trips and falls can be utterly hilarious because they are like to the best of the old art form of slapstick comedy. I reckon that the element of the unexpected happening entirely out of context is what makes this so funny.

I remember the superviser at my Leaving Cert maths paper 1 falling over and rightly snotting himself off the floor. I nearly herniated myself holding in the giggles but it seemed to break the tension and relax me. When is the last time that you laughed in a maths exam ? I got a B !

On the other side don't presume that falls are just funny episodes as they can be caused by many things of a medical nature that can strike with no warning and that might need rapid intervention once it is clear that it is not just a trip.

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