On The One Hand...

[poliphilo]

Ailz dropped a pair of tights on the stairs. "Don't forget the pair of tights on the stairs," she said. "I won't," I said. A minute later I was going downstairs and trod on something soft and slippy and my feet went from under me and the papers I was carrying went up in the air as I grabbed for the bannister and somehow or other kept myself upright (though slanted) and avoided breaking my back. 

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Short term memory: lousy.

Comments

[samhain-punk.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad you weren't hurt.

I've slipped down an entire flight of stairs before and then just had to lie there for a bit while I tested that nothing was broken. Never been so happy to stand up on my own two feet in my life.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I fell off a loft ladder once- that was my closest brush with serious injury.

[veronikos.livejournal.com]

And then there was the bicycle into the bush thing.