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What are things that people step on and accidentally fall through? ~

Posted - September 9, 2021

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  • 16777
    Tiiiin roof! Rusted!
      September 9, 2021 12:44 AM MDT
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  • 44608
    Ice on a body of water.

      September 9, 2021 8:47 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    In NYC, we've had cases where people have fallen through subway grates in the sidewalk.
      September 9, 2021 9:42 AM MDT
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  • 10638
    Cracks.  Kids learn quite young to never step on a crack as it will result in some kind of spinal injury to a female progenitor.  Yet all too often you hear of people who've "fallen through the cracks".  (Hmm... that's probably why orthopedic surgeons are so rich.)
      September 9, 2021 12:18 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      How can shoes be rich?

    :|


    ~

      September 9, 2021 8:14 PM MDT
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  • 10638
    Bone surgeon; to fix a broken back.  
      September 9, 2021 9:28 PM MDT
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  • 53509

       Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?Huh? Huh?Huh? Huh?Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?My entire brain hurts now. NONE of this computes! Grrrrrrr.

    ~

      September 10, 2021 6:36 AM MDT
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  • 10638

    Uh-oh...  I think I broke him.   

    Now, before your mind explodes and I have to go into hiding, let me try to explain my humor  -

    You asked, “What are things people step on and accidently fall through”.  I replied, “Cracks”. 
    I KNOW you've heard the phrase, "Step on a crack break your momma's back".  A superstitious phrase that was used by many kids.  I simply reworded it - "Stepping on a crack will result in some kind of spinal injury to a female progenitor."

    Another common expression that I know you’ve heard is, "fallen through the cracks".  It’s especially common for those trying to get government assistance or an overdue unemployment check.

    Thusly, when you asked, “What are things people step on and accidently fall through”, I replied "cracks" (you didn’t stipulate that the occurrences had to occur simultaneously). 

    As for my postscript - Since everybody steps on a crack, one must assume that many mothers out there must have broken backs (you're not going to argue with superstition, are you?).  Now, if I Googled it correctly, an orthopedic surgeon is one who helps repair broken backs.


    There you go.  Clear as mud.

      September 10, 2021 1:48 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     


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      September 10, 2021 3:07 PM MDT
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  • 10638
    Nothing a good sponge bath won't cure.
      September 10, 2021 6:09 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Cue the music, lower the lights, quiet on the set, Randy D is about to perform!
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      September 10, 2021 7:00 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Ceilings (attic floor).  Yes, I've done it.......... my leg ended hanging from the closet ceiling.   All I could do was laugh for about 10 minutes.  I screwed a piece of plywood over the hole until the next time I painted.
      September 9, 2021 3:04 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    When I moved into my first house, one of the first things I did was put a plywood floor in the attic.
      September 9, 2021 5:27 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I had my attic floored too.  But I accidentally stepped off of the floored part.  My daughter was at the bottom of the ladder.  She wet herself laughing.  I will never forget that.  The laughing memories are so special now. 
      September 9, 2021 11:07 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    Those skylight glass apertures on the tops of buildings.
      September 10, 2021 3:13 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Who goes on a roof and steps on those?
      September 10, 2021 3:16 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    Careless construction workers and drunk idiots at 1 am.
      September 10, 2021 3:18 PM MDT
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