It's pure slapstick, Morning Star. Let me give you an example.
One of my friends, a middle-aged guy, was learning to read Tarot cards and asked if he could read for me. He warned me that I was going to have an accident at work. A couple of weeks later I was carring a large carton about half full of manilla folders, and so big that I couldn't see around it. I missed my footing at the top of the stairs and took a dive that would have scored at least an 8.5 at the Olympics. Fortunately the box crushed under me and I was unhurt.
So what was funny about that? My friend's reaction when I told him about it. He was so pleased! It may be the only thing he ever got right.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 1, 2017 5:43 PM MST
I cringe every time I witness someone hurting themselves in any way.......I've also had my share of knocks and falls working with my dad when I was little...:(
I can understand people laughing after the fact and if no one was actually hurt in any way......I've watched my dad fall if a Rubbish skip and his barrow chilled with concrete rubble land on top of him.......a really old lady rushed over to help him and her got up roaring with laughter with not a scratch on him........I still couldn't bare to laugh along with his and to this day still have that image of him falling imprinted in my head....... The rotter still laughs and delights in telling the story in front of me though.....lol
I had a spectacular fall in which I was slightly injured (broke a bone in one hand and collected some bruises and sprains) but it's too much to go into here. I'll make it my next blog post. Flying without wings.
Nothing extraordinary for myself but not too long ago Kids seemed to find it funny to put a banana peel on the floor and deliberately step on it so that they would fall on their butts, while all the rest of the kids stood around and laughed. They all thought it was funny... Funny? I don't think so...Stupid for sure
Well, once in high school, a boy fell in the lunchroom and landed with his face in a plate of chow mein. Some kids thought it was funny, but I have never been a fan of slapstick.Even as a child, I never laughed at cartoons that depicted anvils falling on Bugs Bunny, etc. I fell on my face six months ago and badly broke both my arms so I'm even less inclined to find humor in it.
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