Have you ever tripped or fell in public?

Question

and how did you recover...did you play it cool or cry like a baby?

I just play it cool...like 'wha'? I'm just breaking it down people...carry on.

but I did see a lady fall down once in a public place and she starting crying. I thought that was pretty clever...you've already got the attention...why not relish it?

Answer 1

Oh yes, I have. usually I try to make it look like "I meant that, I meant that, that's exactly how I wanted that to look" with a TADA and a flourish and such. There was one time I fell down badly and I was helped up by quite a nice young man and his friends. I left out the tada and just thanked them.

Answer 2

Agh...Yes! I was in Japan, and at that time it was like a huge obsession for me! Everyone Japanese was like a hero to me! So, I'm walking in Tokyo and lights are everywhere (this is at night) and there is just so much to see, and I'm walking down these steps, but I miss a step...Now Tokyo is the biggest city in the world so you can bet there were onlookers. One guy blurted out a loud but abrupt laugh, but that was all I heard. At that I started sweating profusely as I try to make my way back to my hotel room with as little clumsiness as possible. I nearly tripped again on a curb, though it wasn't a noticeable stumble. I finally got into my hotel room and just plopped onto my bed. I was so depressed that I instantly fell asleep. I tripped in front of my heroes! A lot has changed since then. I've realized that the country isn't "full of saints," as it were, but man that still traumatizes me to think about it...I remember...When I was walking down the steps, I looked up at a huge sign that was on a building, and that's why I missed the step. LOL I was so obsessed with just being there that I climbed up and just watched the trains go by for hours (before I walked down the stairs and tripped).

Answer 3

yep. Once I fell down and broke my right knee. it was only after working 6 straight 12 hr nursing home shifts (midnight turn) with barely no sleep and loaded up on caffeine and caffeine pills. Another time I fell in my front yard and twisted both my ankles. I need not chew gum and walk at the same time. Ive learned my lesson dont you think?

Answer 4

Yes, I have 2 bad knees and sometimes they just give out and I fall down. I just get up and try to pretend nothing ever happened. But its embarrassing to say the least! What is bad, I have to get back on my feet just like a cow, hind end first. Now That is embarrassing!

Answer 5

Back in the day, say 1983 when Boy George was cool (yeah I'm old :-p) I was singing his song "I Tumble For You" while pretending to "tumble"...well I did tumble and my skirt (jean wraparound skirt) flew over my head, exposing my underwear to the guys that were across the street from our high school. I was hoping they hadn't seen me fall etc, until I saw them put their notebooks over there faces while laughing, so I just dusted myself off and curtsied towards them, saying thank you thank you, and for my next trick.... grr lol

Oh yeah, and the time I borrowed my Step Dad's bike (without his knowledge) I was 13, and I rode around like I knew what I was doing and suddenly I wiped out....two kids yelled that too "oooh, Wipe OUT!" so I laughed, but I was red!

Answer 6

All the freaking time. I don't know why. Usually I'm with my sister. She points at me and laughs until she almost pees her pants. Nice girl hey? If the wipe out is really bad, I just lay on the ground for a while in embarrassment.

Answer 7

Yeah, quite a few times. When im drunk, i dont care but when im sober i get so embarressed!! But i guess i play it cool by just gettin up and walkin away - actually, just fell over infront of my new boyfriend the other day! shame!!

Answer 8

Yes, I did. I used to live in Alaska. I was running & only slipped & fell when some cars drove by.
I acted like nothing had happened...and limped the remainder of the way!

Answer 9

I tripped in front of a train in Los Angelas....but they stopped it in time and took away my LSD......when i realized i was lost in space, out of my mind and could not find my way back to it, I cried like a baby.....but the purple Paris Hiltons made it better......so now i'm like way cool.....trippy....but way cool.....from this incident i have never recovered....but then again, with all these Paris Hiltons, who in their right mind would want to?

Answer 10

I slipped and fell on ice right before getting up to the door of a bus. Everyone on the bus saw me. They were asking if I was hurt and I said "Just my pride." It hurt and I wanted to go back home, but I wanted to be brave, lol.