How is the best way to fall over?

The best way to fall is to go a over t whilst visiting your father's plot at the cemetery! That way you can bash your knees, sprain your wrist and most spectacular of all break your two front teeth! This then means a visit to the dentist who will question you constantly whilst shoving instruments and gunk into your mouth in an effort to re-build the teeth! Fast forward a couple of months to an attempt to open some particularly obstinate French doors. Get on the floor to push from the bottom and go flying out after the door and land on the slabs outside - yes, you've guessed it - breaking repaired front teeth again! This is one day before taking a flight to Delhi to meet up with DH for a holiday (DH was at the end of a business trip) an urgent appointment at the dentist gave a temporary fix!! As DS was getting married 6 months later M-of-groom needed a camera-worthy smile. To cut a VERY LONG story short - it took 4 months of painful dental work and £4,000 to fix the damage.
My view - there is no 'best' way to fall...

to all who have had falls.

I fell off a bus some years ago. There was a man having an argy bargy with the driver on the platform - the driver didn't see me and accelerated - throwing me off the bus and onto the pavement. I fell onto my coxis and no real harm was done. I rang 111 and discussed it with a clinician who said I was OK.

The hurtful thing though, was as I fell through the air, seeing passengers having a good laugh.

Another good way to fall is, on a wet morning, trip over the lip of the chicken run door frame, with both hands full, and fall full length into the muddy run in your PJ's and wellies, one of which will inevitably fall off.

At least my landing was squelchier softer than yours jingl though I bet you didn't smell as bad as I did?

Bet you're stiff and sore this morning.

My fall early July this year was similar to Katex's it was an unforgiving wall which stopped me. If I had not been holding my supper dishes in a tin tray in my right hand and not wanting to drop it so as not to waken my neighbours I would have had bilateral Colles fractures. Somehow I did not break my glasses but I ended up with a fabulous shiner and my eye closed. After a trip to A&E after a very uncomfortable night in bed I discovered that I had broken my 1st metatarsal R) foot. It could have been worse, it could have been my femur and needing surgery.

I have no desire to have a repeat performance and that was without alcohol which has not touched my lips for months!

I am trying very hard not to laugh at your post falconbird. Really I am.

joggingirl !!!!!

I have got the imprint of what must be the traffic island railing, in bright red wealds on my back. Not much pain though.

Regular occurrence for me. Worst was while undressing for bed, stark naked, turned to grab nightie and fell. Couldn't move, had to phone Gary the gardner to get dressings for my de gloving arm injury and lift me from the fall. Fortunately my mobile was in my bag next to my arm on the floor.

Galen

I fell on Thursday and my ankle is still swollen and tender but that is all. I have a terror of falling now that I am older.

Someone on the TV the other days said, in tones of great surprise, 'Some people even fall over their own cat!' He obviously doesn't have a cat!

It's that split second when you just know "this is going to be bad".

You try and stop yourself or carry out a damage limitation exercise usually resulting in even more damage.

Mind you every time I have ever fallen down it has been as a result of bloody high heels or too much wine

Hope you are okay jings

The other way to do it is to emerge from the passenger seat of car in front of the bank, catch trailing foot in strap of handbag and end up spread eagled on the road directly opposite the bus shelter presenting yourself as a target to all passing vehicles. I still shake rear foot to ensure it's handbag free rather like dog who's just been for a wee.

. (Shouldn't laugh)

JINGL - I don't mind if you have a laugh. There is something instrinsically funny about someone falling off a bus - don't know why.

Hope you are OK and hope the traffic island marks heal up quickly.

I do fear falling over especially in an embarassing position. I fell some years ago when I slipped on spilled milk from the cat's bowel. hit my head on the fridge and my glasses fell off. I was only in my 50s but suddenly felt old.

I am careful to be point of obsessive when out and about, but many accidents happen in the home. A friend was standing on a stool to put a picture up, slipped and broke her hip!!! Everyone who knows her never ever stand on anything to reach anything now.

There IS something funny about watching people fall over, and there is also a sort of shocked laugh that escapes without you meaning it.

We were in a cash and carry ages ago, the kind with shelves almost up to a high ceiling. Someone must have up above the ceiling working, because suddenly there was a crash and a pair of legs came through the plasterboard and dangled over the top shelf. No danger because the wide shelf was only a foot or so below the feet.

We burst out laughing, it was such a classic comedy situation, but a pair of nuns near us went into shock at our levity and tutted away at us.

(The legs and their owner were soon rescued and were none the worse)

I hope you meant the cat's bowl not bowel? The latter would involve the vet

I was coming downstairs without shoes or slippers when the phone rang and I hurried to answer it. Mistake! Slipped off the bottom step and did something to my foot - think I broke the little toe and the whole foot went black across the base of the toes. I promptly ordered a decent non-slip pair of slippers - why are they called that? I never discovered who was phoning so it can't have been worth breaking a toe for.

Galen I read my post again!!! it was only the bowl.

Phew so glad you've clarified that one Falconbird, I was feeling a bit sorry for the cat!
Glad I'm not the only one to have taken a tumble. We all deserve tlc and

So was i

I can't read this - it fills me with horror! I am terrified of falling again - it changed my life.

I feel very sympathies Jings.

However - I'm completely with jogginggirl - have your fall in a graveyard.

Nearly four years ago a great-aunt died in Cornwall. If any of you know Feock churchyard, you will know how steep and narrow everything is, and only the hearse was allowed down the hill.

We were all walking back from the grave in its beautiful plot overlooking the sea, when I caught my foot in a rabbit hole hidden by long grass. Down I went, broke my ankle and had to be carried back up the hill to the hearse by the pall bearers, then given a lift back up to the village and all the parked cars in the hearse. I spent the funeral tea smothered in ice from the ice buckets, and the next day in Truro hospital being laughed at.

Oh - that's definitely the best one yet janerowena - at least nobody saw me ... well, I don't think they did

I'm with you Luckygirl - I am terrified of falling but, sadly, I seem to do it quite often

I'm actually surprised to read these posts and how many of us fall - there I was thinking I was the only clumsy one

No, I have fallen every year since and broken two toes, and last year broke the other ankle!

But that also was in full public view, on a stupid invisible (no white edges) ramp outside Boot's! A lovely Asian family helped me to the Dr's, while all the Brits politely ignored me.