How is the best way to fall over?

'visualise'!

Kitty, I'm struggling to visual that scenario - do your stairs lead directly from the kitchen?

Neither jings! The best way to fall is to walk on wet carpets, step onto the tiled kitchen floor, feel the leading foot skid and then to fall backwards with one leg underneath one's bum, one arm flailing for the hand rail on the stairs, the ankle not being sat on turning over sideways and the back of one's head hitting the end of the stair rail that (mysteriously) wasn't there to grab!

The only upside to the whole experience was that there was no-one in the house to hear me howling and trying to stand up in a very ungainly and unladylike manner!

That's the best way to do it!!

I doubt if it's any consolation jings , but the fact that you were holding on to your bike probably stopped you putting your arm out to try to save yourself, thus risking your wrist.

Hope you & your DD aren't too achey and bruised!

So far I've been lucky. The pain went away on the rest of the way home. And I could soon breathe again.

ohh jingle bet your aching. Your is certainly more dramatic.

I fell at toddlers two weeks ago and dont you feel a right t*t. Have just managed to get my right arm above shoulder height to dry my hair... look a right state for two weeks.

At your DD, I mean.....Not you.

Ouch! jingl Hope you have some arnica gel in the fridge.

I think I'd have given those sixth formers a good slap for laughing.

Yours had more potential than DD's. Was he good looking? Hope your bruises are more colorful than painful.