It might be a consolation to Brendan (if he sees this) that I once saw the great Marcus and Karen Hilton take a tumble. It was in the late 80s at the European Championship in the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, when they had that ghastly parquet floor that used to trip a lot of people up. They bounced straight up and shot off again at their usual 30 mph (it was a quickstep) and of course went on to win.
Originally Posted by JohnCurry: “It might be a consolation to Brendan (if he sees this) that I once saw the great Marcus and Karen Hilton take a tumble. It was in the late 80s at the European Championship in the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, when they had that ghastly parquet floor that used to trip a lot of people up. They bounced straight up and shot off again at their usual 30 mph (it was a quickstep) and of course went on to win.”
Originally Posted by soulmate61: “ Freezeframe shows the tip of Brendan's right shoe connecting with the vertical wall of the second step with nowhere possible to go. Meanwhile his upper body was flying ahead and his lower body had to keep up or else.
With his right foot hemmed in by the second staircase step, Brendan's left foot had to provide forward and upward movement. However this left foot momentarily clipped the wooden ledge overhanging the top of the first step.
Brendan's lower torso for a splitsecond fell behind his upper torso which lunged forward and downward.”
Isn't that the classic (and rather detailed, if not forensic) description of what most of us would call "tripping up the stairs"?
Originally Posted by mossy2103: “Isn't that the classic (and rather detailed, if not forensic) description of what most of us would call "tripping up the stairs"?
I really didn't care for the amount of laughing we saw on ITT this evening. I actually don't think it's at all funny when people fall over. Never found bananaskin gags amusing.
Originally Posted by tortoiseperson: “I really didn't care for the amount of laughing we saw on ITT this evening. I actually don't think it's at all funny when people fall over. Never found bananaskin gags amusing.”
Originally Posted by tortoiseperson: “I really didn't care for the amount of laughing we saw on ITT this evening. I actually don't think it's at all funny when people fall over. Never found bananaskin gags amusing.”