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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:05 PM Dec 2021

'It Would Be So Easy,'Think 79% Of People Holding Ladders For Loved Ones Putting Up Christmas Lights

PITTSBURGH—Unable to resist thinking about the rare opportunity that lay before them, 79% of Americans holding ladders while a loved one put up Christmas lights reportedly took a moment Wednesday to consider just how easy it would be.

“All it would take is one small push, and boom, it’s over, just like that,” thought nearly 8 in 10 spouses, children, and siblings, their grips tightening as they watched a family member take one foot off the ladder to reach a distant hook upon which to hang a strand of lights.

“People fall off ladders all the time, don’t they? No one would suspect a thing, probably not even [the loved one] in the few seconds it takes to hit the ground and draw those last, labored breaths.”

At press time, sources confirmed every American holding a ladder for a loved one had decided against going through with it after realizing they would then be tasked with putting up the rest of the lights by themselves.

https://www.theonion.com/it-would-be-so-easy-think-79-of-people-holding-ladd-1848140409

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'It Would Be So Easy,'Think 79% Of People Holding Ladders For Loved Ones Putting Up Christmas Lights (Original Post) Zorro Dec 2021 OP
That got a few chuckles from me as I know I've shied away from climbing... brush Dec 2021 #1
Tell me about it Zorro Dec 2021 #2
Ok, that got a chuckle... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #3
LOL. That's dark, Onion. Wingus Dingus Dec 2021 #4
Suitable in a way since apparently our Christmas is based on an ancient pagan banish the dark fire ShazamIam Dec 2021 #6
Real life has become so ironic that The Onion has to go to the dark side Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #5
Heh Solly Mack Dec 2021 #7

brush

(53,833 posts)
1. That got a few chuckles from me as I know I've shied away from climbing...
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:11 PM
Dec 2021

ladders as I've gotten older. One false step is all it takes. And climbing down is more dangerous than going up.

Zorro

(15,749 posts)
2. Tell me about it
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:15 PM
Dec 2021

I was recently hauling 25 pound ceiling fans one-handed up a 14 foot ladder. I'll leave that to the young whippersnappers in the future.

ShazamIam

(2,575 posts)
6. Suitable in a way since apparently our Christmas is based on an ancient pagan banish the dark fire
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:58 PM
Dec 2021

burning ritual during the darkest time of the year. Birth and bright lights are reminders.

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