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PITTSBURGHUnable 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, its 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, dont 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
brush
(53,833 posts)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)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.
Wounded Bear
(58,696 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,059 posts)But I laughed anyway.
ShazamIam
(2,575 posts)burning ritual during the darkest time of the year. Birth and bright lights are reminders.
Irish_Dem
(47,321 posts)for a laugh.