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I fell from a 40 ft ladder. (Original Post) Ptah 5 hrs ago OP
I was hoping that would be the punch line Walleye 5 hrs ago #1
Aim higher. bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #2
Whewwww. You had me worried for a second! niyad 5 hrs ago #3
Hope you have good health and medical insurance. multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #4
I don't know why, but this reminded me of an anecdote from my sister's extremely ugly divorce. Coventina 4 hrs ago #5
. irisblue 3 hrs ago #6
Perfect mysteryowl 3 hrs ago #9
I fell from a 40-foot ladder and broke my hip. But I'm ok now. Martin68 3 hrs ago #7
I figured you are alive since you are posting about it. mysteryowl 3 hrs ago #8
First rung from the bottom? lastlib 3 hrs ago #10
Absolutely worth a giggle. BarbD 3 hrs ago #11
I would have made it out of the house fine airplaneman 35 min ago #12
That's funny, Thank you Ptah. debm55 28 min ago #13

Coventina

(29,535 posts)
5. I don't know why, but this reminded me of an anecdote from my sister's extremely ugly divorce.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:15 AM
4 hrs ago

One of the things he insisted on getting in the divorce that he was especially aggrieved about was "his" ladder and "his" rake.
(He never used either, preferring sitting on the couch, smoking weed and playing video games.)

Anyway, my sister gave him both, but we chuckled about our hopes he would fall off the ladder and onto the rake.

on edit: grammar

mysteryowl

(9,096 posts)
8. I figured you are alive since you are posting about it.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:47 AM
3 hrs ago

That is always the first tell, the person is posting on DU. They must be functioning.



I think you got us all. I also think you posted that joke just so you could use this infrequently used emoji. (ha)


lastlib

(27,934 posts)
10. First rung from the bottom?
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 12:01 PM
3 hrs ago

Or the top?

I had a friend fall 35 feet off the roof of a house he was working on. Broke his cheekbone and both bones in his right forearm. He got metal hardware in both. It was kinda gruesome.

Six years ago, I fell off the back of a pickup truck and broke both bones in my lower leg. Got metal rods in both bones, wound up with arthritis in my ankle, messed-up circulation around the break, and still walk with a nasty limp.

Glad you're ok.

BarbD

(1,390 posts)
11. Absolutely worth a giggle.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 12:06 PM
3 hrs ago

And, humor is very appreciated in our current state of the union.

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