It’s inevitable: what is up is meant to come down; even if this “law of gravity” is proclaimed for no other reason than my pure individual enjoy! Many would call me “cold-hearted” or “evil” but I say we all have our qwerks—this is just one of mine! You see, and I’m not ashamed to admit it, I find it completely, utterly, absolutely hysterical when I see someone fall! I even find it funny when I fall myself! The winter season creates thorough enjoyment for people who are amused by others falling; ice and bad tread on shoes is a recipe for a slippery disaster!
Over the weekend I went my husband and some of our friends to a Wine and Chocolate tour. Although, the event in itself was an amazing time, the best of our laughs came from the icy mess that was blanketed upon Western New York. As we were packing the van for our trip to Seneca Lake, Sean and I were loading the cooler full of snacks into the car—as we were stepping off the porch Sean started to slide and immediately I broke out into laughter. Although, he managed to say on his two feet the mere thought of him plummeting to the ground was enough for a good chuckle. (This “mishap” is what turned into a weekend debauchery of him and the others making fun of me for my little “qwerk!”)
As the snow continued to fall at rapid pace people all around were falling as well—AMAZING!! It’s as if people don’t know that the best way to walk on sheets of ice is to walk slow and steady. (Someone should really clue them in!) Because I got the “giggles” each time someone would start to slip and slid on the shiny surface my friends would continue to harass and taunt me for it! It got to the point where my friends wanted to push me just so I’d fall.
Well, as we were leaving one winery I took a different path on the sidewalk because I knew the one I had used to enter was quite slippery. Just as I got to the end of the path my feet began to slip and slide and down I went. This time I’m not sure what made me go into hysterics more, my fall or the extremely loud, obnoxious, noise that came from the lady walking behind me. She made a very loud, OOOOOOOOOOOOOO noise, almost as if she was falling with me! The funniest part of this whole fall was that we were leaving the winery in such a rush because their bathroom was out of commission and Kelli and I had to pee horribly bad! (Needless to say, the fall was not helping my bladder!) After I get up Kelli and I are laughing and running when we both almost slip again—this causing our laugh to get a bit uncontrollable. Once we manage to slide back into the van her husband notices that in the midst of our “almost fall” she dropped her tour ticket so he jumps out of the van to retrieve it.
As Mike is chasing her ticket across the parking lot, which now looks like a frozen pond, the ticket is blowing side to side through the mixture of wind and snow. He is at a dead sprint chasing this ticket past a bus, limo, and cars. As we are cheering him on and the bus load of wine goers is cheering him on he finally prevails and gets the ticket!—the entire time I’m laughing, clinching my legs together so I don’t have an accident, laughing some more, and then laughing more at the thought of him falling. (All while hoping and wishing that he does!)
I swear I’m not mean! We all have things that make us laugh, things that others don’t find funny—for me its people who curse the law of gravity. Whether it’s watching Wipeout, America’s Funniest Home Videos, or stranger on the street, when someone falls it’s just absolutely comical. So next time you see someone take a plunge for the ground, have a laugh and think of me because although others will judge you for your crude humor I’ll be laughing alongside of you!
:o) Brit
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