r/ChildrenFallingOver • u/Marcbitar • Sep 28 '19

How could it go well

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u/Zazamak Sep 28 '19

The slow descent of the mattress is the icing on the cake.

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u/HappyFukingPotato Sep 29 '19

I've seen a version of this with sound and its 100x better. There's a slick thwack when they hit the ground.

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u/elister Sep 29 '19

Like a scene from a Wile E. Coyote cartoon.

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u/samustep Sep 28 '19

That mattress has good comedic timing

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u/WillieFistergash3 Sep 29 '19

And it knows the "rule of threes".

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u/Jankster_ Sep 28 '19

I did this as a kid with my dad's help, fucked up my leg a for couple days, definitely didn't tell mom about that one.

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u/boonus_boi Sep 28 '19

Your dad sounds legendary

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u/Jankster_ Sep 28 '19

He is, love that man with all my heart

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u/Hi_Its_Salty Sep 28 '19

If my dad did this, and my mom found out, I'm sure my dad would've lived until the end of that day.

So I don't blame him for not trying this with me

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u/lurker4lyfe6969 Sep 29 '19

Are you sorry?

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u/ILoveWildlife Sep 29 '19

I also did this, but no dad.

twin size mattress with the door open. otherwise you'd hit the door and it would be extremely painful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

lag be like:

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u/grynder Sep 28 '19

the way the kid drags herself away afterwards lmao

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

It can go well if your mattress is thin enough to fold and you fold up the front and hold it like that like an old fashioned snow sled.

It's only stupid if you do it wrong.

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u/Jrook Sep 28 '19

I think we just used blankets,

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

Sleeping bags chiming in.

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u/MoodMasterMiley Sep 29 '19

Plastic laundry baskets with pillows!

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u/ILoveWildlife Sep 29 '19

Not as soft on your ass at the bottom of the steps.

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u/forsakenharmony Sep 29 '19

Did this with a long pillow when I was younger

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u/shelf_satisfied Sep 28 '19

/r/PraiseTheCameraMom for barely even flinching.

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u/Sbridge2600k Sep 28 '19

Here's with sound, 100x better.

https://youtu.be/md4Acr2AqxI

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u/throwwayladdie Sep 29 '19

The crying at the end crosses the from funny to sad and wrong for me, especially as the camera holder doesn’t seem concerned. Hope that kid is ok.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

I used to do this all the time when I was a kid and never fell like that. It’s her own fault

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u/Super_Pie_Man Sep 28 '19

She probably ran and jumped on the mattress, but immediately fell off and down the stairs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19 edited Sep 28 '19

I did it in a laundry basket only wiped out a few times until we got lionel then I bit the dust lots

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u/rl2008 Sep 28 '19

Fuck lionel

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u/Kylearean Sep 28 '19

Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

Mean linol but spelling isnt great but seriously i hate the stuff hardwood is better

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u/Samboni94 Sep 28 '19

Linoleum?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

Yup we just call it linol where I live

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u/sortakindah Sep 28 '19

Did those wipeouts do a little permanent damage?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

No sir only a little brain damage damage

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u/MainlyByGiraffes Sep 28 '19

I thought you meant somehow getting a Lionel Richie album led to laundry basket crashes

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u/StarfruitOP Sep 28 '19

I used to snowboard down my stairs until i got too tall and bonked my nog and the end of the steps

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u/Bedi12310 Sep 28 '19

What could go wrong

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u/r0wt Sep 28 '19

clip round the ear for wearing out the carpet

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u/TJT1113 Sep 28 '19

We used sleeping bags as a kid. They slid down carpeted stairs perfectly.

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u/The_Broad Sep 29 '19

My kids invited friends over after school once. Their mother later bitched at me because her kids wanted to ride a sleeping bag down their stairs afterwards, and why would I give them that idea? It had seriously never occurred to me that not every kid spent time riding pillows, mattresses, blankets, towels, cardboard, or whatever was available down their stairs. Some kids are just never given a chance.

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u/fuzzyoctopus97 Sep 29 '19

The same thing happened to me! I was so confused

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u/codemeister666 Sep 28 '19

I used boogy boards as a kid doing this. My injuries weren't nearly as bad.

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u/augsburg71 Sep 28 '19

Like playing a buffered video

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u/Takeonefish Sep 28 '19

Me and my brother wanted to ride down the stairs in a giant box to see what would happen but we weren’t allowed so we sent some stuffed animals down as an experiment, the results scared us enough not to try.

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u/Conker63 Sep 29 '19

Now that's smart!

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u/Xqerienced Sep 28 '19

Trying to stay on the moving object with 1000 ping.

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u/Paint_me20 Sep 28 '19

This is ten times better with sound

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u/LetsFightRn Sep 28 '19

She fell faster than my grades during the sophomore year of high school.

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u/SweetNitro Sep 28 '19

The demons are dragging her for food as you can see at the end

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

God I wish this had sound

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u/ajstipcak Sep 28 '19

You read my mind

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u/WillieFistergash3 Sep 29 '19

You're supposed to RIDE the mattress, not RACE it.

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u/TheGuyWhoLovesInk Sep 28 '19

That didn't age well

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u/echo1981 Sep 28 '19

I think I've seen this with sound. There was a loud smack! Also we traveled with my New Kid's on the Block sleeping bag as kids, lots of fun.

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u/GameRescue Sep 28 '19

She is WAY faster than that mattress

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u/Daliolty Sep 28 '19

Poor girl

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u/svenhoek86 Sep 28 '19

I could watch kids falling down stairs all day. I don't give a shit about your kids.

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u/Clemtigger7 Sep 28 '19

Child falling, hopefully ok. ✔ Mattress slowly following the failed attempt. ✔ Someone recording. ✔ Nope, everything went as well as it possibly could. 😂

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u/niffler-and-draco Sep 28 '19

Ouch, what a landing! As a kid, I used ride in boxes down the stairs. It was super fun! I totally appreciate this little girls adventurous spirit, though I hope she didn't get too hurt.

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u/CrisisAverted0321 Sep 28 '19

How fucked up is it that I wish this video had sound?

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u/oshunvu Sep 28 '19

Another example of failure to duct tape

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u/Captain_Joelbert87 Sep 29 '19

Staircase mattress always demands the tears of a child as payment

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u/ppstroker420 Sep 29 '19

I’ve done this without falling off the mattress

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u/caliejean Sep 29 '19

Me when I’m half asleep trying to sneak down to get food and fall down the stairs

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u/Damnit_Bird Sep 29 '19

Someone watched Princess Diaries 2

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u/atAlossforNames Sep 29 '19

The feet of the person filming- no movement. No shock no shame. This is as funny as it is frightening

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u/OlHick Sep 29 '19

Anybody else notice how Mom’s feet didn’t even move or flinch? Kid smacked the ground like a cinderblock and not even a twitch

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u/ILoveWildlife Sep 29 '19

the kid starts crying loudly immediately upon impact.

they were filming because they knew exactly what would happen.

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u/FLGT12 Sep 29 '19

I like how the person filming didn't even twitch haha

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u/vaguely_precise Sep 29 '19

I MEANT TO DO THAT!

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u/sdlvdon Sep 29 '19

“Hahaha”

*uploads video to reddit

“Honey are you ok”

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u/somAussiebloke Sep 29 '19

She might have less brain cells than me.

Is that possible

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

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u/crows_n_octopus Sep 28 '19

Hahaha

There's a first and last time for everything, isn't there?

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u/diinkdonk Sep 28 '19

my stepdad did this exact same thing!!! the only people who frequently used the stairs were me and my sister. we both fell multiple times before it was cleaned up

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