# I fell eight  or nine feet

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-eight-or-nine-feet/719667
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 10, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-eight-or-nine-feet/719667 "2015-05-10T01:48:26Z")
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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-eight-or-nine-feet/719667/41 "2015-05-16T00:58:42Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I glued the pot back together today.

Glue sniffing pot fixer.

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### Author: ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-eight-or-nine-feet/719667/42 "2015-05-16T02:39:06Z")

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> [@AncientHumanoid](#):
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> Glue sniffing pot fixer.

Remember, **Johnny L.A.** is living in Washington State.

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### Author: ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-eight-or-nine-feet/719667/43 "2015-05-16T21:24:56Z")

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> [@StGermain](#):
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> Anyone else reminded of this [classic post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9192890&postcount=16) by the late **ChiefScott?** The original was posted some time around 2000 and is probably one of the reasons why I still pay for a membership.

Wow. Thank you for sharing that one. Wow.

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### Author: ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-eight-or-nine-feet/719667/44 "2015-05-17T00:54:18Z")

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Truth. 9 can kill. 8 is typically just a sprain.

> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Well, which one was it? 8 feet or 9 feet IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
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> The story is so lacking in details, how do we even know it happened.
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> Jan 2000, only 50,000 posts. I smell a troll.  
> Time to go see if you’ve posted this on a bunch of other message boards.  
> [obligatory “I’m joking” in case a humorless mod doesn’t think I’m kidding]  
> And just to be serious, you have to be careful. Doesn’t take much. I fell about 8 inches and ended up in surgery to fix the cartilage I tore.

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