# Pammipoo takes a spill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pammipoo-takes-a-spill/91325 "2001-11-03T17:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pammipoo-takes-a-spill/91325/1 "2001-11-03T17:18:31Z")
Hey, if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can? I was on my way downstairs to get dressed for work, and my foot slipped on the top stair. I found myself tumbling down the flight (ok, it was only a half flight-6 stairs), and landed in a heap at the bottom. My sister was standing there, and she’s panicing. I was pretty much okay, except for my back. I screwed it up a few years back, and now it’s really sensitive. Falling down stairs doesn’t help any. So I had her call work, and I made my way to bed. I was all set to stay at home and veg, and then Bob called to tell me I didn’t have a choice, I had to go in to work. “The best thing to do is walk it off. You’ll be fine.” Ironically, the only reason I was even working to begin with was to cover him, because his wife hurt her kneee, and he had to stay home and take care of her. So I had to walk off the pain, but she got to be pampered. Makes sense. So I agreed to work last night, on the condition that I got the rest of the weekend off. I did the 45 minute train ride in misery, worked dinner, and then hid in the office for the rest of the night entering invoices into the computer. I still would have rather been sleeping. If I end up crippled, I’m suing them for making me come to work. Grr. How rude. Okay. Now it’s time for everyone to offer me sympathy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pammipoo-takes-a-spill/91325/2 "2001-11-03T17:32:21Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pammipoo-takes-a-spill/91325/3 "2001-11-03T17:36:50Z")
Poor dear! Would you like a big Nordic therapist named Jurgen to tend to you? We can arrange it! Feel better! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pammipoo-takes-a-spill/91325/4 "2001-11-03T17:56:39Z")
It’s good you weren’t hurt worse. Let’s hope all it is, is soreness. It’s the weekend, a good time to lounge in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pammipoo-takes-a-spill/91325/5 "2001-11-03T18:10:58Z")
Sorry **Pammy**! It’s hard to walk it off if you can’t walk right to begin with! (I mean, you fell down the stairs and all, right?😉 ) Anyways, sorry! Sympathy extended from here… BTW: next time you see this ‘Bob’ character, SMACK him upside the head and tell him Astroboy said to ‘walk it off’! :mad: