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Thread #34039   Message #457163
Posted By: GUEST,Karen
07-May-01 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Falling out of toilets
Subject: RE: BS: Falling out of toilets
Oww! Oww! Oww! God bless you, Mrs. Duck! That hurts just hearing about it!
I had a painful bathroom experience when my husband (okay, he was just my boyfriend at the time but...sssh!...don't tell anyone because we shared a bedroom!) and I went travelling through Great Britain and stayed at farm bed and breakfasts. We had to share a bathroom with several other guests. I was not the first to use the bathroom on that fatal morn which later proved my overthrow...literally. I got in the bathroom, took off my clothes and started the water running in the bathtub. The bathtub, by the way, was one of those claw-foot type and kind of high off the ground. So I'm holding the nozzle in my right hand (one of those hand-held type we Americans can't seem to get the hang of) and I climb over the high bathtub rim. Just as my second foot touches the bathmat it slides forward causing me to fall backward with my arms waving wildly in a vain attempt to balance myself. Mind you, I'm still holding the nozzle WITH the water running. So I land with a very large thump half in and half out of the bathtub. My legs are still in the bathtub because the back of my knees hit the rim and the rest of my naked self is lying on the floor....water is everywhere! It took me several attempts to unhook my legs as I was by this time laughing hysterically while trying not to make too much noise. I dried the room down as best I could, finally took my shower and got limped back to my bedroom when my boyfriend asked, "Did you hear that loud thump earlier?" I had to 'fess up and tell him the whole tale. I was bruised for the rest of our trip!