Live and Learn

[Russell Nash]

For the first time in my life I had my christmas tree fall over. 

Sometimes I need to be very American.  We bought a huge tree.  It hits the ceiling (9 feet) and is at least 7 feet wide, but it's really lopsided.  All of its weight is to the front.  I had just finished refilling the water, naturally, and over it went nice and slow.  At least it only had the lights on it.  My son and I were waiting until after we picked up my daughter to do all of the decorations.

It's now attached to the wall.  I'll always do that now.  Oh well, live and learn.

[Zathras]

Any injuries or damages?

[Russell Nash]

No, it was a slow gentle fall.  Since it's so wide it was kind of like watching a lopsided ball roll to a stop.  My boy was on the couch on the other side of the room and just watched it go.  I haven't sealed the wood floors yet, so the water got in the crack and soaked into the wood a little bit.  It looks like they'll dry fine, so no harm done.  It would have been funny if I didn't have to figure out how to clean up the mess and put it back up with only a five year old to help.

[jrderego]

For the first time in my life I had my christmas tree fall over. 

Sometimes I need to be very American.  We bought a huge tree.  It hits the ceiling (9 feet) and is at least 7 feet wide, but it's really lopsided.  All of its weight is to the front.  I had just finished refilling the water, naturally, and over it went nice and slow.  At least it only had the lights on it.  My son and I were waiting until after we picked up my daughter to do all of the decorations.

It's now attached to the wall.  I'll always do that now.  Oh well, live and learn.

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

[Russell Nash]

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

By the time I looked over it was halfway gone.  I was concentrating more on not saying every word that came to mind.  A five-year-old repeats everything.

[Raving_Lunatic]

 

Once my entire house fell over. But that's another story.

[Zathras]

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

By the time I looked over it was halfway gone.  I was concentrating more on not saying every word that came to mind.  A five-year-old repeats everything.

It's like living with a parrot!

[jrderego]

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

By the time I looked over it was halfway gone.  I was concentrating more on not saying every word that came to mind.  A five-year-old repeats everything.

It's like living with a parrot!

LOL, indeed.

[Russell Nash]

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

By the time I looked over it was halfway gone.  I was concentrating more on not saying every word that came to mind.  A five-year-old repeats everything.

It's like living with a parrot!

LOL, indeed.

And the less you want them to pick something up, the more likely they are to do it.

[Zathras]

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

By the time I looked over it was halfway gone.  I was concentrating more on not saying every word that came to mind.  A five-year-old repeats everything.

It's like living with a parrot!

LOL, indeed.

And the less you want them to pick something up, the more likely they are to do it.

And say it at the worst possible time and place.

[jrderego]

Did you yell "Timber!"

I always do when the cats get our to topple over.

By the time I looked over it was halfway gone.  I was concentrating more on not saying every word that came to mind.  A five-year-old repeats everything.

It's like living with a parrot!

LOL, indeed.

And the less you want them to pick something up, the more likely they are to do it.

And say it at the worst possible time and place.

And often the funniest -

When my son Ian was 3 he asked for my mother, his grandmother, to "pass the goddamn gravy" at Thanksgiving Dinner. We reenact this every year now.

[Bdoomed]

Once my entire house fell over. But that's another story.

do tell

[FamilyGuy]

Once my entire house fell over. But that's another story.

Did the tree stay upright?  ;-)