Can falling down the stairs really kill you?

I get it if you're old and have withered bones and such, but if you're young and supple, and the stairs are in your home (not some concrete office stairwell stairs), how bad can they hurt you?

Well, you could easily break your neck, for starters.

You’re not young and supple, OP.

It doesn't work with toddlers.

I hear.

They're great for dealing with unwanted pregnancies.

What exactly are you planning, OP?

No, but they can teach your gf a lesson.

A friend fell down his basement stairs and broke his neck. Took him 3 days to die in hospital. Not recommended, OP.

My favorite cousin fell down the stairs, broke her neck and died. She was 62 and had just retired. I still think of her every day.

It all depends upon what you hit on the way down, and how you land. Yes, you can die falling down the stairs.

I am convinced that stairs are the number one weapon that cats use to murder humans. Oops, cat trips you and the stairs, down you go, and one more down in the feline plot to take over the world.

I would like a study done to determine how what percentage of deaths/injury caused by tumbles down the stairs occur in home with cats.

Aside from breaking your neck, it's more likely that you can rupture a major blood vessel and bleed out internally. It could happen in your brain, you'll slowly bleed out and lose consciousness, same as a hemorrhagic stroke.

In a SCOTUS nominee’s home, yes it can.

I think we need a carefully controlled study on this matter. May I suggest we use the people's White House as the laboratory and the so-called POTUS, spawn and purchased wives as the subject group?

Maybe OP was sent for a tumble down the stairs as an infant. Impaired cognitive function is common after a traumatic brain injury.

Not if you drink the potion 🧪

The mother of a girl I knew in high school fell down the stairs in her home. She hit her head and was comatose for about a week, then died (or was possibly taken off life support - I didn't want to ask.) Yes it can happen.

My grandfather at 82 got knocked down the steps by a 35-year-old woman he brought home from a bar when she opened his apartment door.

Fractured skull, dead in 15 minutes.

R9 Oh, I’m so sorry. What a tragic end.

[quote] My grandfather at 82 got knocked down the steps by a 35-year-old woman he brought home from a bar when she opened his apartment door.

That’s not what really happened to Granpops. We just wanted to protect your delicate sensibilities.

Don’t be daft OP, of course it can.

And you should probably stay away from stairs, in general.

I was in my mid-50s when it happened, but I got up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water. Missed the first step on the way down,, fell on my back and then fell to the bottom of the stars. My sister, who was visiting at the time, thought it was hilarious.

If this had happened 20 years later, I'd probably be dead

That was such a stunning performance from Gene, r4.

The guy in the OP pic had a great ass, but he couldn't live forever.

[quote=That was such a stunning performance from Gene

You should have seen what she did to me.

Famous people who died from falling down stairs: Gary Coleman, Laura Ashley, Sandy Denny

I've been pushed down stairs 28 times and I'm fine

Are we talking fall or...push?

My mother fell down the stairs going to her basement while doing laundry in February- thankfully didn’t die but broke her hip so badly she’s needed two surgeries to fix it (possibly a third). The pain she feels is near constant without icing and pain meds.

Than you, R24! Started scrolling and was wondering why it took so long for someone to add that comment.

Interesting idea. How doo I make the staircase attack the man?

David Niven's 28-year old wife, Primmie, fell down the stairs leading to the cellar in Tyrone Power and wife Annabella's home while playing a game of "Sardines." Cesar Romero and Oleg Cassini, who was there with his wife Gene Tierney, carried Primmie upstairs, but she died the following night after surgery, with a fractured skull and brain lacerations. Also there that night in 1946 were Rex Harrison and Lili Palmer, and Richard Greene and Pat Medina.

You'll only lose your job OP.

It makes you ask, r33, was that game of Sardines really worth it?

I was at a friends home looking for a drink a water in the middle of the night. I too fell down the stairs by missing a step in the dark.

Hit the wood floor at the bottom. Ouch.

At 78 yo, working out daily really helped in slowing my fall along with the wood floor. Other than bruises nothing happened.

I’m sorry officer, I wish I could help, but I never saw the man. I just heard “Move it along, toots,” felt a shove and the next thing I knew I was in the ambulance. He had a lisp, if that helps. And I think I remember smelling lilacs.

R35, the even sadder thing about Primmie is she had only arrived in America two months prior, ready to start life anew as Niven was anxious to resume his Hollywood movie career after his stint in British Army fighting the Nazis. She left a gilded life in England (she was the granddaughter of the 6th Marquess of Downshire) only to die playing a parlor game in LA.

[quote] Famous people who died from falling down stairs: Gary Coleman,

He didn’t die by falling down stairs.

Edna St Vincent Millay says yes.

Yes, a friend fell downstairs while walking in his sleep. Died.

What kind of moron would ask a stupid question like this? Bones break; breaking your spine leads to paralysis and/or death; also: breaking your skull is pretty bad too. This doesn't even address internal injuries, or breaking both legs in a remote/isolated location and starving to death before help finds you.

How dumb do you have to be to think falling down the stairs is like playing on the slide at the playground?

Also:

[quote]and the stairs are in your home (not some concrete office stairwell stairs),

Do you think everyone has the same stairs as you? Why do I picture wall to wall shag carpeting on your parents basement stairs when I type this?

I love you, r42. I really do.

Yes, but to have *two* wives die from a stair fall?

It can stunt your growth.

Well, r39. Gary Coleman was admitted to the hospital in critical condition after falling down the stairs possibly after having a seizure. He was conscious the next day but quickly deteriorated, was put on life support and died. Mind you this is from Wikipedia, I have no further information. It might not meet your criteria, but in my book that’s enough proximity from stair fall to death to add poor Gary to my list.

R26, Edna St. Vincent Millay also died falling down the stairs

Ralph Carney, the legendary saxophone player for Tom Waits, B-52's, Elvis Costello and many more, died falling down his stairs. I know someone in Portland, OR who was visiting with Ralph at his home just the evening before. Then we heard the news the next day.

Totally vital and alive one moment, and completely gone from this world the next.

Miss Gene Tierney showed women how they could kill their unborn babies by purposely falling down stairs in LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (45).

Wow, feeling lucky. I heard my phone ring downstairs. Turns out it was the second job offer I was to receive that day, after extended dissatisfaction at my then-current position. I ran down the stairs, but fell midway and landed on my back. (Imagine your feet flipping upward in front of you.) I was about 32, and had a bruise on my back for about 4 weeks, then took the job of my dreams (at the time), and made a bunch of money. Never even considered I may have died until I read the posts above.

You can die falling UP the stairs too.

Irna Phillips hated the character of Liz Talbot on [italic]As the World Turns.[/italic] So in 1973, she memorably killed Liz by having Liz rupture her spleen falling [italic]up[/italic] the stairs. It has remained one of the more outlandish deaths in soap opera lore, even all these decades later.

Whoa, R53, GMTA. Beat me to it by 4 minutes!

On EastEnders, Ian Beale's third wife, Laura, died from a fall on stairs (she tripped over a child's toy).

Has no one here ever heard of a hand rail?

I have fainted couches strategically places at the end of stairs in case I become faint, like when I heard news Le Senatrice might be losing her election! I NEVER!

I broke my shoulder falling down the stairs.

I nearly died from a fall in my hallway, which didn't even involve stairs, so I've become especially wary around stairs since then. You might not have life-threatening injuries (I had a badly broken arm), but if you can't make it to a phone to call for help, and you're stuck without food, water, and your Rx drugs for several days, you really are facing a possibly fatal injury. If you're single, it's important that you have some kind of plan in place for injuries at home.

Unfortunately, I'm the Fall King. I've lost track of how many falls I've taken on stairs since I was a kid. I should have been a stunt man. I've bruised my ribs and ended up with a herniated disc. My last bad fall was about a year ago when I got a huge lump on my forehead and the most decorative black eye I've ever seen. It looked like KISS makeup. I went skulking around wearing dark glasses for a long time when in public, but apparently it fooled nobody, because a bank clerk took one look at me and said "Wow! That's quite a bruise, isn't it?"

I was scolded severely by my partner, who thought I should have gone to emergency. He's probably right, but they might have thought that he was responsible for it

"My name is Talky Tina and you better be nice to me"

If you fall make sure Carol Burnett is there to call a doctor for you.

No, r48. Wikipedia is incorrect, at least according to all I've read about it. They even did an “Autopsy” episode on him.

He went down to the kitchen (not falling down the stairs) and fell in the kitchen for unknown reasons, striking his head on the kitchen floor. He was also on blood thinners which didn’t help in terms of bleeding. It’s suspected he had a stroke while standing in the kitchen. The whole stairs thing came into play when his ex-wife, with whom he was living (strange, huh?) refused to go downstairs and assist, claiming she couldn’t see blood or she would pass out. She told 911 he may have fallen down the stairs, but EMS found him in the kitchen, relatively far from the stairs.

Actually, R42, you would die from dehydration after 3 or 4 days. A blessing, compared to the prolonged suffering from starvation.

That really was a thoughtless question, OP.

Imagine 350 lbs of fatness rolling down the stairs, if it doesn't kill itself, it might just finish off someone else.

I find myself tripping over the minor things or thinking I did things when I was young why can't I still do the same thing. I have caught myself from tripping. I once was coming up my cellar stairs carrying my laundry basket and missed a step and scraped the side of my arm on the cement wall.

Now I have to find the full Talky Tina episode. That doll is the kind of bitch I like.

My partner's cousin died from falling down the stairs, and he was young and fit. Maybe early 40's?

It was fast, but awful for those left behind.

Are you planning an accident, OP? Want to see how believable it sounds?

Even the steps to the front porch can be deadly.

I found Al here at the bottom of these stairs. It was tragic, just tragic I tell you.

Ask Jeffrey Hunter. Oh wait...

Will it kill you,?

There's only one way to find out.

Fritz Wunderlich, the greatest tenor of all times , died from falling down the stairs, a week before he was scheduled to debut at the Met. Pavarotti, the fat fuck, lived on to sing Nessun Dorms another 7000 times.

Does anyone know what OP is plotting? OP, you aren't a scheming vixen from a soap opera are you?

Per R26, incomparable singer-songwriter / Fairport Convention member Sandy Denny. Back in the Seventies, age 36, I believe. "Tragic" doesn't begin to describe it.

R79 Interesting to learn about Wunderlich. I heard this cause of death ascribed to the great Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling (1911-1960) but Wikipedia states that Jussi died from an enlarged heart.

Yes you can. Someone’s wife broke her neck and she only fell down three steps but landed very nasty and died two days later

[quote] am convinced that stairs are the number one weapon that cats use to murder humans. Oops, cat trips you and the stairs, down you go, and one more down in the feline plot to take over the world.

R10 You are correct. As soon as I walk near the staircase, my old cat perches on the top step just waiting for me to start down. It's insane. I'm fortunate I both of my staircases have railings so I've learned to hold on to them when I'm walking down the stairs.

I had a favorite aunt who tripped over her golden retriever while going down the basement stairs. The coroner estimated she was dead for a couple days prior to being found at the bottom of the stairs. Ugh.

I guess our pets do 'love us to death.'

How would anyone know your aunt tripped over her dog, r85?

OP = Brad Pascale posting from the psyche ward

Don’t worry, r80. I’m on to him.

Don’t do it, OP.

I’ve seen enough Forensic Files to know they always catch you.

You will probably do better if you are drunk because you will be all loose. I have done it twice. First time I was hammered and walked away with no problems. Second time I was not and kept trying to regain my footing. I think they call it careening. Ended up with a broken arm.

Boy that’s a nice ass in OP’s picture. Who is he?

[quote]Boy that’s a nice ass in OP’s picture. Who is he?

A model for stock photos, would be my guess.

Well, wasn't Bette Davis' second husband killed from a fall downstairs?

Dysfunctional family story, my mother had gotten so crocked she fell, somersaulting down the stairs, naked, knocked over a painting and was totally fine. Well, as fine as someone who sleeps with Prinve Valium every night.

Thank you all for your marvelous stories..... I promise to take them to heart should I ever find myself, or someone else, in such precarious situation....

Hmmm, I'd love to fall headfirst into OP pic dude's ass. 😋

What goes up...must come down...

They're taking their lives in their hands!

Bill O'Reilly knows how to throw you down the stairs without killing you. Especially if your daughter is watching.

A few years ago, I met a stunt woman whose specialty is stair falls. It was fascinating to hear how she does it, plotting out which part of her body is going to hit each stair.

That dude is to ass models what George Costanza was to hand models.

Here's an interesting video about shooting the scene in the Exorcist where the priest jumps down out the window & falls down the steps.

The art of falling down steps is "zen", apparently...

[quote] That dude is to ass models what George Costanza was to hand models.

I used to be a hand model years ago. Work dried up though. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a hand job in this town?

My friends dad died falling down the four steps from his front porch on to his driveway, hit his head on the concrete too hard.

this shit drives her up the wall

We should ask Vairst Letty if she wants to try that experiment, as the pusher of course!

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