Matt Brundage

The banana peel fall

One particular anecdote from my high school years stands out: I was heading to the student lounge to eat lunch one afternoon. For some reason, I didn’t see a metallic folding chair lying on the floor. I walked over it; the chair shot out from under my feet and I was soon horizontal to the floor. I fell straight on my back, and luckily my backpack softened my fall. A friend and I laughed so hard, we had tears. What made it funny was the fact that it closely resembled what you’d see in an old cartoon when someone tripped over a banana peel.

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