Has she been watching the commercial where the male senior citizen falls off the ladder and his wife and daughter immediately decide he needs life insurance?
my husband gets up on a ladder sometimes but he gets up higher than just one step. he has a really tall ladder and gets up more than half way and it scares me.
Soon after we moved into our subdivision, an older fellow was up on a ladder in his garage after moving in a couple of days earlier, and fell a considerable distance to the cement, injuring his head, among other things. Afterward, you’d see his wife pushing him around in a wheelchair that she had to tie him to. There was a huge battle with the VA – it was in the paper – till they finally let him stay at Bay Pines. It gave me considerable pause about my husband’s getting up on a ladder, but didn’t stop him from doing his mountain goat thing on the roof. He’s slowed down just a bit, now that he’s almost 80.
While I was out grocery shopping my retired husband decided to clean the gutters. Five minutes after I came home he fell and broke his leg in two places. He was in a wheelchair and walker for 3 months. I gave the ladder to our son so this wouldn’t happen again.
Neighbor in his late 60’s fell off his ladder while hanging Christmas lights. And to everybody’s stunned disbelief, died. Turns out men are more likely to die in a fall from a ladder than a woman—maybe it’s that top step? Dunno.
Not meMany warnings are obvious after the fact but I did too many stupid things in my earlier youth to want to thin out kindred souls just because they haven’t learned yet.
My dad was changing a lightbulb and standing on that first step, and when he stepped off, he slipped and broke his leg. Surgery, rehab, weeks in a wheelchair; now he walks with a cane. Arlo is just being a jerk, as usual.
I couldn’t figure out what the heck “this is not a step” is supposed to mean. It’s nothing I’ve ever noticed on a ladder. Finally realized it ought to be “Don’t stand on the top step.” Now that makes a lot of sense, and I wouldn’t do it anyway … too teetery and top heavy.
My dad was fuly into Alzheimers and still wanted to fix things. Mom found him at the top of a 20’ ladder, changing a flood lamp. He got down okay, too. Another time, she found that he had nailed placemats to the dining room table, “so they wouldn’t move around.”
Varnes over 10 years ago
The former or the latter?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
“now we both feel safe. If I fall, I have something soft to land on.”
bigbob1946 over 10 years ago
Has she been watching the commercial where the male senior citizen falls off the ladder and his wife and daughter immediately decide he needs life insurance?
Nachikethass over 10 years ago
Love need not be logical…
Reppr Premium Member over 10 years ago
Don’t look up, Janis!
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 10 years ago
What that first step, it’s a loo loo!
Plods with ...™ over 10 years ago
Ever notice the label… “This is not a step.” on the ladder?.THEN WHY IN HECK DOES IT LOOK LIKE ONE?!?!?!?!?
griffon8 over 10 years ago
I thought Arlo’s legs suddenly got longer. Then I realized his shoes are colored like his pants in the last panel.
jeanie5448 over 10 years ago
my husband gets up on a ladder sometimes but he gets up higher than just one step. he has a really tall ladder and gets up more than half way and it scares me.
Retired Dude over 10 years ago
I wear a parachute when I climb a ladder.
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
Soon after we moved into our subdivision, an older fellow was up on a ladder in his garage after moving in a couple of days earlier, and fell a considerable distance to the cement, injuring his head, among other things. Afterward, you’d see his wife pushing him around in a wheelchair that she had to tie him to. There was a huge battle with the VA – it was in the paper – till they finally let him stay at Bay Pines. It gave me considerable pause about my husband’s getting up on a ladder, but didn’t stop him from doing his mountain goat thing on the roof. He’s slowed down just a bit, now that he’s almost 80.
ARLOS DAD over 10 years ago
Almost don’t need a ladder…..
lessa49002 over 10 years ago
While I was out grocery shopping my retired husband decided to clean the gutters. Five minutes after I came home he fell and broke his leg in two places. He was in a wheelchair and walker for 3 months. I gave the ladder to our son so this wouldn’t happen again.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member over 10 years ago
That would have been much funnier had the ladder not been shown in the first pane.
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Neighbor in his late 60’s fell off his ladder while hanging Christmas lights. And to everybody’s stunned disbelief, died. Turns out men are more likely to die in a fall from a ladder than a woman—maybe it’s that top step? Dunno.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Not meMany warnings are obvious after the fact but I did too many stupid things in my earlier youth to want to thin out kindred souls just because they haven’t learned yet.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
And you wouldn’t want me thinned out of the gene pool, right?
strickmaedel over 10 years ago
My dad was changing a lightbulb and standing on that first step, and when he stepped off, he slipped and broke his leg. Surgery, rehab, weeks in a wheelchair; now he walks with a cane. Arlo is just being a jerk, as usual.
April Anemone over 10 years ago
I couldn’t figure out what the heck “this is not a step” is supposed to mean. It’s nothing I’ve ever noticed on a ladder. Finally realized it ought to be “Don’t stand on the top step.” Now that makes a lot of sense, and I wouldn’t do it anyway … too teetery and top heavy.
LuvThemPluggers over 10 years ago
My dad was fuly into Alzheimers and still wanted to fix things. Mom found him at the top of a 20’ ladder, changing a flood lamp. He got down okay, too. Another time, she found that he had nailed placemats to the dining room table, “so they wouldn’t move around.”
K M over 10 years ago
That would require the application of a little of the Bard, to wit, “Let’s kill all the lawyers!”
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
The main reason many dislike lawyers is because the first one they met was the one the ex spouse hired.
jocecc over 10 years ago
Sarcasm lost on Janis
Elvanion over 10 years ago
Arlo is facing the wrong direction for his wife’s intention.
natureboyfig4 Premium Member over 5 years ago
It’s actually kinda sweet that she cares that much.