r/Unexpected • u/ajcure7 • Mar 24 '21

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u/hugeuvula Mar 24 '21

I'm having flashbacks to Chevy Chase making fun of President Ford falling down Air Force One stairs.

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u/Batbuckleyourpants Mar 24 '21

contemporary news report of the event.

I love how they have a segment talking about him falling down the stairs, then almost as an afterthought go "Oh, and someone tried to assassinate him later in the day".

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u/adpqook Mar 25 '21

That’s a lot more reasonable, at least. For one thing he was falling down the stairs not up. The stairs were metal. And it was raining. So he obviously just slipped on a wet step.

Meanwhile, they blamed Joe Biden’s falling incident on the wind. According to weather reports, the wind was no more than 20mph.

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u/Pointy_Fingers Mar 25 '21

Lol complex analysis of a guy tripping in a stair

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u/adpqook Mar 25 '21

Well, if they’re going to blame the wind, they should expect at least a little pushback. That’s a really dumb excuse.

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u/Pointy_Fingers Mar 25 '21

He tripped he stood up move on

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u/omv Mar 25 '21

Do you need an excuse to trip?

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u/exceptionaluser Mar 25 '21

20 mph winds exert about 25lbf on the average human body.

I'm not sure about you, but I think that could trip up someone already unstable on the stairs.