People Share the Most Slapstick and Cartoonish Situations They've Witnessed or Experienced

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Ada Elder
Jul 17, 2022 9:00 AM EDT

For many people, cartoons have been an important part of life. I was absolutely forbidden from watching them on our crappy 80's television, but that didn't stop me from sneaking downstairs at five in the morning to watch Sailor Moon at a very, very low volume. Instead of watching that magical anime series, my parents graciously allowed us to watch a whole lot of very antiquated Disney VHS tapes. These old Disney cartoons (some of them featuring mainstays such as Donald Duck and Goofy) relied on a lot of common and slapstick-y tropes. It's easy to brush off comedic fails (such as slipping on a banana peel) as myth, but we are here to tell you the truth: these things actually happen. I know at least three people, including myself, who have fallen prey to this kind of slippery surprise. Peels aren't the only cartoon trope to occur in real life. This much has been made completely clear thanks to a brilliant Twitter thread from Twitter user Michael Scanlan. 

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  • After sharing a perfectly cartoonish anecdote about a wily sausage-thieving dog, Scanlan asked his followers to share their own observations of slapstick in the wild. They did not disappoint. 

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    Font - Michael Scanlan @ScanlanWithAnA Gory one: working in the shipyards, my grandad saw someone get their head knocked off by a crane hook and the body kept walking straight into the River Clyde. 2:17 PM 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone
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    Organism - Michael Scanlan @ScanlanWithAnA I walked into a lamppost because I was distracted by a squirrel 6:36 AM 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone ● ● 2 Retweets 325 Likes
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    Product - Michael Scanlan @ScanlanWithAnA After a heated argument, my grandad left the house to go for a pint. My gran flung open the window to bark "And another thing!", hit his head and knocked him out cold. 6:21 AM 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone ● 5 Retweets 475 Likes
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    Font - Michael Scanlan @ScanlanWithAnA My gran was at a posh dinner with grandad. She told him to be on his best behaviour and not show her up. She was deep in conversation with someone while pouring grandad a cup of tea and did not notice she was pouring it over his crotch. He was too scared to say anything. 7:22 AM 7/14/22 Twitter Web App
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    Font - Michael Scanlan @ScanlanWithAnA My dad was on a yacht once, the yacht went about, dad forgot to duck, got smacked square on the chops with the boom and was knocked overboard. 11:01 AM 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone ●
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    Terrestrial plant - DameTannersTavern @TavernTanners Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA I once grabbed a bald man's head thinking it was a melon. He was my Tesco delivery driver and was bending over at the time. Both of us were surprised 1:47 PM - 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone ●
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    Font - galoistheory @galoistheory1 Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA My cat was seen in the garden with a WHOLE LAMB SHOULDER and scarpered under a fence with it. Came back 10hrs later all greasy. Slept on her side looking like she was working hard to digest for about 20hrs straight. She literally woke up fat. Did not realise that was possible. 11:20 AM - 7/13/22 Twitter for Android
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    Font - Quartermaster Hanley @MattHanley Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA Our cat once jumped from a chair to a desk, but landed on loose paper & slid across the top at some speed. As the edge of the table approached, she just stopped scrambling &, seemingly resigned to her fate, gave me the most Wile-E- Coyote look, then plunged over the precipice. 9:13 AM 7/13/22 Twitter Web App OF ●
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    Font - Rachel Grahame @rachel_grrr Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA Last Sunday I slipped on a banana skin. For the second time in my life. About 3 metres away from where it happened the first time, 15 years ago. I wasn't even at a fruit market or anything, just walking down a street in central London. 7:07 AM 7/13/22 Twitter Web App ●
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    Font - David Allsopp @doublehelix Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA When I was in the Scouts, the leader asked for volunteers to take one step forward. Everybody (except one poor guy) immediately took one step backwards in perfect unison, leaving him alone out front. Saw exactly the same in a Droopy cartoon once. 2:28 PM 7/13/22 Twitter Web App ● •
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    Font - hoisin idea @23cmnails ase And Ryder Has Coromavirus In craft Mighty Paw Patrol At 3 AM 1111 hour Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA I saw a coworker brag about never wearing electrical safety gloves right before shocking themselves, like Frank Grimes on the Simpsons They were ok tho 7:42 AM - 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone
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    Tire - James Rands @james_rands Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA Controlled ZONE JARMARKAS TO LET QUALITY SERVICE OFFICES 0207 586 8688 Now Cooking & Domino's dominos.co.ukm fengsushi .co.uk 7:15 PM 7/13/22 Twitter Web App
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    Font - RAIL JOBS, PAY & COND SUPPORT THE RAIL STRIKE RMT Tom Munday @tommundaycs Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA A man once tried to sell me a watch from a selection he had stitched into the lining of his long coat. It was the best day of my life. 6:11 AM 7/13/22 Twitter for Android 9 Retweets 1 Quote Tweet 353 Likes
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    Font - Ed Goofup, Jr. @theschwasound Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA My dad had taken down our deck stairs and I didn't know, stepped through the door and down a story into thankfully soft earth underneath. He actually stuck his head out and said "Watch that first step! It's a lulu!" instead of asking if I was ok 7:57 PM 7/13/22 Twitter for Android
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    Font - Michael Gardner @MGardner1977 Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA I was on a bus driving slowly up a street in Newcastle and an old dear who just got off sneezed and her false teeth shot straight out.
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    Font - Sara @sarawroteit Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA We had £600 of silver stolen from an antique shop I worked in. When we went through the CCTV he had a sack, and a black and white striped jumper. He also winked at the camera. 11:19 AM 7/13/22 Twitter for iPhone ●
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    Font - Camilla West @CamillaWest Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA I've seen a woman's floaty skirt blow completely over her head. I say see, it was me. It made two passing old ladies laugh a lot. Fortunately I am a wearer of big pants. 6:15 AM 7/13/22 Twitter Web App ●
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    Font - David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA When I was a few months old my mother took me out in the pram and, at the top of a hill tripped and let go. The pram with me in it careered downhill but, when it came to a hedge it tipped and I went flying into the garden beyond. True story. 2:27 PM 7/13/22 from Camden Town, London. Tweetbot for iOS ●
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    Font - Chris @Chris87004677 Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA Working on a raised platform. My work mate lent against the safety rail that had not been secured properly. Doing a back flip towards the ground. Expecting a tangled mess I looked over the edge. He had landed on his feet. Looked at me and said TaDa with arms raised. 6:38 AM 7/13/22 Twitter for Android ● ●
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  • While most of the responses were serious, there were a couple jokesters who tried to pull one over on the masses. They didn't get me, but here's hoping some unsuspecting fool really thinks that the aroma of a blueberry pie has the power to cause levitation. 

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    Font - hideous screaming @wyndoves Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA One time I left a blueberry pie to cool on the windowsill and the scent had drifted out into the street and up someone's nostrils and was making them float over to our house 6:37 AM - 7/13/22 Twitter for Android
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    Font - Tazker @Crambazzled Task Replying to @ScanlanWithAnA I once saw a cayote push a grand piano over a cliff edge to try and kill a bird that was inexplicably running down the road. However in a cruel twist, the cayote had accidentally tied itself to the piano and he was crushed by his own piano. Never seen anything like it. 2:58 PM 7/13/22 Twitter for Android ● •
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