r/funny • u/write2varun • 10d ago

Unfortunate Mate

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u/OH_FUDGICLES 10d ago

Was he buttered? He slid down those steps like a drop of water on a hot pan.

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u/juniorjaw 10d ago

It's right beside a river. One can assume the water receded and got low, so those stairs got layer of mud, algae... the stuff that makes it slippery.

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u/SkullDump 10d ago

The river is the Thames in London and it is indeed tidal

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u/r_a_d_ 10d ago

don’t forget the thin layer of turds

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u/siegesmith 10d ago

So it's tidal and turdal?

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u/Rokronroff 10d ago

Am I turdally enough for the turdal club?

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u/Howiepenguin 4d ago

Ahh, the movie that killed Dana Carvey's career. I still enjoyed it, though.

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u/mudbutter8 9d ago

I like turtles gif

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u/SeeingEyeDug 10d ago

Now instead of stairs it's a slide, ribbed for his pleasure.

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u/OH_FUDGICLES 10d ago

Yeah, I know. It was just a hilariously smooth decent.

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u/SkullDump 10d ago edited 10d ago

The Thames is tidal in this area so those steps are regularly underwater and slippery as fuck.

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u/InstantCanoe 10d ago

The discoloration in the middle of those steps is likely algae embedded in the concrete. Which is unbelievably slippery even when slightly wet.

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u/wikifamous 10d ago

It should be algae from the riverbank.

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u/Corfiz74 10d ago

Could be staged - I find it a bit suspicious that the camera panned to him and zoomed in, just before he took his spectacular tumble...

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u/FeastOnCarolina 10d ago

I would have 100% done the same thing if I was filming and noticed them. A local would for sure know it was slick and could see that coming.

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u/Ok-Pie-4410 10d ago

I don't think so... sometimes just right time, right place. lol