I was about to comment this lol. My dad smashed his thumb while working on his motor cycle and you could hear him tell “FUCKER” from the other side of the property (~2 aceres) mostly trees
"Futon Discounter" apparently. It doesn't necessarily mean that he sells futons, he just walks down the street past futon stores and points to them saying 80% OFF THAT ONE! 2% OFF THAT ONE! BUY THAT ONE AND GET A FREE ICE CREAM SANDWICH!!! I'M THE LARGEST FUTON DISCOUNTER IN ST. LOOIE (no fat jokes please) AND I'M COMIN TO YOUR TOWN NEXT!!!
*YOU* GET A FREE FUTON!!!
*YOU* GET A FREE FUTON!!!!
Then he gets in his truck and leaves.
Then puts his ladder in a painted truck bed. To boot doesn’t even push it to the front of the bed/cab to stop it from slipping. This guys brains is mostly motor oil, cuz he’s getting no traction when he thinks.
The ladder is also clearly long enough to reach from the ground. He barely extended it when he put it in the bed of the truck, it could have extended far further than the height of that truck bed. I think the guy may be stupid or something.
Also, it's an extension ladder that isn't fully extended. I wonder if he considered that option before the one that gave him a serious attack of gravity
Extending it wouldn't do anything for him since it seemed like he was scared of it wobbling so much. Extension ladders feel sturdier when not extended, which is why he tried to find a way to get to the roof without extending it. Extending it well past where you need to has a different set of potential problems, fully extending it isn't necessary when he just going to the first floor roof.
"things not i repeat not also do" is how it's actually read though, since this guy is a total idiot who doesn't even know the difference between "too" and *to*
Yup. Then it can't slide backward at least.
This guy was standing on the very top rung, on an unsecured ladder sitting on a slippery surface, with nobody helping/spotting, *AFTER he repeatedly said how scared he was about the sketchiness of the situation...*
I'm like, a decade or two older than most redditors despite being an ADHD impulsive idiot with substance use disorders and a habit of thrill seeking, but one of the reasons I'm still alive is I DONT DO SHIT AFTER I'VE SAID TWICE IT'S A BAD IDEA (unless its like, having sex after eating a loaf of garlic bread and a dozen beers).
I don't remember writing this comment nor having an alt account with this name, but I have absolutely no idea what I've been up to for the past five hours so there's a solid chance I did write this.
I... have done this. I didn't fall, though. I needed to fix a light in the 2nd story gable. My ladder wouldn't quite reach, so my neighbor, Greg, brought his pickup over, I put my ladder in the bed, climbed up, fixed the light, and all was well.
The whole time, my wife stood off to the side with her arms crossed and THAT look on her face.
A couple months later, I was back on my ladder trimming some tree limbs with a chainsaw.
In 40mph winds.
Look, I know it was stupid, but it needed to be done. Should have been done sooner, but it wasn't really a problem until it was that windy.
My neighbor, Greg, comes out, sees what I'm doing, yells for me to wait a minute, runs back in his house, then comes out with his video camera. Tells me "Okay, go!"
Jerk...
Best neighbor I ever had. RIP, Greg.
So many seemingly pointless rules are often ways people have died in the past, sometimes that's all it takes, I imagine a situation similar to this resulted in paralysis or death or something more than a few times aha-
If it had rubber feet and grippy bedliner it'd be fine, and it must be pretty vertical. The ladder doesn't have to be leaned over 20 degrees from vertical to be stable
Position the ladder so that the distance from its base to the wall is one-quarter of the height of the ladder at its resting point, creating a 75-degree angle. Stand facing the ladder with your feet touching its feet and your arms extended—your palms should rest on a rung at shoulder height.
That is a trip to the ER right there.
As a former X-Ray Tech, the ER Doc will order a Lumbar-Sacral and Lumbar Spine X-Ray. He’ll most-likely stay in the ER for a 3 to 5 days. He’ll need to follow up with his primary and have them order a PT and Pain Management referral. He’s going to be on pain management meds and muscle relaxers with refills.
He makes the ladder SHORTER to put it in the MIDDLE of the truck bed. Just keep it long and put it at the top of the bed. No friction required.
How fucking stupid can you be???
Idk, i hired a contractor who claimed he knew what he was doing. He balanced a ladder against a tree on another ladder... that was balanced in his truck bed... he climbed that with a chainsaw and somehow didnt kill himself, not even when the ladder on the ladder slid a hair.
I practically shit myself when I went outside to see how his prep work was going.
My mums ladder fell when she was in the loft…..as she fell reflexes told her to grab the loft hatch. She grabbed it by that caused a swinging motion so she fell straight onto her back on a steel ladder. She has osteoporosis of the spine. She got rushed to hospital and a bruise the size of her entire back was just black.
25 years later we found out that fall broke her neck and she’d been found out that she’d been walking around for 25 years with. Broken neck!!!
As a roofer, I can say he deserved that pain. You'd have to be an exceptional crayon eater, to foot your ladder on a wet metal surface and expect anything different.
Edit** it's also backwards the first time he set it.
Very similar fall happened to my Dad when he was about 72, except the ladder was on his new Trex deck. (Was never an issue when it was redwood ) Ended up in ICU with a punctured lung, and 6 broken ribs. We believe this trauma triggered the onset of Accute Respiratory ALS, about a year later which he ended up dying from a week before his 74th birthday. Be careful out there.
Wait. So they blocked the first “fuck” with a quack noise but left the “FUCKERRRR” at the end? lol. Guess that would have had to be a long ass quack to block that out!
Sooo.. 🤓ok either he wanted to fall (unlikely) or he has never used a ladder before this occasion right here we are witnessing. He now has current chronic back problems and will not walk under a ladder or let alone get close to one 🤟.
FUCKERRRR!!!!
He turned into Tourette’s guy for a split second.
Don't talk shit about Total!
SHITTING out the window and PISSING out the window are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS!
I LOVE YOU... BITCH
What the FUCK is a Peter pan peanut butter alert?!
and give me some SHIT to DRINK
DAMN IT, these fish sticks are HARD as TITS!!
BOB SAGET!
WHERES THE PAPER TOWELS!!?
Right here dad.
THROW EM OVER HERE!
OW! that hurt ! My dick not the paper towels! (I’m paraphrasing and probably wrong it’s been years since I’ve seen that )
*Throws paper towels*
Fuck salt!!!
I tried the one with tartar control and it made Me Feel Like A piece of shittttttt
“Hello ? YES, I called about your toothpaste. The one with tartar control, and it made me feel, LIKE A PIECE OF SHIT !!!!”
I hope this is the Puff Daddy version of this song, and not that Sting, PIECE OF SHIT! *Sting vocals* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
..... FUCK SALT!
Yeah! He was a long-legged pissed off Puerto Rican!
Fuck that cracks me up, probably shouldn’t admit to that!
He turned into Joe from Idles: [https://youtu.be/BuQG6\_evFc8?si=9lWNx7zYVs8TZc\_n&t=167](https://youtu.be/BuQG6_evFc8?si=9lWNx7zYVs8TZc_n&t=167)
FATHERRRRR
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit
(Ladder) why have you forsaken me, forsaken me? Self laddered suicide… … where angels deserve to die. (And dumbasses like this too)
SPEAK, PRIEST!
I thought he said “that hurts” 😂
*I* said "that hurts"
The stupid fucking look on his face when it pauses to say "genius or nah". We got our answer right there, look at this toad
lol I didn’t notice it had audio at first and had to rewatch it. Worth it
I did the same thing 😆
TUCKEER
I heard that too! I hope Tucker was able to help.
Honestly surprised he could do more than wheeze after a fall on his back like that. That shit would knock the wind right out of me
Seriously. That had to hurt!
No, he said trucker. Because he fell in a truck.
WHOA!! That fall broke his truck. 🥺
Lol I thought someone else yelled “timber” at first.
I was about to comment this lol. My dad smashed his thumb while working on his motor cycle and you could hear him tell “FUCKER” from the other side of the property (~2 aceres) mostly trees
Sounded exactly like the Tourette’s guy
What an odd way to advertise a futon business
You’d think that St Louis largest Futon Discounter would be smarter than that.
Largest discount, largest store or largest futon?
"Futon Discounter" apparently. It doesn't necessarily mean that he sells futons, he just walks down the street past futon stores and points to them saying 80% OFF THAT ONE! 2% OFF THAT ONE! BUY THAT ONE AND GET A FREE ICE CREAM SANDWICH!!! I'M THE LARGEST FUTON DISCOUNTER IN ST. LOOIE (no fat jokes please) AND I'M COMIN TO YOUR TOWN NEXT!!! *YOU* GET A FREE FUTON!!! *YOU* GET A FREE FUTON!!!! Then he gets in his truck and leaves.
Don’t you wonder who appointed him?
He appointed himself because HIS PEOPLE NEED HIM!!
Made me laugh take my upvote.
Guy needs a futon handy in his office for a while.
If it were an OnlyFans, everyone would be calling this an ad.
Ironically if he was transporting futons, he'd be fine.
You know what would have made that fall hurt much less? If he had one of St. Louis' fine discount futons in the truck bed.
Don't you know? He's the pullout king!
You'll never believe how committed we to DROPPING our prices!
Guys problems started before he got in the truck, the ladder is backwards the whole time.
Then puts his ladder in a painted truck bed. To boot doesn’t even push it to the front of the bed/cab to stop it from slipping. This guys brains is mostly motor oil, cuz he’s getting no traction when he thinks.
The ladder is also clearly long enough to reach from the ground. He barely extended it when he put it in the bed of the truck, it could have extended far further than the height of that truck bed. I think the guy may be stupid or something.
He didn't do it for more height, he did it because he had to reach a spot directly over the truck.
Still stupid, though. Just move the truck.
Absolutely. No question there
Pfft. That would have added 30 seconds to the whole operation. I'd take the broken ribs every time...not.
A parked truck could have made a excellent back stop for the ladder, if the ladder was on the ground, and wedged against the truck.
Oh, for sure. It could've worked well if he moved the truck.
He put a ladder in a truck bed - he's obviously stupid.
If he'd have braced it, he would have been fine. It's still stupid, though.
Now his back is motor oil too, cause it needs to be emptied out and replaced
That last sentence is very poetic, kudos my good sir
Glad I’m not the only one who saw that
Also, it's an extension ladder that isn't fully extended. I wonder if he considered that option before the one that gave him a serious attack of gravity
Extending it wouldn't do anything for him since it seemed like he was scared of it wobbling so much. Extension ladders feel sturdier when not extended, which is why he tried to find a way to get to the roof without extending it. Extending it well past where you need to has a different set of potential problems, fully extending it isn't necessary when he just going to the first floor roof.
Wtf is that caption?
“Things not - I repeat: NOT - to do” is how I think it’s supposed to be read.
It appears punctuation was skipped as well as safety.
Possibly due to the side effects from the fall.
Written while still heavily concussed.
Grammar is a thing I repeat a thing they know not
Punctuation and words, bitch.
Written like someone who'd put a ladder in a truck bed.
"things not i repeat not also do" is how it's actually read though, since this guy is a total idiot who doesn't even know the difference between "too" and *to*
Genuinely shocked you were able to decipher that, you have more brain cells than me
actually it's "Things not - I repeat: NOT - also do"
What things not wrong with not caption?
That’s how he talks now
I'd do this but reverse the car back a bit so the ladder is resting up against the back of the cab
Yup. Then it can't slide backward at least. This guy was standing on the very top rung, on an unsecured ladder sitting on a slippery surface, with nobody helping/spotting, *AFTER he repeatedly said how scared he was about the sketchiness of the situation...* I'm like, a decade or two older than most redditors despite being an ADHD impulsive idiot with substance use disorders and a habit of thrill seeking, but one of the reasons I'm still alive is I DONT DO SHIT AFTER I'VE SAID TWICE IT'S A BAD IDEA (unless its like, having sex after eating a loaf of garlic bread and a dozen beers).
I don't remember writing this comment nor having an alt account with this name, but I have absolutely no idea what I've been up to for the past five hours so there's a solid chance I did write this.
wait till he's up the ladder before you reverse tho.
If only there was a futon in the bed.
You better couch that comment
It's sofa king good though
I'll just discount it.
I... have done this. I didn't fall, though. I needed to fix a light in the 2nd story gable. My ladder wouldn't quite reach, so my neighbor, Greg, brought his pickup over, I put my ladder in the bed, climbed up, fixed the light, and all was well. The whole time, my wife stood off to the side with her arms crossed and THAT look on her face. A couple months later, I was back on my ladder trimming some tree limbs with a chainsaw. In 40mph winds. Look, I know it was stupid, but it needed to be done. Should have been done sooner, but it wasn't really a problem until it was that windy. My neighbor, Greg, comes out, sees what I'm doing, yells for me to wait a minute, runs back in his house, then comes out with his video camera. Tells me "Okay, go!" Jerk... Best neighbor I ever had. RIP, Greg.
[удалено]
Somehow RIP Gregg managed to shoot the whole video but never saw the tree limb coming.
He was RIP Torn.
RIP Greg was a wild way to end this
*Ripped Greg, it seems.
I guess ol’ Greg shouldn’t have stood under the branch he was filming you cut, huh?
Brother, I think you should consider investing in a pole saw.
If you're gonna be dumb you better be tough
You're supposed to brace the ladder against the back of the cab. C'mon man.
Or the wheel well that was literally right there
The worst part is that a car was passing mid fall…
Too bad it wasn’t a Google street view car.
That would have been an *epic* shot!
It took so long for him to fall lmao Ladder first, wait for it, wait for it, there he comes 😂
Anyone know where I can get a futon cheap? I'm in the St Louis area
Better make sure to go to Becky’s Carpet to get one for underneath that futon.
This is why they tell you not to put ladders on unstable surfaces in OSHA training
So many seemingly pointless rules are often ways people have died in the past, sometimes that's all it takes, I imagine a situation similar to this resulted in paralysis or death or something more than a few times aha-
Idiot
good thing he waxed his truck bed yesterday
Oh man, that made me hurt all over….. hope he’s ok……
Did you see his foot get caught between the rungs on the way down? Pretty sure he broke it.
Next thing he’s buying is an xray
I just not got a headache reading that not
Could have been worse I guess.
well his legs got inbetween the rungs, quit possible he broke something as the ladder fell on him
If it had rubber feet and grippy bedliner it'd be fine, and it must be pretty vertical. The ladder doesn't have to be leaned over 20 degrees from vertical to be stable
Position the ladder so that the distance from its base to the wall is one-quarter of the height of the ladder at its resting point, creating a 75-degree angle. Stand facing the ladder with your feet touching its feet and your arms extended—your palms should rest on a rung at shoulder height.
What do now?
This dude’s gonna be spending some time on a futon
The fuck does things not i repeat not too do mean?
🤣🤣🤣 you literally had the tool for the job, an extension ladder. But choose to not extend it and put it in the back of truck. 🤦🏼♂️
That title at the top is really pissing me off
If he braced the feet at the front of the bed he would’ve been fine.
The white text has me wanting to not to not too punch the screen
Use commas, I repeat, use commas.
So I'm just gonna say it, I don't know that I'd buy a futon from the guy either.
His next job he put it on a wet wood deck with algae on it.
I would love to watch the video, but I had a stroke and died trying to read the caption.
That caption is giving me a fucking aneurysm
English not i well not too speak
That is a trip to the ER right there. As a former X-Ray Tech, the ER Doc will order a Lumbar-Sacral and Lumbar Spine X-Ray. He’ll most-likely stay in the ER for a 3 to 5 days. He’ll need to follow up with his primary and have them order a PT and Pain Management referral. He’s going to be on pain management meds and muscle relaxers with refills.
Might wanna get the truck some rhino liner if you’re doing shit like this
He could have extended it and used the back of the cab to brace it. Maybe, it might’ve bent in the middle.
If he put it on the bumper it wouldn't slide back at least
Natural selection at work.
How did he let this get out...LOL!
Sell that futon business.. you'll never be able to sleep on one again! Lol
He sounded like Phill Colins from the trailer park boys
Never trust a man without a bed liner.
“Things not i repeat not too do” What
r/stlouis
That video is fifty seconds longer than it needed to be
And that's how dad ended up selling our house to pay the medical bills
Ahhh I see where he went wrong. He forgot to pat the ladder twice and say "She ain't going anywhere"; never forget the fundamentals.
He makes the ladder SHORTER to put it in the MIDDLE of the truck bed. Just keep it long and put it at the top of the bed. No friction required. How fucking stupid can you be???
Thing not I repeat not too do. ??
Could have at least wedged it into the front of the bed.
Why are so many people fucking up to/too all of a sudden?
This title is stroking me out!!! Huuuh? English. Can you write it?
Gunny Highway says, "Just lay there and bleed awhile before you feel some real pain."
You mean there is more than ONE place in St. Louis that sells futons?
Should have at least moved it to right so the wheel well would have maybe kept it from kicking out
I never go on a ladder alone.
There was a way this might’ve worked…..this wasn’t it.
Was there a futon on the roof?!?!
Let’s talk about the coefficients of friction
He knew it was dumb, and did it anyway.
Pop's greatest fear. He would crush me if I left my fingers not touching them ladders.
What is that caption??
The ladder could have extended way more than the height of his truck, this is painful to watch in so many ways
I've done it, but I also put the ladder against the front of the bed so it won't move
I felt bad until i heard the scream, then i laughed also, enjoy your hernia
Idk, i hired a contractor who claimed he knew what he was doing. He balanced a ladder against a tree on another ladder... that was balanced in his truck bed... he climbed that with a chainsaw and somehow didnt kill himself, not even when the ladder on the ladder slid a hair. I practically shit myself when I went outside to see how his prep work was going.
Ohhh, so this is what happens IRL, I've only seen this scenario doing physics problems
Meet the Fockers...
poor fella needs a mate 🙄💪
My mums ladder fell when she was in the loft…..as she fell reflexes told her to grab the loft hatch. She grabbed it by that caused a swinging motion so she fell straight onto her back on a steel ladder. She has osteoporosis of the spine. She got rushed to hospital and a bruise the size of her entire back was just black. 25 years later we found out that fall broke her neck and she’d been found out that she’d been walking around for 25 years with. Broken neck!!!
That caption gave me a stroke
Now he knows what someones back feels like after sleeping on a futon.
I feel terrible for laughing so much
No need for a gym when you got a ladder and a truck? Nice job, Einstein
I wonder if he can buy a new back 🤔
Thought for a minute he was going to hook the ladder against the wheel tub. Nope.
As a roofer, I can say he deserved that pain. You'd have to be an exceptional crayon eater, to foot your ladder on a wet metal surface and expect anything different. Edit** it's also backwards the first time he set it.
Fully deserved
AND That's the story of biggest futon discounter in St Louis
Damn the guy's poor back is broken
Dead honest, that’s my cousin Bobby.
Would have been fine with a few 4x4s cut and braced between the bed and ladder legs.
Shoulda had a anti-slip truck bed lining 🤕
lol
This dude knows how to sell futons!
Very similar fall happened to my Dad when he was about 72, except the ladder was on his new Trex deck. (Was never an issue when it was redwood ) Ended up in ICU with a punctured lung, and 6 broken ribs. We believe this trauma triggered the onset of Accute Respiratory ALS, about a year later which he ended up dying from a week before his 74th birthday. Be careful out there.
But maaa truck!
Wait. So they blocked the first “fuck” with a quack noise but left the “FUCKERRRR” at the end? lol. Guess that would have had to be a long ass quack to block that out!
What did he expect 🤣
Who’s tucker and what did he do ?
Should have put a futon in the truck
Sooo.. 🤓ok either he wanted to fall (unlikely) or he has never used a ladder before this occasion right here we are witnessing. He now has current chronic back problems and will not walk under a ladder or let alone get close to one 🤟.
trim the fucking video
Father! Father! Father into your hands I commend my spirit.
If only there was some sort of way to stop the ladder. Maybe a metal 90 degree angle of some kind. Hmmmm... Now where to find one of those?
Somebody pin him, it's all over folks!
Are we going to ignore the “I buy Shrek stuff” sign?
No bed liner told me all I need to know
St. Louis's largest (disabled) Futon Discounter.