Do you laugh when people fall down?

It really depends on the circumsatnces as to why they fell down. If someone was goofing around and fell down then of course I would laugh because they got what they deserved. But if someone happened to take a misstep and fell I would be concerned whether they had hurt themselves or not. I would feel the need to check and see if they are alright.

Well,i know is not nice,but trust me i can't help myself to laugh if i see someone fall down... Last week my co-worker just fall down because she expect the chair be near and this was taken from another co-worker(not for bad joke)...and she was so hilarious...i know she love me more less now ,but...trust me i couldn't keep my laugh...lol!!

I would never laugh if it was an old person who fell down, because their bones are so fragile that the slightest thing can have serious consequences. I do laugh it people who are close to me fall over, this sounds awful but I know I don´t have to hold myself back with them. Mind you, I also laugh when I fall over myself, imagining how ridiculous it must have looked is what makes me laugh. My husband does the same, he´s forever bumping into things and sometimes ends up on the floor because of it. Remembering the last time he did is making me laugh right now, lol.

Yesterday in work - I work in a kitchen - I heard someone making such a noise in the corridor so I ghad a look out. I was expecting it to be kids and I would have told them to be quiet. Instead a man walks round the corner laughing so hard. He saw me and saud sorry and that someone had just fallen. Now I am all for a laugh and giggle but this guy was literally whooping. Men take it too far sometimes. Yes, though I normally do tend to laugh and then feel instantly bad about it just in case they really hurt themselves and you know what they say- what goes around comes around. If you laugh at someone then you know something bad will happen to you.

I started laughing just reading your discussion. When I see someone fall I first kind of chuckle and try to hold in what I can until I am sure they are okay. But it is just a reaction that blurts right out of me. I hate it to because I am a faller. It is an ongoing joke with my family that I haven't fallen in a while so I am due a good one. I fall so often that I have actually gotten somewhat graceful at it. I twisted my ankle once while walking down the busiest sidewalk in Manhattan one day. I knew I was going down and I had a skirt on so I reached down and lifted my skirt a bit while I practically curtsied right down on my butt!! At least I can laugh about it after the fact. It usually takes me several days though. Okay........ I am laughing just typing this. Thanks, I always love a good laugh.

If the person hasn't hurt themselves, it can be funny. If it's someone that I don't know, though, and I'm out in public, I would do my best to supress the laughter as I wouldn't want to cause anyone any embarassment.

I can usually control myself, unless the hubby is with me. He has the same problem as you. HE can't control it. He laughs so hard at them, that he nearly topples over, and of course they realize that he's laughing at them. i always feel so bad, and usually end up apologizing, or walking away quickly so they don't think we're together. (:

Sometimes the circumstances are such that you feel you have to laugh. I watched as an acquaintence showed off her new high heels on the dancefloor, needless to say she fell, was unhurt, but there were gales of laughter over it.

It doesnt happen to me but I knew a person that couldn't stop laughing when anything bad happened to someone.. it was an inappropriate nervous response..but it seemed so rude...She would see someone get hurt and she would laugh...really being concerned but inappropriatly laughing at the same time...I had never experienced this in my life and it was very difficult to watch it happen...she and I would talk about it and she would tell me how bad she felt...she would generally have to walk away from such situations because she claimed to have no control and people would get upset with her...Yours doesn't seem to be as intense as hers...( she saw a guy break his arm and while she called for help she was laughing!!) I haven't seen her in a long time and I must say I hope she followed through with the help she was seeking last time we spoke...but I wonder how many people suffer this?

I wonder what it is about falling that gives us such a chuckle... I think it is the absurdity of it. I mean, who can watch a little 12 month old taking his first steps and falling down to his bum and not get a burst of joy and laughter over it? it is not so much the fall as it is the absurdity, I guess.

LOL. I hate to trip in front of you. I really try not to do that coz I don't want anyone laughing at me because I'm being a klutz. But there are times when I let out a giggle specially if they way the trip or fall down is comical.

i usually surpress it unless it's one of those people that windmill their arms and make a big production of it.then you can't help but laugh.

Tsk tsk....for shame..you laugh when a person falls...naughty!...I don't...I'm one of those concerned ones who hopes the person is okay...but I can understand why a person will laugh though...like a nervous reaction or something???

Yes, I do. Usually its just a chuckle and if the person is injured than I'll compose myself and be concerned. I'm no sure why we think it's funny but I know we arent alone. Have you seen America's Funniest Videos? That show is full of falling down videos. If people didn't think it was funny they wouldn't be using so many of those videos. Some of those actually make me cringe because they do look pretty painfull! But, usually I laugh before I cringe. lol

I do have quite an evil streak in me sometimes and if someone trips or falls I do find myself laughing at them. I remember once I washed the slippery lino in the kitchen without warning anyone. In waltzed my daughter about to tell me something and with that she was A over T, legs up in the air. I had to show some sympathy, but while I was trying to ask if she was alright I couldn't help laughing, not to her amusement. I've started laughing again when remembering this!

Sometimes I do. If I see that the person got real hurt, I wouldn't laugh and try to help him/her get up.

Yes me too I laugh when people fall and I can't help it. It's not good because the person who falls will not appreciate it especially if it hurts! I personally don't like it when I fall and someone laughs at me but still I can not get myself to change this habit. It's just automatic. The last time I fell was in Montreal. There was snow on the ground and on some places there was ice. I fell on the street on my rear end and it was really bad. My sister was laughing at me but when she saw that I couldn't get up she freaked out. I was crying and I couldn't even move. It hurt so bad and I thought I was going to get paralyzed. For months I hurt when I sit and I can not get up easily. Fortunately I am fine now. So yes it's not nice to laugh at somebody but it seems there is nothing we can do to stop ourselves from doing it.

Hi,woodpigeon! I couldn't laugh when fall down,because I may imagine if I fall down whether people will snicker me?It's horrible when I fall down, people around me laughing and saying something bad...

Well,i tend to laugh when i witness such siituations but one thing is i try not to make it obvious.I laugh at the instance but at thesame time,i"ll be the first to help.

No, i did not laugh but some people laugh when there`s someone fall down. I experience that one time when we went to a mall. I just wear a sandal and i slipped and almost fall. Some laugh at me a giggle and i feel embarras.