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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 07:47 AM
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Why does W always have to hold onto the handrails?


In almost every picture I have ever seen, W almost always holds the handrails when he is walking down a staircase.

In the pic above it looks like W and Pickles are holding onto the handrails for dear life. Are they both so loaded that they can hardly make it down the steps? A normal healthy person does not use the handrails when going down a flight of stairs.





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lil-petunia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 07:48 AM
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1. he has a fear of walking. Flying's OK, though.
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Not Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 07:50 AM
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2. He can't ride a bike...
he fell of a segway. What makes you think he can do stairs?

Vertigo perhaps? I suspect something more serious.
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Julien Sorel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 07:54 AM
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3. Fear of a Jerry Ford moment.
It's all about ridicule for the Republicans.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 07:57 AM
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4. Drunk as a skunk.
That's why he's falling all the time.And I don't buy that pretzel story.He was so loaded that he fell flat on his face.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:07 AM
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6. Let's go through this again:
Speaking as one who has an advanced degree in Mayhem(Black Belt, Isshinryu Karate, many years of training) and has tended the wounds on both myself and others, and has done his practicum in interpersonal violence as a bouncer in a busy club, I can say with reasonable assurance that the "pretzel fall" was no pretzel fall at all.

Somebody clocked him a good one. The placement of the wound, and the shape of it, is very consistant with a hooking punch.

Trust me, I have had them.

By whom? There is an interesting point to ponder.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:45 AM
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14. He was so drunk that he punched himself.
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bluetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:04 AM
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5. I don't dismiss that they're both drunks and still hate them both, but
he has really bad knees which may partially explain some of the falls.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:16 AM
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7. I've had bad knees since I was 19
which was a long time ago and I still don't hold onto the handrails.

Plus this is a guy who despite bad knees supposedly mountain bikes 18 miles in the 'rough' back country of his Texas pig farm, excuse me, ranch.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:18 AM
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9. Cheerleading is a tough sport on the knees I hear!
It's a good thing the Pretzeldent never went out for football!
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jjanpundt Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:17 AM
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8. I'm a mostly normal healthy person and I always use
handrails on stairs and escalators. If the stairs are shallow I do without it, but if the stairs are steep I hang on for dear life. I've fallen down stairs many times beginning in childhood (not sure what causes it may just be I'm a klutz) and those handrails are a blessing! Unfortunately I can't throw stones at these detestable people for that reason.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:20 AM
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10. me, either, but I still wish he wouldn't use 'em
love to see that SPLAT
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Mend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:34 AM
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11. Alcohol Neuropathy
He has a classic case....trouble going up and down stairs, abnormal sweat patterns, etc. Alcoholics damage the nerve endings in their legs, especially and the rest of their nervous system by their heavy drinking. The symptoms can appear as early as age 40. We can just imagine what his "brain" looks like. He gets away with everything in life, but he didn't get away with this.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:49 AM
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15. "We can just imagine what his "brain" looks like"
Here,look at this X-Ray :
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:37 AM
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12. so he won't trip on a pretzel and choke
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 08:44 AM
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13. Bushies brain is full of holes due to abuse.
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