Adventures in SCIENCE
...Or something.
So I'm at my parent's house right now and for some reason mom pulled the carpeting off the top step on the stairs between the upstairs and downstairs. You know how they say that last (or first) step is a doozy? This is what they were talking about. Apparently there is some kind of bizarre connection between your perception of...I dunno...texture and balance and your brain isn't good at switching gears quickly. Stepping onto the smooth wooden step and then suddenly switching to carpet (or the other way around) suddenly makes you feel like you're going to fall down the stairs, never mind that you're completely stable and have your hands on both hand railings. It's the weirdest thing. And I do not like it one bit.
On the plus side, it keeps Jack, the larger dog, from coming upstairs, so that's a plus.
Also, air mattresses were invented by the devil to torture us on this mortal plane.
So I'm at my parent's house right now and for some reason mom pulled the carpeting off the top step on the stairs between the upstairs and downstairs. You know how they say that last (or first) step is a doozy? This is what they were talking about. Apparently there is some kind of bizarre connection between your perception of...I dunno...texture and balance and your brain isn't good at switching gears quickly. Stepping onto the smooth wooden step and then suddenly switching to carpet (or the other way around) suddenly makes you feel like you're going to fall down the stairs, never mind that you're completely stable and have your hands on both hand railings. It's the weirdest thing. And I do not like it one bit.
On the plus side, it keeps Jack, the larger dog, from coming upstairs, so that's a plus.
Also, air mattresses were invented by the devil to torture us on this mortal plane.