🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoAnon is a carpentersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down115
arrow-up1620arrow-down1imageAnon is a carpentersh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·2 days agowhere’s the fun in that? Make the last step a little bit shorter or higher!
minus-squareTwo9A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoFunny story: I built the staircase heading up to my loft, and spent days sourcing the perfect planks for the risers so I’d have exactly 13 steps. Forgot to account for the loft’s floorboards and beams, now I have a 13.25-step staircase.
minus-squarephonics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 days agoThey do this in some castles to trip up the invaders
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 days agoNot invaders but assassins. The people who belong to the castle will be used to the stairs. Any outside intruders will stumble about and therefore be heard.
where’s the fun in that? Make the last step a little bit shorter or higher!
Funny story: I built the staircase heading up to my loft, and spent days sourcing the perfect planks for the risers so I’d have exactly 13 steps.
Forgot to account for the loft’s floorboards and beams, now I have a 13.25-step staircase.
They do this in some castles to trip up the invaders
Not invaders but assassins. The people who belong to the castle will be used to the stairs. Any outside intruders will stumble about and therefore be heard.
That’s a subtle ingenious trap.
“stumble steps”
also “trip steps”