Fatal Floor - British 1970's information film

[LeeJTurnock]

Press '8' repeatedly for instant Jack Douglas. "WHEY HEY! GERROFF!"

[jonathanwalshuk]

This must have been a big problem back then to be making a film about it.

[jozwrx]

God I loved this ad as a kid - cracked me up:-

# neeeee'aaaaargh!! #

lol

[ariesscorpiorising]

I'd laugh!! TeeHeeeeEEEE!!!  XD

[megarouge2001]

When they showed the man trap, I thought this was a how-to ad for spinsters to land a guy! Cripple him and then nurse him back to health, a la Misery.

[BillBrd1]

Needs a Wilhelm scream.

[aidan752]

was dat john hurt?

[pickering86]

Yeah. I lost my leg because of a polished floor and a rug incident. It's more common than you think.

[Tixylixx]

This is just hilarious, the whole thing, the music, the words (are women immune to slippery floors then?) the special effects, the hapless hippy destined for a fall....but best of all the punch line...and to think he'd only just come FROM the hospital! absolutely classic!!

[cuntylishus]

Patronising nanny state bollocks: they had it back then too, you know. :)

[IamSakuraHearMeRoar]

Might as well set a man trap. I love the way he fucking says that... and then the trap shows up and I can't help but laugh whilst watching this video.

[danw1374]

Almost sounds like he was telling a joke great punchline ! lol

[zekezero12345]

"might as well set a man trap" lol

Yeah, you thoughtless bitch, get back to the sink...

[Amandamoo73]

cheaper than the local skating rink!

[animationdude56]

oh, he'd only just come from the hospital, how ironic......

[siffler1234]

tap 9 and you here his head hit the carpentry lol

[RandomAlex7]

I think the mantrap makes the floor look way nicer than the rug

[monkeybrain2007]

You have to use rugs , where would you buy a good sized mantrap from anyway? :) . x

ps great upload I used to have a video that had all the public service films on it , but lost with the power of DVD :) . x

[oakesy68]

just aftter the shock they pissed themselves laughing

[themachman19691]

one person must of went flying on a polished floor

[Feisty1967]

That is SO ridiculous!!! I'm killing myself laughing!!!!

[darthkahn45]

I love how that last bit is delivered like a punchline.

[1027sterling]

Why does the trap only affect men?

[chevick]

If he werent so keen to put the kettle on he might have fared out better...

[Scotteboy1000]

Glue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JillC2]

New fathers usually don't hit the floor until after they see the hospital bill...

[vaguelyvintage]

@JillC2 not really a problem in the UK - thanks to the NHS, we just slip on rugs

[fogzax]

Brill!!! 

[bladrunner6]

She didn't like her son in law

[Binky40SW]

Oh, what a wuss... it's not like he tumbled down a flight of stairs or something...

[3DPlanets]

Nail the rug to the floor. Problem solved.

[TommyRoastBeef76]

Here in America, the PSA's are typically about legitimate issues. Such as Dirty Harry telling you to not use crack, a crying Indian, or promotions for Labor Unions. In England they had "Don't over-wax your floor".

[ptaaffe]

@TommyRoastBeef76 That's the "nanny state" for you

[Keltibarian]

@TommyRoastBeef76 This is a legitimate issue. Have you ever been to England? The place is full of over-waxed floors. So while the main killer of Americans is... other Americans, I guess, in England the number one killer is slippery hardwood floors. The number two killer is kids climbing electric pylons to retrieve frisbees, and the number three killer is people being hit by cars whilst attempting to escape Alvin Stardust.

[TommyRoastBeef76]

@Keltibarian True, very true. Alvin Stardust is a major threat to public safety.

[thefrecklepuny]

Had a trip or fall anywhere, the phone National Accident Hotline on.....

[danglebearing]

Well if the rug did not get him, the brakes on that Maxi would have.

[ArekuGuru]

So, is he dead, or what?

[happytreeguy]

And then Henne was just fine.

[madgrim1]

claims direct

[Paintheshed]

mantrap, how sexist lol, he spends a lot of time at the hospital lol, he's always sliding around on rugs lol

[lovemorembigi]

Nanny state always knows what's best for all her little sheep!!!

[robuk1981]

Why does everyone own an Austin 1100 in these films?

[TheOptimod]

@robuk1981 Obviously they don't - these people own an Austin Maxi.

[zeonbub]

They'd made a PIF for just about any situation you can imagine in 1970's Britain!

[Jerraph]

I had no idea they were so dangerous. I'm replacing all my rugs with mantraps from now on.

[jayeevee]

between farmers outlook and shoot! tyne tees had a great one "put your fag end out PROPERLY!

[FantasyMindedMan]

lol. this funny! because these days people set up falls like that for youtube! lol

[bawoman]

"And to think he had just come from the hospital"

Lol,am I the only one who laughed out loud at that?

[3DPlanets]

This is just stupid. So you have a shiny floor with a rug. It's not like on the other side of therug i a pit of boiling lava or a nuclear land mine. I fell down a flight of stairs once, and I'm OK.

[IncidentalShine]

@3DPlanets I see you've never played the floor is made of lava.

[3DPlanets]

@IncidentalShine

Yes I have.

[DrKincade]

I remember when this PIF came out, not long before my gran had polished her parquet floor and put the rug down on it and when my old grandfather came in in a rush he went arse-over-tit at about 30 mph on it much to every one's delight!

Deep joy!

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

mantrap...not a bad idea.

Women. Know your limits

[AzumangaDaioh1fan]

HAHAHAHA! Gawd how the hell does that kill someone? XD

[burnleyboy01]

@AzumangaDaioh1fan i guess they go into shock haha

[RICKD790]

He was a Maxi driver!!

[Nintendavin]

Billy British Guy

Born: 1957

Died: 1978

Cause of death: Rug on waxed floor

[guthywoodry]

Don't laugh, this is produced by the congenitally sick f**ks who run Britain.

Perniciously Anal-Retentive, scared-of-everything Oxford & Cambridge graduates, -Whose purpose in life is to spread more fear.

[prben2]

Come on, the mother and daughter planned it deliberately to get his insurance money.

[billyh88uk]

Years and years ago there was a drum & bass remix of this on the internet. Would kill to hear that again!

[thegirl44]

This reminds me of a Gary Larson Cartoon:

Lupuslipophobia: The fear of being chased around the kitchen table by Timber Wolves while wearing wools socks on a freshly waxed floor.

A common occurrence here in Northern Canada, actually.

[BREN70S]

joggers are particularily tasty to them i believe , oh and singers

[thegirl44]

I've never met anyone who looks like a Lee Majors action figure.

You're wicked awesome :)!

[BREN70S]

i do try , love some of ur comments too

[THEKTMMAN625]

She wanted the life insurance money and got it !!!

[QuillerBarracuda]

Something must be done!!! :-/

[kayway9]

vicious........

can turn just like that.....

[Megarexx1]

my worst enemy, waxed floors

[tinpotintellect]

Ace

[bules72]

I would love that music for a ring tone.

[sinbin55671]

Ahaha their faces.

[belial1974]

hahahaha...i so remember all these great 70's public info films...most very funny and some pretty spooky ;O)

[salvadormarley]

Bruised arse.

[HalonProductions]

Britain definitely has better infomercials than the US.

[oywidapoodles]

Lmao! And what a great twist at the end. XD

[HalonProductions]

CARPET IS SPY

[smokyjee]

hahaha I thought the narrator was going to say "Polish a floor, put a rug on it, you might as well set a man trap YOU STUPID WOMAN!!!!" lol

[goodtimetone]

its gold

[hofsteveO]

Should have got Norman Wisdom to do this ad.

[harryfritter]

If we could have seen him drop, that would be comedy gold

[Glenn1967ful]

Of its time, a lot of houses then didn't have wall to wall carpeting so this was a fair sized risk in its day.

[McKay1]

BAHAHAHAHAAAAA, god I love old UK public safety videos. They're so weird and funny.

So, it's called fatal floor...don't tell me slipping on a floor actually killed the guy...is he made of glass??

[AustinFX4]

I love it. "Polish a floor - put a rug on it -you might as well set a man trap".

[mutinyonthekitkat]

Tragic, yet strangely hilarious.

[achimendez]

"Arrange your toothbrushes in a strictly parallel fashion, every minute of every day. Otherwise, you might as well kick your granny in the CHEST."

"This has been a service of the British Fears Council."

[AlannTH]

Good job she was not carrying the baby inside at the time.

[flakelorenz02]

I lie awake each night thinking what if I got to someone's house and they have a rug over a polished floor.

[johlufc]

So this particular PIF was effective then.

[bc9b89]

Damn womans, always making teh mans slip.

[androx17]

The hospital line at the end just makes the whole thing sound like a comedy---needs a trumpet sound 'wah wah waaaahh' after it

[Stereolabdream]

That's pretty random...hehehehehehe....

"Polish a floor, set a rug on it...

You might as well set a mantrap..."

SUCH EVIL SHOULD BE PUNISHED WITH THE CAT OR THE BIRCH...That'd teach her.

[100roberthenry]

he just camr from the hospital???

hold on! he's just trying to claim on her insurance the c**t....

[webbhead92]

Was that for real or a Not The Nine O Clock News sketch?

[wolfiewifie]

it was real :L

[webbhead92]

If you want really funny check out the ad where the kid gets his Frisby wedged in a power station and grabs it. Or the kid flying his kite under a pylon. Or any of the Charly says adverts.

[armours]

We must have led sheltered lives, if the TV companies could spare air time to warn us about dangerous rugs. There was another one warning us not to run round corners in case there were two men carrying a pane of glass. So, the moral of this story is... "Ladies, don't be such a load of house proud old biddies. Dirty floors are safer".

[gwelsh123]

hilarious, they dont make them like this anymore

[Rawlinson18]

I did a major mat slide entering a full cafe, didn't go over though so I got a round of applause. Ate my breakfast red faced .

[BFCboi]

MMmmm. Apparently, Accident and Emergency depts are kept busy during wet weather with people who have laminate flooring!

[dramatique10]

that. was. AWESOME!!!

[pab70]

He most likely tripped over his "Lionels"

[Nerayni]

HAHAHA!

[053bss]

Wheee!

[dermot51]

like a scene from Casualty then again they would have left the actual trap on the actual carpet as well  just for "dramatic effect"

[JackDaniels267]

I can just imagine, in medieval times, instead of using mantraps for an imminent attack, the King orders all the castle floors to be polished and rugs put down. It would be like a Monty Python sketch!!

[RylothRanger]

XD!

[PBLEY]

She was planning to kill her husband, to gain his money.

[ajlusted]

Good that they managed to squeeze in that amusing ironic twist at the end, to detract from the seriousness of the message!

[alanlovedog]

i was going to buy a new rug tomorrow - but now i know i can just use that old mantrap i have in the shed instead.

[salvadormarley]

It's like setting a MAN TRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MurderousFascist2008]

Where does it sa `I` want to `Kill` him, it just says he deserves a bullet in his sub-normal bonce!

[FruityMcGayMan]

So when you said that you will 'track him down' did you just mean like - take him to macdonalds or sumthin ? or just meet up and chat ? what did you mean when you said track him down ?

[MurderousFascist2008]

Yeah, track him down and fill him full of lead, possibly with that gun on my intro eh?

[FruityMcGayMan]

yes

[Terrorsapiens]

lol fruity

[UnderstandingPromise]

want to go on msn

[Terrorsapiens]

lolgasm

[hardrockerdave94]

He may be dead, but at least she's got a lovely clean floor.

[MurderousFascist2008]

LOL!

[FruityMcGayMan]

LOL!

[MurderousFascist2008]

Fuck off you bent bastard!

[FruityMcGayMan]

I would rather be gay than be obsessed with killing 14yo boys like yourself ...

[MurderousFascist2008]

Eh?! Which 14yo boys?

[FruityMcGayMan]

Haha yes i knew you would respond thanks man i love you xxx - im talkin about wee jack that you have on your profile ?? you have the gun on your profile ? you know now? ok ... ok hes maybe 15 or could be 16 but what does it matter

[FruityMcGayMan]

Its me murderousfascist this is my other account

[FruityMcGayMan]

Haha just kiddin m8 .. why are you such an idiot btw ? wee jack owns you :)

[vivienne1971]

if this idiot had slipped on the floor nowadays this advert would be followed by one of those adverts advising how to claim compensation

[moveitbetts]

Polish a floor and put a rug down if you wanna become a paraplegic.....

[andymerrett]

Yes, just like a mantrap. They look so much nicer than rugs, too, I find.

What did the poor berk do before that he'd just come home from the hospital? Or is he a doctor?

70s UK PIFs are just the best!

[Woollylinnet]

Andymerrett, it looks like he's just brought his wife and new-born baby from hospital.

The cards on the fireplace seem to confirm that.

[johlufc]

Good thing he wasn't carrying the bin lid.

[derwent]

What the hell's wrong with a polished floor and a rug? There must be millions of households with lovely polished wood floors and rugs these days. I can't believe anyone could see the danger in it. What rubbish.

[dissinitbig]

Yuk yuk yuk. Middle class england eh? Fraught with hazards.

[mistofoles]

HAHAHA!!What a mong!

[tamiis15]

how gay must TV have bin thn haha

[lashtastic]

Their horrified faces at 28 are truly priceless.

Public Information Film shocked expressions are so much cooler than real life shocked expressions, lol

[JoeScaramanga]

And to think, he'd only just come from the hospital!

[dummyspitter]

i dont rember this one thanx for posting

[sundaeg1rl]

Hahaha, that's how we trap men in this house!!

[wideheadofknowledge]

The yelp you hear just before the thud is priceless!

Aargh!

[leeejack]

that wreakless, murdering, bitch!!! To think he had just left hospital!!!

[exterminateallhumans]

RIP Patrick Troughton.  Thanks for posting!

[JojoChampion]

Agreed, just realized this voice was indeed his. To Rassilons tower we go...must choose above-between-below

[ColonelWalterKurtz]

My favourite, thanks for posting!

[grundie]

That PIF was so succesful it kept the number of sliipy rug incidents down to 0.5 in 1974.

[GregStillson92]

All the way down from 0.55? These PIFs really are effective!

[jiggarypokery]

she polished the floor on purpose to put him BACK in hospital coz she has been shaggin Ernie Bragg from the electrical shop behind his back!!

[blackflower75]

"...and to think he just come from the hospital..." LMAO!!

[jackbox1971]

Was this a big problem in Britian in the '70s? People killing themselves on slippery floors? You survived the blitz and Thatcher but slick tiles did you in! :)

I think the bear trap in the entry hall is a clever idea in general.

[PerkinsSimpkins]

Big Brother is watching you...polish the floor, put a rug on it..."you might as well set a man trap"! Brilliant!

[25AUG1968]

These days it could be "polish the floor, then put a rug on it coz your daughter's hubby has told her that if he slips on it, he can sue your mum for compensation, then the whole family can have a share of the successful claim. Mike S.

[CapnKirkus]

My all time favourite PIF. Hilarious, it's so overexaggerated it's rediculous!

[DiAnno13]

There is a common misconception that in Britain people drive on the opposite side of the road.  Brits do, in fact, use the same side of the road as Americans. They merely drive in the opposite direction.