🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agoAnon is a carpentersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down116
arrow-up1626arrow-down1imageAnon is a carpentersh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agomessage-square81linkfedilink
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·4 days agowhere’s the fun in that? Make the last step a little bit shorter or higher!
minus-squarephonics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·4 days agoThey do this in some castles to trip up the invaders
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·4 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.
minus-squareTwo9A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days 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.
where’s the fun in that? Make the last step a little bit shorter or higher!
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.
“stumble steps”
also “trip steps”
That’s a subtle ingenious trap.
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.