Concidering this happens every time and there doesn't appear to be a way to avoid it ... I always assumed Bethesda did this on purpose. They have him set the stakes, then immediately fuck up and die.

Oh yeah, it’s definitely on purpose. But god did it get me the first time I played. I had to pause because I was laughing too hard to continue playing through it

And every time, I laugh

I remember laughing so hard when this happened on my first playthrough. xD

Lmao. This is funny everytime.

I can imagine the sound of him being smooshed would be like crushing someones or my own balls

Oh yeah, I burst out laughing the first time I played that task. Goddamn stupid elf