DWTK - stupid injuries

[Captain Starfish]

No contest.

Your leg healed.

[Breyten]

Originally Posted by Jonchilds

Electrocuted by a lawnmower.

Done that.
Sliced finger to bone on ringpull can.
Down Hale Rd in Wembly Downs on pushie, full tilt, no lights, someone had pulled a concrete bus seat across the footpath.
Friction burnt thumb knuckle pistol shooting.
240V Electro-shock - right arm numb for a day.
I've caught 3 sailboat booms... One knocked me out, the other two I went for a swim.

Best one though.. Removing driveshaft from my Jeep... pulled last bolt before i grabbed it... Double Cardan Joint in the nuts FTL!

[Dingo]

Arguing with my sister late one night, I was about 19, sister was 16. Mum and dad were off travelling the world leaving me as the responsible adult. 1130pm I realise sister left the pool pump running after swimming all afternoon, I ask her to go turn it off, shes starts some bullshit story about spiders going to get her and shes not going outside. I find this excuse to be bullshit and yelling match ensues. End result, She slammed a door on my RH ring finger, it burst and sprayed blood into the room on the other side from me 8 ft onto the wall, family friend whose number we had to call in case of emergencies got rung and asked to take me to the hospital. 3am I got out of there after xrays showed my finger looked like a crazy paving path. Oh, I didn't cry, and the pool pump was still on when I got home that morning

Other one was playing chasey when I was 6, climbed a bit too far up a tree and ran out branch strength, fell 2 stories to the ground, put a hole in my cheek you could poke a straw through and drink . I did cry for that one, but only because I got blood all over my Hawks scarf and brand new Hawks Sweathog sweater.

[Laika]

Anyone remember that TV show "Man from Atlantis".. As a kid I tried swimming like him underwater.. Head butted the bottom of the pool and put my two front teeth thru my lip

Gave a mate a ride home from school on the handlebars of my pushie. Going down a hill at speed and he decides to put his foot in the spokes.. He head butts the road gets knocked out, concussion, gashed his head open and pissed himself (girls nearby kept saying he was dead)... I get winded, dislocated shoulder .. Both get a ambulance ride... First and last lift I gave anyone

Me and another friend were into guns, bombs and other such nasty stuff but as kids had no access to such stuff... So we get into DIY ... a fav was using pool chemicals, I not wanting to outdone decide to "enhance" the power by adding in some other chems found in dads shed, while mixing I notice the container is getting very hot so I open the top and look in .. result was burns and blisters to face, neck, chest and lots of hair missing (I dont know how I didn't go blind) ... My mum screamed when I walked back in the house and she saw me.

I could go on and on ... or have I already?

[thro]

Most of mine fall in the "stupid" or "should have known better"

- nearly cut my index finger off (at the second knuckle) with a saw cutting wood when i was 12. still have the scar
- ripped off my little toe-nail at about the same age by running around the yard bare-foot in the dark
- at about age 6 - cut my head open during recess by running through a big concrete pipe and not ducking sufficiently
- around age 15 in plastics class, buffing a plastic fishing reel, having it catch onto the buff and hit me in the face at 3600rpm
- riding dirt bike squid style off-road, through bushland - got a pretty decent splinter embedded that far into my hand that it didn't come out for about 5 years
- riding dirt bike with sneakers (age 12-13 ish) - stopped, went to put foot down, shoelace caught on peg - fell over. minor burns (yes, i was wearing shorts)...

have been pretty good recently, i don't like hurting myself so i'm pretty careful about it now

[Foofie Foofie]

This year has been one of em.

Fell down a flight of stairs. Very last stop grabs my ankle, and my body turns 90deg away at what point i heard a "pop" in my knee, busted the profanaties out and had really pissed off medial and patella ligaments.

Standing in shower ..... then not standing in shower, head collects the nice billet style flip mixer, head split open , blood all over the walls , floor, me ...
busted the profanaties out again. PIC

Get off racebike at last trackdays, get into wheelchair and as i rotate, i jab the ball of the clutch lever into the soft tissue of my elbow. That afternoon i was in agony, and for 2 days could barely move my arm.

On the way to MAD, riding Tex's Stoner rep past the gap between the wall and my Skyline, there was about 20mm each side, must be careful .... didnt realise what id done. Next day left leg like a balloon. No idea why. Some weeks later im riding my 954 in the same spot .... and i get a sharp pain in my left leg, the part i dont feel , but apparently if you hurt it once, then hurt it again , some feeling can get thru. Of course i look down and notice the rear set peg digging into my calf as im rolling forward into my calf with the peg and my foot is planted. SO THATS HOW IT HAPPENED !. PIC

Loading a nitrous bottle into my car, i turned the valve on with my arm as it slipped out of my hand, and it blew raw liquid N20 all onto my long sleeve shirt, froze it to my skin and gave me a horrible arsed burn.

And during a fight with someone i wanst too fond of this year, managed to hold a pair of scissors and stab them into something while my legs were folded. Ankle came in handy so i made the point of how angry i was at the time and buried the blade into my ankle and left it standing there while saying "You know, im really really fucking angry right about now .... " , after what the party left, and thus ended the conversation. Probably use a coffee table next time.

[Fastgirl]

As a kid Ive broken both my arms, and both my collarbones and two ribs..all on separate incidences with horses.

Put a rusty nail straight through my trusty thong and food when I was about 6.

Going up a steep hill on my push bike (mens 10 speed) pedaling with all my strength..standing up..chain snaps...I still get shivers thinking about this one.

Dirt bike riding, a low limb comes into my vision..me thinking yeah I can duck under that...I duck..limb hits me in the throat and rips me of the bike....LOL...idiot.

My most recent incident..involved some mates trying to teach me how to stunt. Well one of em convinced me to stand on the front of his bike as he took of at a rapid rate..stop then do a burnout with me holding on..I fell of..he ran over me...I lose memory, blood and had a great escorted trip to the Hospital..I think...why is my bike black? Is my helmet OK?

And a couple of low sides to mention..no real injuries...cept the one at a round about..went in to hot..low sided...chipped a bone in my right shoulder..and another fucking helmet!

[Undead]

Originally Posted by Desmogod

This is why women are bad drivers.

driving yourself home from the pub in future hey Jim??

[taint]

I think Foofie is doing quite well in this :p

I tore bone of my right thumb(tendon ripped bone off, still floating around in there somewhere) while attempting to break dance. See it does make you look like an idiot.

Cut the end of my finger off with a stanley knife while being a dickhead.
Cut another finger down to the bone with a shark tooth, because it isn't sharp
Went skating in the rain and slipped on a 1/4 pipe, grabbed at fence to steady myself and dislocated my shoulder.
Slammed the car door trapping all my fingers in it, the door locked and I had to yell for help for ages because everyone else had buggered off somewhere

Theres lots more, just cannot think at the moment

disclaimer: most of the events above were caused by an error in judgment, ie. Not engaging brain matter

[likefry]

While windsurfing i tried to do a carve 360. Going full speed into the carve halfway through my foot comes out of the strap and my front tooth connects with my nice ally boom. knocks it loose but not out thankfully had to keep my mouth shut to hold it in.

the amount of times i've been windsurfing full speed and hit a sand bar or clump or weed and smashed myself i can't count.

My brother was cutting some wood with a shovel when we were young don't know why but i thought i could get the wood before he cut it. ended up chopping half my nail off.
mum was totally pissed about that one.

[Speed Demon]

Iwas full of piss from early work party, got home and decided that the 4.0 metre beam from my pergola was to twisted to use. placed it through window, resting on back parcel shelf,not tied up and drove down to mazzegas to return it. as i pulled in drive it moved outwards more and was balancing on top of door. it clipped the wall and spun around in the back of the car. seesaw type effect and smashed my head. woke up 100 metres later un able to move from neck down paralised and unable to talk, id swallowed my tongue and was pretty fucked. spewed on ambulance driver, regained movement and speech, abused nurse at hospital when she put 9 stitches in back of head. lots of grief from hospital staff next day. dizzy for months afterwards

[Jonchilds]

Remembered another good one:
We have been using sulphur dioxide gas at work recently without problems. A client who sent in some samples for some preliminary test work needed a higher flowrate than we had set the equipment up for, so we dug around for an old flowmeter that could handle the load.

Ended setting everything up, and thought what was coming out of the piping looked a little bit low. Heard a hiss from the equipment and thought it must have been a small leak. Ended up sticking my head into a dead spot in the extractor and got a face, nose and lung full of the gas.

For those who have had electric shock, this is marginally worse, and leaves you gasping for air afterwards. Sitting in a cool room helps significantly.

[Daise]

I have another one.

About 4 years old, I got my training wheels taken off my pushie (yes, it was pink with tassles and a basket). Riding around the cul-de-sac I thought I was the shit.

I stopped outside my house where mum was, yelling "LOOK AT ME!! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" and I forgot I didn't have training wheels.

So, at a complete standstill, feet still on pedals, bike falls over with me still attached. Head smashes on the road (blue metal) and blood is everywhere. Mum freaks and thinks I'm dead and I had the biggest egg on my head ever.

I get patched up and my career in spectacularly crashing two-wheeled devices commence.

I still have the bald spot on the back of my head from it!

[barfridge]

Daise: you just started this thread to brag, didn't you?

[semi]

daise crashes as soon as she gets her training wheels off

[Havago]

Good old can in the bon fire.
I through the can in from a good distance but didn't think it was in the fire good enough.
Well it was, but only found out as I bent down to move it.
As it was a full can it went off BIG, throwing me in the air and about 2 metres from the fire. (fire also went everywhere)
My jacket was still on fire when i stood up and my mates tackled me to the ground to put me out.
From there I dont remember much apart from waking up in emergency.

Injurys were,
Burning all my face/nose passage and 3rd degree burns to both my hands.
Skin grafts to my right hand which took nearly 2 years to heal.

To top it all off, I was in hospital and had no smokes so I decided to walk down to the servo (about half a k away) in my gown and the drip thingy on the pole.
On the way back enjoying a nice smoke I clipped a curb while going up and fell to the ground ripping the drip straight out of my arm. (blood every where)
Lets just say the nurses were not happy. (but I was after the shot of morph)

[Princess Deb]

You'll notice the picture on the left, it's my school photo from Kindy. I have no front teeth in this photo.

My sisters & I had fallen asleep in the car, Dad grabs the first one out & carries her inside, I slide down onto the seat, and because it is a cold night Mum shuts the door, slamming it in my face. Suddenly I wasn't asleep anymore, and neither were my sisters, or anyone within a 3km radius.

[BigCat]

I'm still sporting a large scar on my right forearm after an incident when i was a kid - i was chasing this chick around the local church garden with a lump of dog shit on the end of a stick. She ran inside and slammed the door - unfortunately i was right behind her, so my arm and said turd when straight through the glass leaving me stuck there in the glass with blood pissing out everywhere and a gaping wound in my arm. Even better was that the door belonged to the local vicar!

Oh, and does stumbling out of a party after too many Newcy Browns wearing furry dog slippers, passing out in the snow and ending up in hospital with hypothermia count?

[guswa]

Originally Posted by Havago

Good old can in the bon fire.
I through the can in from a good distance but didn't think it was in the fire good enough.
Well it was, but only found out as I bent down to move it.
As it was a full can it went off BIG, throwing me in the air and about 2 metres from the fire. (fire also went everywhere)
My jacket was still on fire when i stood up and my mates tackled me to the ground to put me out.
From there I dont remember much apart from waking up in emergency.

Injurys were,
Burning all my face/nose passage and 3rd degree burns to both my hands.
Skin grafts to my right hand which took nearly 2 years to heal.

To top it all off, I was in hospital and had no smokes so I decided to walk down to the servo (about half a k away) in my gown and the drip thingy on the pole.
On the way back enjoying a nice smoke I clipped a curb while going up and fell to the ground ripping the drip straight out of my arm. (blood every where)
Lets just say the nurses were not happy. (but I was after the shot of morph)

fukin lol..........

[D'Artagnan]

Where to start...

1) When I was a kid I climbed up onto the roof to watch my brother 'parachute' off (with a hanging basket). I was sure he was going to die - probably wished for it. Anyhow while willing his death on, I fell through the glass greenhouse roof and landed on glass table. Needless to say, glass everywhere, including right through my foot. Brother wheeled me to hospital in a wheelbarrow (only a block or so away). Many stitched later, I was all patched up.

2) On a school excursion to a remote island off the Qld coast, just after the boat have left us, I was playing touch rugby with mates on the beach. Decided to dive into the water sideways to avoid one of them, and landed on a bed of oysters. Sliced my chest open and needed evacuating back to the mainland...more stitches.

3) Another island (this time in New Guinea). Got crook in the guts, and in a panic of 'OMG no toilet' ran head first into the bush, and tripped over. Getting back to my feet, I tried to continue running and fell again. When I looked down, I realised I had a lump of 4x2 stuch to my foot. On closer inspection, I found the lump was attached by a large, rusty nail, which was neatly protruding from the top of my foot. Now that wasn't the worst bit. Getting it out wasn't much fun either....but that wasn't the worst bit...the worst bit was flying out later that week. My now infected foot exploded like a balloon, for the entire 1 hour flight with me screaming in pain.

Well that's most of the stupid ones. A couple more, but they were self inflicted!!

D'Art