I sprained my ankle once when trying to walk on stilts. The stilts belonged to a neighbor. We were kids at the time. The neighbor's kid was the only one who could manage to walk on them - I guess he'd had some practice. The stilts weren't all that tall, only about a foot and a half off the ground. I was the only one who got hurt out of a group of about ten kids. Sheesh. I should have known better... 🙄
shareI just noticed this thread so I’m late in replying. Anyhow, for those of you who are aware of my crazy antics in my long ago life, I have more to tell. The oddest things have occurred to me in my life. Most as a result of my own doing. Waking up drunker than a skunk in a funeral home was, I’m sure an odd occurrence. Story told here many months ago so I won’t go into it again.
Now, for the dumbest of dumb injuries to befall a person....in this instance....me. Stupid me! I was a tomboy in my younger years and I wasn’t about to let any of the male species best me! I was going to do what they did, only better. One day I noticed a few of them climbing a fire hydrant hands free, until they were able to balance themselves on the large top bolt (?). Then they would jump off.
I stood back watching and waiting for them to leave. They went on their way, so now I’m going to best them in this feat! I scaled that hydrant hands free with no problem, proud that I was balancing myself on that top bolt. Now to beat them at their game! I’ll show them! With my arms still outstretched I slowly lifted my right foot off the top of my left foot. There I was smiling to myself, arms and right leg completely outstretched when the unthinkable happened. My left foot slipped and I fell straight down onto that blasted bolt! Needless to say, I had injured myself severely, limped home dragging my foot. Ended up in emergency followed by a 7 day hospital stay. I had ruptured the right side of my female anatomy....better than center point! Odd things surely did befall me. 🤷♀️
I think you might just win the prize for most serious injury. Yikes!
share☺️You mean I may finally win first place?👏🏻 Miss GlenE did I tell you about the time, I think I was about 5, my aunt babysat me while my parents worked. She would make her daughter and me take naps everyday. My cousin would sleep, but I hated that hour every day. I’ve never been a nap taker. Anyhow I would just lie there twiddling my fingers knowing a piece of bubblegum was coming after our nap. One day I found a bobby pin in the bed. Goody, I had something to play with instead of my fingers! There happened to be an electrical outlet by the bed. You guessed it! I stuck that separated bobby pin into the outlet....result? Screaming with burned fingers and blisters.
Thinking about all the trouble I’ve put upon myself, I don’t know how I’ve survived!
Yikes! I stuck a key in an outlet when I was young - maybe about 5 or 6. I got a buzz - a little bit of a shock, but certainly no burns or blisters! Definitely learned my lesson!
share After watching the movie gremlins my brother made a bow and arrow with a paperclip and a pen and he got me right in the eye and had to go to the emergency and had a surgery a few days after and came 1 mm close to being blind from one eye.
Still to this day, when I go see a new optometrist they ask me If I’m aware of that I have a small little dot scarred next to my pupil
Wow, what a close call.
shareI broke my finger water skiing..and how I'm not even sure..
I think the ski's flipped up on a wake and knocked my finger.
It bled a lot too..Mucho stitches..
Remember pogo balls ?
shareNo, but I remember knocker-balls. And I don’t mean hoes!🙄
shareI was thinking of these things, but I guess that's not what you meant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNWLC16gyOk
These things were painful when you didn't get it right.
Those are exactly what I meant! So happy they’ve been outlawed. I played with them after I had a few red Solo cups containing adult beverages! 😳Funny how much nerve we get when we’ve had a few. I learned my lesson after getting clunked in the head twice. 🤕I lost my nerve after that no matter how many red Solo cups were drained!🥤🥤🥤🥤
shareOh yeah! Alcohol makes us fearless.
shareI slammed the dresser drawer on the tip of my penis once. I had just gotten out of the shower, naked, and I grabbed socks out of the drawer to get dressed, then slammed it full force, not realizing my willy was hanging in between.
I screamed like no other.
The pain was almost unbearable. I might even have a scar.
OMGosh! So Wee Willy Winky got slammed? Ouch! I thought the worse that could happen would be meeting a zipper! Just thinking about how painful that would be makes me scrunch my toes. Your dumb hurting ranks up there with mine!😱😨😰😓
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