Muse2NOPharaoh said:

My Wonka vision isn't what it used to be. I need to eat less chocolate and more carrots!

ZombieKitten said:

Did you hurt your boobs?

HamsterHuey said:

As soon as David crys uncle. which may be very soon!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

I think you're wonderful, you know that?

WillyWonka said:

no, my FACE

ZombieKitten said:

WillyWonka said:

Chocolate covered carrots..... its an amazing idea.... think about it!

WillyWonka said:

Oh I am something alright WillyWonka ..... Wonderful may not be it but thank you kind soul....

ZombieKitten said:

I've done that.

HobbesLeCute said:

it's very ouch isn't it

ZombieKitten said:

Like getting sent to ten seconds of Hell.

HobbesLeCute said:

yes! exactly!

ZombieKitten said:

Honestly though I'd rather get hit in the face than stub my toe. I once stubbed my toe so bad the nail got kinda crushed, and it's never gone back to normal. Maybe one day I can show you my freaky mutant toe.

HobbesLeCute said:

toes are very sensitive I had an injection in my big toe once and it felt like it was going to explode and I nearly walloped the surgeon a good one.

ZombieKitten said:

I had to get a shot in my big toe once when they were removing an ingrown toenail. Right in the nerve. I did okay though, 'cause I knew I'd be fine if I just didn't look at it.

Afterwards the doctor said to me "Kid, you took that thing like a REAL MAN." I was 12 at the time.

ZombieKitten said:

In my botched post I was telling about stumbling around barefoot in the dark and breaking my toe by just walking into the doorpost.

I always smash my shin....no matter what I'm doing, some kind of way, I'll hit my shin on something... ...lifetime of intense pain compressed into about 30 seconds....the world falls away and the focus of all life is my shin.....

either that or I smash the so unappropriately named Funny Bone....who the fuck thought THAT particular slice of heaven is funny? not funny at all!!!

HamsterHuey said:

ouch!!!

reneGade20 said:

I'm always walking into corners of tables, and I get massive bruises mid thigh

ZombieKitten said:

how about as long as I've been in the service, you'd think I'd have the hang of putting on my helmet.....NAH!! At least once a day, I clobber my forehead with it.....not enough lift to get over the whole head I guess....

reneGade20 said:

I always bang the back of my head when I buckle the kids into their carseats

ZombieKitten said:

mine were infants together (10 months apart) so I would do it twice....

reneGade20 said:

yeah, 2 of my 3 only just learned how to do theirs recently

ZombieKitten said:

WillyWonka said:

I don't know I think I was startled or in shock, it happened downtown it was quite embarrassing.

i constantly have mystery bruises because i'm such a klutz. i'm excellent at tripping over my own feet or teeny bits of sidewalk and i stub my toes badly every other day or so.

the most embarrassing klutz fit i've had was tripping and completely falling on my ass in front of a guy i liked in high school. he laughed.

I never trip, fall or bump into things. I meditate with every step, when I'm at home at least. I often walk on tiptoes too. Good for the calf muscles and for walking deliberately and economically.

However, I am prone to getting injured playing with my nephew. A week or so ago he jumped on my head and there was this sickening cracking sound from my neck which ended up causing me pain for several days. He's also twice jumped off the bed on to my outstretched leg (my feet were dangling off the end and I was lying on my stomach) and completely screwed my knee.

Poor Willy... I hope you're feeling okay now.

I did EXACTLY the same thing myself, once, except I actually went crashing through the window. I described it here:

http://prince.org/msg/100/241184



And believe it or not - I didn't mention it on that thread because no stitches were involved - but about a year later after the 'Athens' incident, I got invited along to a Uni mate's birthday party and did it AGAIN. I'd never been to this guy's house before and I was making my way to the bathroom and - CRUNCH - I went straight into the patio window. It was so transparent, I couldn't see it. They had a marquee in the garden and some guy announced on a tannoy "Happy Birthday, Ollie. And Alun has just walked into the patio door". A load of people came out to see what the fuss was about and I was just standing there with this gigantic crack going through the glass. I was mortified. Luckily, Ollie's father was very gracious about it and just told me not to worry about it. I am an idiot.


And just to prove my klutziness, the week before last I pulled a muscle (I think? ) in my right leg. I was walking down the stairs - trying not to put my weight on it - went flying, and severely bruised a toe on my right foot.* So both legs were killing me. I was hobbling about like some old aged pensioner.



(*okay - I was carrying my laptop in one hand, had a bundle of washing under another arm and was talking on the phone at the same time but... what?! I was being careful!! )

Thinking about it... I used to be a COMPLETE klutz in my teens. I am not so bad these days but I still have my moments.

Around the age of 15/16, I spent the entire Summer with one of my best mates, Jonathan. I literally spent every single day of the Summer holidays in his house; I was like a part of his family, almost. So I was very relaxed in their home. I'm sure they had enough of me , though, as I kept bloody knocking things over and spilling things on their dining table. It was becoming a running joke as his mother had to wash the tablecloth God knows how many times whilst I was there. Anyway, this one time, I managed to spill a glass of lemonade over the table and it soaked EVERYTHING. Including some cassette tapes that were lying there. Fast forward a bit and - why it didn't occur to us, I don't know - we went to play one of these tapes in his stepdad's midi-hifi and the sound was all muffled. LEMONADE ALL OVER THE BLOODY TAPE DECK. It never worked properly again - his stepdad wasn't amused.

Luckily, I don't seem to have as many mishaps these days.



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