Your most stupid self-inflicted injury? - Page 2

Banzai · 22-04-2004, 15:06

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quote:Originally posted by Matrix

I'm sorry, it must've hurt

It sure did, but not as much as the accident i had with my tricycle!
I was racing to my neighbours when the front wheel of my tricycle hit the 30 cm high doorstep. I tumbled over and my head hit the doorstep, causing a nice wound. My mother was completely shaken as she pulled me into the car to drive to the doctor but crashed into the car parked in front of her. I must have screamed very hard.

Banzai!

Gothmog · 22-04-2004, 15:28

When I was about ten I was fixing my bike... putting on some new gears and adjusting my chain. Had my bike suspended so I could run the pedals to test the gears. I had it all done and was quite happy with my work. I was on my knees and reached up to hit the hand brake on the bike with my left hand, at the same time for some still unexplained reason my right hand drifted towards the bike chain. The middle finger of my right hand made contact with the chain and was dragged up into the the gears to be spiked by the brand new teeth. One of the gear teeth went all the way through, penetrating my fingernail about half way down. My first instinctive tug to free my hand failed and I had to work the pedals in reverse to free my finger.

Luckily I narowly missed the bone, and did no damage to any tendons. I still have minor problems with that nail bed and a mass of scar tissue starting about a cm down from the tip.

On the plus side I wore a giant bandage on the middle finger of my right hand for the next couple months... giving everyone the permanent finger.

col · 22-04-2004, 15:35

On reflection the most painful and stupid moment involved trapping myself in a zip. Yup that zip and yup that part.

The real pain was when I realised that i would have to pull the zip back down again to free myself.

Banzai · 22-04-2004, 15:47

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quote:Originally posted by col

On reflection the most painful and stupid moment involved trapping myself in a zip. Yup that zip and yup that part.

The real pain was when I realised that i would have to pull the zip back down again to free myself.

oops.. sorry

Socrates · 22-04-2004, 15:52

Hey, col, was it you who played in that movie about Mary ???

Sorry, couldn't resist. I apologize... definitely.

No real injury as for me so far. Some little stuff, but nothing like what happened to all CDZ members. Do PBEM pains-in-the-ass count ?

Cruise · 22-04-2004, 23:05

Carrots and beans, Carrots and beans!!

Darkness · 23-04-2004, 07:56

I was riding an old (and somewhat unstable) bike a couple of years back. Really in a hurry, so I was racing, standing on the pedals and stuff. Then one of the pedals broke... And I kinda hit the metal frame of my bike with my privates... Really painful...

Matrix · 23-04-2004, 10:34

Ah, such a thing happened to me too once: I was drunk and simply wanted to sit on my saddle...but missed.

yndy · 23-04-2004, 11:59

Mine is also related to the bicycle but I’m not good with the English translation of the bike parts.
* five minutes later
OK, the part I was looking for is the chainring.

So my chain fell and I was trying to put it back (I was like 8-9 years old). I rolled a part of it on the chainring and pushed the pedal to get it into position. But since I did not wanted the bike to leave I had it suspended on my other foot. It was a cumbersome position but I was actually holding the chainring and the entire bike on my foot.

Naturally I pushed as hard as I could and the chainring, just like a chainsaw, cut all the way to the bone of my other leg. Ended up with a 10 cm scar that I still have. Lots of bleeding also.

22-04-2004, 15:35	#13
col King Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Sandwich Islands. Posts: 1,529	On reflection the most painful and stupid moment involved trapping myself in a zip. Yup that zip and yup that part. The real pain was when I realised that i would have to pull the zip back down again to free myself. __________________ I can't be arsed.

22-04-2004, 15:52	#15
Socrates Emperor Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,946	Hey, col, was it you who played in that movie about Mary ??? Sorry, couldn't resist. I apologize... definitely. No real injury as for me so far. Some little stuff, but nothing like what happened to all CDZ members. Do PBEM pains-in-the-ass count ? __________________ Sent from my Debian

23-04-2004, 07:56	#17
Darkness Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 4,169	I was riding an old (and somewhat unstable) bike a couple of years back. Really in a hurry, so I was racing, standing on the pedals and stuff. Then one of the pedals broke... And I kinda hit the metal frame of my bike with my privates... Really painful... __________________ "Death is lighter than a feather, but duty is heavier than a mountain..." - The Eye of the World

23-04-2004, 10:34	#18
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	Ah, such a thing happened to me too once: I was drunk and simply wanted to sit on my saddle...but missed. __________________

23-04-2004, 11:59	#19
yndy Prince Join Date: May 2003 Location: Romania. Posts: 895	Mine is also related to the bicycle but I’m not good with the English translation of the bike parts. * five minutes later OK, the part I was looking for is the chainring. So my chain fell and I was trying to put it back (I was like 8-9 years old). I rolled a part of it on the chainring and pushed the pedal to get it into position. But since I did not wanted the bike to leave I had it suspended on my other foot. It was a cumbersome position but I was actually holding the chainring and the entire bike on my foot. Naturally I pushed as hard as I could and the chainring, just like a chainsaw, cut all the way to the bone of my other leg. Ended up with a 10 cm scar that I still have. Lots of bleeding also. __________________ The one and only

22-04-2004, 15:28	#12
Gothmog Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Angband. Posts: 334	When I was about ten I was fixing my bike... putting on some new gears and adjusting my chain. Had my bike suspended so I could run the pedals to test the gears. I had it all done and was quite happy with my work. I was on my knees and reached up to hit the hand brake on the bike with my left hand, at the same time for some still unexplained reason my right hand drifted towards the bike chain. The middle finger of my right hand made contact with the chain and was dragged up into the the gears to be spiked by the brand new teeth. One of the gear teeth went all the way through, penetrating my fingernail about half way down. My first instinctive tug to free my hand failed and I had to work the pedals in reverse to free my finger. Luckily I narowly missed the bone, and did no damage to any tendons. I still have minor problems with that nail bed and a mass of scar tissue starting about a cm down from the tip. On the plus side I wore a giant bandage on the middle finger of my right hand for the next couple months... giving everyone the permanent finger.

22-04-2004, 23:05	#16
Cruise Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 139	Carrots and beans, Carrots and beans!!