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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space 
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just curious, share mit me your war stories, breaks, sprains und all. i'll raise my glass and take a percocet(aaah)in your honour. my tally so far: fingers: all of them both hands, at least once. my particular favourite came while playing soccer. in goal i trapped the ball with my hands but the opposing forward decided to kick anyway and all of them broke wrists: too many times to mention (ducks from the ensuing barrage of lewd jokes) ankles: 7 sprains, one crack..never want to feel a cast again..scratches involuntarily toes: 2 broken toes, ah..there's nothing quite like a 400 pound skid introducing your foot to the floor knees: countless sprains and a muscle tear (soccer,hockey yaaay) ribs: broke 3 cracked another. was a little woozy, passed out and woke up on the bathroom floor with a 'slight ache'(yeh) after bouncing rib first into the sink or toilet back sprain/bruise and back spasms to boot (god bless hockey and the cross check) now i watch not play sports. this is all i can remember for now, at the moment i'm trying hard not to pass out or hurl..grumble grumble whine moan someone take care of me piss moan whine |
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IndigoEve Member
since 2003-01-10
Posts 279Etched in the illusion of time |
I've survived my life thus far unscathed... Well, except for the same toe stoved 8 times, back/neck/shoulder problems (all stemming one from the other), and a persistent skiing related ankle injury (geez! It happened in February. Heal already  )Other than that I'm pretty well coordinated.  If I were to touch you, would you bleed a velvet river, running miracles through the sodden ground? --Moi |
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Ringo 
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
Damn, Brother... you have been a bit self-destructive, no?? Let's see... my tally: Knees- Damaged in a race against Palotti High School (one of 2 rivals). Things got a little physical, and I was shoved knees first into gravel. Of course, I was dumb enough to finish the race, and rip the cartiledge in the process. Re-damaged while in the Marine Corps. I was running as part of my morning ritual at 5:30 down a dark desert road, and caught the edge of the pavement, and twisted my knee. Kneck-Injured as a result of a car accident (wet leaves, wet road, foggy night, guard rail...BAM!!!) Re-injured while running under an F-4 with total hydraulic failure to safety the main gear. My rubber boots hit the hydraulic fluid, and my forehead hit the leading edge. Re-injured running around a building during a water fight in Japan. (Wet grass, hard soled shoes, faucet...BAM!!!!!!!!) Elbow- Me, a 12 pound sledge, a wall... improper swinging technique caused the equivalent of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Wrist- (also ducking from the comments)Improper bass playing technique (over stretching my fingers, improper angle, playing 2-3 hour rehearsals and then a 4 hour show) resulted in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Various toe and finger injuries. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again... |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I bounced and sprain. Nothing broken to date. Drink too much milk, I think...  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I once successfully blocked a karate kick from my son, at the expense of my middle finger on my left hand. sigh. I'm not left-handed, but? I favor a couple of activities left-handed. I can only admit one of those in a family forum--shooting pool.  The other? well, let's just say, I was "mistress of my domain" and quite annoyed about that too. Oh. And I've broken bones in my feet before too. Damn toes just wouldn't knock down that wall... sighs and grins... and a tsk. Percocette, eh? ah..the junior mint of Hollywood... I used to go through the PDR like a high-school yearbook. "I know him, and HER, and gleeeeeeeee he was fun too!" These days I have to spare m'self that particular trip down memory lane. Get, well you. Write a poem for me, will ya? (This dry spell seems to have begotten a dry spell.) |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
Tally to date: (in order of occurrence) 1)Broken kneecap, first and last time on skis 2)Both ankles on the same day falling out of a pick up with dysfunctional door. One caught on the running board and one under the wheel. Pins in both now. 3)2 broken ribs, 1 broken wrist, ex-husband. 4)Broken tailbone, fall in kitchen. 5) Carpal tunnel, keyboard |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Knee : injured many many times... Muscular(well...) Sprains: Hamstring, Back, Arm ... Wrists: well... Ankles: twisted them a few hundred times... Fingers: not broken, but almost ... several times... Most recently: Three stitches on the webbing between the ring and the little finger... ... Most of this from cricket, badminton, soccer  but I continue to play my sport... injuries are life's bejewelled gifts |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Right Knee: torn ligaments and cartilage...Indoor Soccer and Indoor Netball.. Due for operation next month YAY!   (netball? like basketball but ya don't bounce da ball.)   The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
indigo exactly why i'll never go skiing, i'm sure to break something me? self destructive? nah..ok maybe a little. the funny thing is i shortened my list lol nice list yourself karilea so do i but it didn't do me much good lol K, you always write the greatest replies lmao here WINCES..broken kneecap, god i can only imagine Phaeriechild..urgh im feeling it now nice list sudhir, i know, i still play from time to time it's just been awhile lol Bella, you i know about oh favourite of ER workers everywhere |
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hush Senior Member
since 2001-05-27
Posts 1653Ohio, USA |
Um... sprained my ankle. Once. The worst, though, is broken teeth... what with the pain, and sensitivity to cold and hot, the inability to eat properly, and the (many) visits to the dentist if you need a crown or (god forbid) a root canal... |
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Miah Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062Pennsylvania |
Broke my middle finger on the car window. Broke both my feet, but not at the same time, the left I broke getting out of bed..sigh and the right I broke getting out of a car. Im very clutzy. |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
I once scraped my knee, does that count? |
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muted
since 2004-01-15
Posts 2949Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving |
what? NOBODY mentioned "broken heart" geesh people...keep up with the cliche' LOL im staying away from you guys....very haphazard 'round here dont make me poke ya with a stick LOL |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
A couple of months or so ago I dropped a large can of peaches on top of my bare left foot. No really. It didn't hurt too much the first couple of days, but then I could not put any pressure on it at all. X-rays showed nothing broken, but rather deep soft tissue damage. Still swells up and is painful off and on. Gee....this sounds dumb. Oh well. I know what you want to ask....and yes, the peaches were just fine. I also popped something in my upper thigh once whilst in the bathtub ..... ummm...ya....well it hurt too and ... oh, oh, I just might have to be put in the dungeon.  Have a great day! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Considering the life I've led, I've been lucky. Or I just bounce better than some? The first time I rode a motorcycle, circa 1969, I promptly drove it into a brick wall. Even then, however, I was lucky. No helmet, but about ten feet before the wall, I hit a small hill that popped me into a wheelie, so the tire hit the wall instead of me going over the handle bars. I was told I sailed over fifteen feet, much of that straight up. When I landed, I broke my right collar bone, so far the only bone ever broken. It is perhaps telling that I finally gave up motorcycles around 1992. That's when California passed its mandatory helmet law. |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
Actually, I didn't get into the motorcycle injuries... None really that bad... well, one... I hit the intersection about the same time she turned right... in front of me... and spent some hospital time, which can be expected hitting someone at 60 mph, and hitting your head hard enough to spiderweb the helmet. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again... |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Now see? Nothing ever serious, my worst motorcycle injury was from bare skin touching the not-so-cool exhaust [and THEN he tells me [you were supposed to wear LONG pants...] sheesh... You bounce pretty good, Ron...  Now when it came to sprains? I couldn't do just one ankle or just one wrist at a time...both, yes...just one? No way.... |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
And then there was the time when... nah... I'll probably put it in serenity's thread... LOL...it's THAT embarrassing...  |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Ringo, my scariest incident on a bike was around 1989. I had just picked up a new one from the dealer and wanted to see what she had. The scene was Katella Avenue, one of the busiest streets in Orange County. When the light changed to green, I popped the clutch and experienced instant, very gratifying speed. Unfortunately, as all riders well know, a bike's get-up-and-go always seems to greatly exceed its now-it's-time-to-stop. When lights started blinking and barriers started to drop at a train crossing half a block from my green light, I knew there was no way in hell I could stop in time. I should have laid the bike down, but I justified my reluctance for that maneuver with the thought I'd probably end up skidding to a stop right on the train tracks (which was perhaps an accurate assessment, but the truth was … it was a brand new bike!). I took the tip of one wooden arm on the handle bars, snapping off three foot like a karate chop, all the time holding my breath as I looked down the tracks to see just how close the train might be. I was, once again, lucky, and the locomotive was still a quarter mile distant. I walked away (drove, actually) without a scratch. When I sold that bike three years later, it still had a nasty smudge of white paint just below the handle bars. Kari, most of my worst injuries have been burns. I was just a kid, working in a local restaurant, and had to clean the fryer at the end of my shift. Turn the gas fryer off, drain the still hot oil, filter it to remove all the food and crusties, then return it to the fryer. I had done it a hundred or more times. There's a screen that sits on the hitting coils, maybe six inches below the oil level, designed to catch the largest of the errant crusties. Standard procedure was to snag said screen with a table fork and remove it before draining. Piece of cake. What do you do when you accidentally drop a fork? Here's a hint. Trying to grab it before it falls may be instinctive, but it's a really bad answer. I stuck my hand, almost up to the wrist, into oil that was still about 300 degrees. Needless to say, I didn't leave it there very long. I had been burnt often enough already that my first reaction (even before swearing) was to get my hand in ice, which fortunately was only a few feet from the grill area. The ice leeches the heat from the still cooking flesh and can prevent a really bad burn from becoming a serious, disfiguring burn. I had blisters on top of my blisters, pain that brought tears to a grown man's eyes, but survived the incident without even scars to show for it. All things considered in my life, one broken collar bone in 54 years is almost a miracle. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ron, that tops any of my burns, that's for sure. I've really been one fortunate character...klutzy, but fortunate [and I'm knocking on my head for continued luck...you know the saying and all...] but for the comical end of what can go wrong in the life and times of one Sunshine, you should check serenity's thread...later... ...I think I can guaran-darn-tee a laugh! |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
hush broke a tooth once, got hit by a car when i was 5 Miah you're clutzy? Have you read the people in this thread? lol marshalazu well, if it really really hurt then yes groans muted Chris thank goodness the peaches..er..you were okay broken collarbones are one of the most painful Ron, I have enough trouble with my mountain bike won't let myself near a motorcycle just yet. ouch Ringo, like i said mountain bike is enough trouble, went full speed off a steep path lost control and ended up flying, bike and all, into a tree landing in some bushes LOL Karilea Ron I'm still wincing at the oil story, damn. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I am sitting here laughing does that make me weird? I love America's Funniest Home videos, and I think you guys could all be on there, but so could I as for me, will only list doctor assisted injuries, and no sprains or strains. Toes (3): One big one broken (caught in a golden swan tap in Italy - don't ask.) Toes (2): baby ones broken on bed legs Fingers: (4): Skiing - you will read this word a lot. Knees: Left once: but three ligaments repaired and cartilage removed - plus one pin installed that is NOT funny going through airports but I have a card for it. (skiing again) Right twice: one ligament repaired twice - cartilage removed, and complete knee manipulation to break scar tissue. Breastbone: once Left Wrist: once Right Wrist: once - both skiing Nose: once - skating Teeth: Two front ones - skiing (same accident as wrist and bad knee injury) Burns: Over and over and over until someone bought me those new blue oven mitts. and a big one on my back from getting a hot pot of coffee splashed on me. Cuts - we won't go there. I am sure I have had more accidents but you get used to it after a while if you are accident prone. The major knee surgery was the worst and still bothers me, but just the thought of putting a hand in hot oil absolutely makes me wince in pain even thinking about that one! |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Well, I have to ask, how does one get their toe caught in a swan tap in Italy? grin Not a bad list there Mysteria, think you'd make an episode or two on Funniest Videos yourself |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
I broke my sanity once... never could figure out how to fix it... |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
sanity is overrated |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Torn Ligaments in my leg... basketball Broken foot... basketball broken ribs... encounter with door handle while car slid into ditch a couple dozen stitches in my upper lip... encounter with a 2x4 kicked out by a table saw. what should have been a dozen or so stitches in the back of my right hand from an encounter with plate glass mirror and over zealous dog.. dog wasn't hurt.. but I got the back of my hand filleted.. dislocated thumb... basketball.. index finger on right hand..seven stitches from broken bottle.. nose broken.. misunderstanding while slightly inebriated cut along breastbone... too dumb to get stitches then.. from a large steel door falling on me... assorted other small incedents and scars associated with either being careless with a knife or have various steel items inserted under the skin.. all in all... nothing major... |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
nose broken.. misunderstanding while slightly inebriated |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Cpat nice list you have going 'nose broken.. misunderstanding while slightly inebriated' lmao i sprained my wrist punching someone..misunderstanding while cmpletely sober..what a neighbourhood. You also reminded me that i once put my hand through the glass of a porch door chasing my brother. ouch. Ok i'm a klutz. But looking at this thread I'm nay alone. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
hey bello, don't forget the "ting ting ting" LOL. oh and I rem, once a bunch of us kids were playing Cricket (eeek) in front of a friends garage in their drive and what we used for a cricket bat was an old fence paling (sp)what we didn't know was that it had a nail sticking out from it on the end. Yeah. And I was standing right there and I was around 6 or 7. So this kid swung at the tennis ball coming for him and his bat hit me right in the forehead.....ouch. I remember running home screaming with a blood soaked face and sweater. I still have the scar. I was such a tomboy...er...yup still am. So bells you got hit by a car? Well I see you doing, What I try to do for me, With the words from a poet, And a voice from a choir, And a melody, nothing else matters. ~Stevie Nicks |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
1) broken arm as a child 2) broken nose when I had a child 3) broken foot at rehersal dinner for son's wedding...twisted it in parking lot 4)broken assorted fingers and toes 5) broken ribs from fall 6) several broken hearts |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I have only broken one bone: pinky toe (the whole foot part there turned black). That was doing laundry and rushing through the living room, stubbing my toe on those lil' furniture feet that hide and jump out just when your not looking. (You know the ones that make you fall on the ground, holding affected body part as if it had been seared off). Ok so I'm a baby plbbt . . . but? I have this semi-annual obsessive-compulsive need for attempting to repair things that should be thrown away in the first place with crazy glue, thus injuring self in the process. Did I mention I am a clutz? ok so far: left thumb nail and finger, left pointer: diced by a glass shamrock with an Irish Blessing on it, no less. Right pointer and pinky (ESSENTIAL typing fingers) (skin grafted those babies) (have you ever seen fat cells? ewww) Oh, that was thinking I actually had muscle in this body attempting to lift a microwave that could hold two turkeys from the top of my fridge (oops) (metal bottom -->> sssssliccceohhla!) I still cant feel those damn things. hmm . . . I have had interesting occurrences with hair dryers OH, once all of my hair got wound into a blower fan for a furnace. Not a pretty site and that feeling that your hair will shortly leave your scalp is kinda terrifying. *grin* I have had three concussions. (LalalalaLaaaaFonnntainnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeee) not my doing, that of my dog and another trying to load up with frozen meat for a barbecue down some ole rickety back stairs, (yes, all the way down the stairs, frozen food flying everywhere . . . another one falling INTO, yes into a boat (dont ask) That's about it . . . |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
I’ve been in a few car accidents.. Got a concussion when the car rolled 3 times and landed on my head (not kidding, a rock hit the door and my head fit there perfectly, how I don’t have any idea, that is what I was told) been banged up pretty good, and had some serious bruising, physical therapy for my back and I think I broke my nose once as a kid, but never went to the doctor for that, so maybe not? Other than that, just the regular sprains and all that stuff. Oh and once my exhusband kicked me in the back of the head so hard it blurred my vision for about a half hour. Did he take me to the doctor for that? No, he didn’t. Thank God, my vision cleared back up. But that is about it for me so far... oh and Ron? I can relate to the hot oil...had to clean chicken fryers...not fun. |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Broke both the left ulna and radius when I flew over a bike's handlebars. Was a friend's bike, and I decided to check the brakes while travelling at a good clip. Pity only the front ones worked. Several broken and self-set fingers from punching fridges, trees, brick walls as a child...amazing how pain can temper a temper. Large hole in my right wrist ligament, below the pinkie. Still don't know how I managed that one, but it did put my entire right arm out of commission for about 16 months. I'm chalking that one up to 'wear and tear'. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
My heart is gravel now, but that doesn't count though it would be my only break. Sprains...ankle once, both thumbs simultaneously (don't ask), and neck when wrestling opponent put a figure-4 scissors on my head..... Not bad for a guy who did that and ran the hurdles all through high school and college...good bones, I guess. Still working on that heart thing.... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
maree yes the ting ting ting, never broke anything though she did more break then a few of those wooden spoons lol martie? care to explain this one '2) broken nose when I had a child? lol hey welcome back sue, INTO a boat? only people from buffalo...lol Sea? 'Oh and once my exhusband kicked me in the back of the head so hard it blurred my vision for about a half hour. Did he take me to the doctor for that? No, he didn’t.' I'm afraid to ask lol Alicat laughing here, those over the handlebar trips are always interesting, miraculously i escaped two of them with nothing but a bruised ego. and the temper yes, i've kept the drywall industry afloat methinks hardest to heal ed, hardest to heal..groans |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Hey Raph, you forgot IRISH people from Buffalo and no, I wasnt even drunk, sheesh. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Raph The broken nose came from my child when he was a bit older...not while having him. I was holding him in my lap and he sat up real fast and his head crunched my nose. Aren't you glad you asked? |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Grins Buffalo jokes..good times Lol Martie, well it clarifies things |
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Copperbell Senior Member
since 2003-11-08
Posts 956 |
I heard a story today...my friend's friend cut off his finger. The guy was fine until my friend picked it up off the floor and said, "here's your finger" and he fainted. me...I was under so much stress that it aggravated my excema and it got so bad I lost all the skin on the palms of my hands - two huge open wounds for a couple weeks. People were afraid of me. Other than that a sprained elbow from skiing, and a fractured toe from stubbing it... |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
all the skin? that's a new one..yikes my brother was the same, he sliced his hand good and only when he looked at it did he feel it, and faint |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
good times, good times. I am a tough girl...no doubt about that..I have held my sons scalp together as the doctor stitched it up...but... Once when I was about 12 yrs old I sliced my toe open, looked down at it and passed out...another time I was getting my physical to join the Navy and when they took my blood..I passed out. Other peoples blood don't bother me... |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
as if I didn't yap enough up there . . . The first year I was here (PIP) the whites of my eyes turned blood red, I swear to God . . . (who did that to me btw? hmm . . .?) ok, ok, it was an allergic reaction to eye drops, but it looked scarycool. People just dropped things at my door without knocking . . . umm . . . they still do that . . . |
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