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Unlikely Personal Injuries

RenaissanceDanRenaissanceDan ‎(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)Wentzville, MORegistered User regular
edited February 2012 in Social Entropy++
I've had a rash of personal injuries in the last couple of months that make me feel like I'm in some sort of milder form of Final Destination. I though it would be interesting to see what other incidents of exquisite, unlikely pain others have had. Most recent one for me:

I work setup at a catering hall. Recently I bought new headphones for my iPod. Everything goes fine as I am listening to my podcasts and setting up tables/chairs. Then comes time to throw the linens. As I shake out the first table cloth, all of the static electricity from the heavy, tightly folded cloth explodes between my inner ear and ear buds. My knees buckle, and I madly yank the buds from my hears, and can only hear a terrifying hissing which gradually fades. I feel the blood rush to my ears, my equilibrium goes haywire, and I lose consciousness for about 30 minutes on the floor. When I come to, I dab fingers in my ears to check for blood (felt like there was, but none actually showed up), and talk out loud to myself and bang on tables to see if I can hear anything. Aside from a splitting headache and a fear of my headphones, I am completely fine.

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    The Geek wrote: »
    I nicked off a little bit of the tip of my finger and nail when using a mandolin slicer.

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    The Geek wrote: »
    I nicked off a little bit of the tip of my finger and nail when using a mandolin slicer.

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  • msuitepyonmsuitepyon Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    AUGH

    Use the guards, people!

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    Kadith wrote:
    i guess this rug burn on my dick isn't exactly unlikely is it?

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    The Geek wrote: »
    I nicked off a little bit of the tip of my finger and nail when using a mandolin slicer.

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    msuitepyon wrote: »
    AUGH

    Use the guards, people!

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    whoooooooops

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  • RenaissanceDanRenaissanceDan ‎(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Wentzville, MORegistered User regular
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    Kadith wrote:
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    Keith wrote: »
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    Arang wrote: »
    one time I coughed so hard that I puked and a bunch of blood vessels in my face burst

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    I take it the blood didn't start, like, melting cement or anything cool?

  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    Arang wrote: »
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