Wonderful Day

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 2:51 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

When I was in 2nd grade, I rode my bicycle slowly off a ramp that was about 2' tall. The front wheel fell straight down, inertia through me forward over the handle bars, I landed headfirst on asphalt, then the bike flipped over and landed on top of me because I didn't bother to let go of the handlebars. My head impacting with the asphalt cracked open the asphalt, but just gave me a bad headache.
As you can see, I have a history of stupidity!

My daughter did a similar stunt at 18 months. She was on a push and go toy, and pushed and went down a high step...hitting a wall with her face on the way down

she had a fat lip and a broken tooth. The tooth has had to be removed since she developed an abscess - but I was proud of her - she chose it to be done in the chair rather than under a general

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 4:44 pm

Originally posted by Yshania

My daughter did a similar stunt at 18 months. She was on a push and go toy, and pushed and went down a high step...hitting a wall with her face on the way down she had a fat lip and a broken tooth. The tooth has had to be removed since she developed an abscess - but I was proud of her - she chose it to be done in the chair rather than under a general

Wow!

I've never got a tooth knocked out, though something similar happened. I lost my first tooth when I was 7-years-old and it happened because I was using my teeth to pry apart two flat lego pieces, which made my tooth loose.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 4:55 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

Wow!

I've never got a tooth knocked out, though something similar happened. I lost my first tooth when I was 7-years-old and it happened because I was using my teeth to pry apart two flat lego pieces, which made my tooth loose.

But 7 is ok to lose a top front tooth!

My daughter's snapped and became a black stump - three different dentists were concerned that any resulting infection may affect the adult tooth - so a day before her fourth birthday, she had it removed...it could be another 3 or 4 years before it grows back, but a gap is more attractive than a black stump - and there will be no infection to damage the permanent tooth coming down

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 9:15 pm

When I was 4, I walked straight into a brick wall...

Last summer, my dad ordered fajitas at a restaurant for dinner. You know, the meals where they bring out the red-hot cast iron skillet? Well, the waiter warned me it was hot, but it was in the way of my coke, so...

I touched the cast iron handle, said "Ouch!" loudly enough so everyone heard me, and I was cluching ice all night. I couldn't go to sleep, either.

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 9:32 pm

I've fallen down 2 flights of concrete stairs splitting my head open. It's amazing I'm still alive!

Well i fell down a flight of stairs when i was a baby. My parents and my grandmother had put me in baby bed thingy(forgot the name, you always forget that type of stuff when you want to remember it), and they went down to eat dinner. Somehow i got out, and i fell down the stairs halfway(they turned so there was some flat area). My mother heard it and everybody rushed up. didin't even cry. I had no injury. I was fine.
And i don't remember any of this.

Well i got my head split open before, during recess. I got hurt, and my head itched (the blood on hair). I scratched it and felt a bump. Anway i ignored that. A few seconds later i looked at my hands, and i saw they were totally red. I started crying and feeling dizzy. My friends and some teacher escorted me to the nurse who had me rushed over the hospital. It was my first time in the emergency room, yay!

I've got some other injuries, fractures, bruises, gashes, plenty of permanent scars on my knee, nothing terrible, though.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 9:38 pm

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield
Well i fell down a flight of stairs when i was a baby. My parents and my grandmother had put me in baby bed thingy(forgot the name, you always forget that type of stuff when you want to remember it), and they went down to eat dinner. Somehow i got out, and i fell down the stairs halfway(they turned so there was some flat area). My mother heard it and everybody rushed up. didin't even cry. I had no injury. I was fine.

Apparently my brother once pushed me down the stairs on a rocking horse

I don't remember this, I was too young... but I was fine

And my brother once fell out of a shopping trolley onto his head... I think it explains a few things

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 10:23 pm

Originally posted by Georgi

Apparently my brother once pushed me down the stairs on a rocking horse

Yikes.

Apparently, when I was a baby, I almost took a trip in my stroller down that windy road in San Fransisco(I think that's where it is). Luckily my dad has fast reflexes.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:01 am

Since we are on childhood injuries now, I guess I should contribute my bit then.

When I was little I... fell off my bike. Whats so special about that I hear you ask, well first of all I was going down a hill and secondly I had one of those fancy bikes with the snap on wheels, like the bike racers use

And one thing led to another and before you knew it the front wheel fell off, the rest was a blur. Need less to say I cried afterwards.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 5:22 am

My Brother once managed to puncture a hole in his top lip with his teeth. He was a little to short to be sitting on some railings and then as he started to loose balance he feel forward and hit the railings in front, you can still see the scar

Oh and i once sat on his Car park, not really relevant but if ever my brother has a problem with me he always brings it up

I once managed to fall off a barb wire fence i was climbing, it sliced nearly all the way down my torso, not nice

josh · Post by **josh** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 5:30 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep
I once managed to fall off a barb wire fence i was climbing, it sliced nearly all the way down my torso, not nice

Eww

Where were you escaping from?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 5:49 am

Originally posted by josh

Eww
Where were you escaping from?

Indeed

Although i have no lasting scars of that particular incident, i have many other wounds on my hand, but i came out of that one not permanently effected

Well i was escaping from the mutant piranahs in my pond <warning: not entirely the truth>

josh · Post by **josh** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 5:58 am

This place reminds me of the scene in Lethal Weapon 3 where Mel and Rene are showing off their scars.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:10 am

Originally posted by josh
This place reminds me of the scene in Lethal Weapon 3 where Mel and Rene are showing off their scars.

LMAO

I was just thinking the same thing

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:12 am

One of those Murphy Days...

Originally posted by Aegis
Well, today, I have been rejected, insulted, shot down, criticized, accused of being spoiled, and been caught walking home in freezing rain. to top it all off, I got extremly frustrated, and put a hole through the wall, and now have bloody knuckles. I've had a wonderful day. how have yours been?

Yup, Murphy Days are much worse than Garfield Mondays. When such days happen, I find myself playing bowling or darts.

I like playing bowling better when concluding a Murphy Day. I just picture those pins like they were the "apple" of my present "affection."

The act of physically releasing your angst by throwing that bowling ball (with the matching lofting sound) helps too.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:12 am

I see a lot of people here have had early head injuries...well, that certainly explains a lot...

Originally posted by Yshania
The tooth has had to be removed since she developed an abscess - but I was proud of her - she chose it to be done in the chair rather than under a general

She's going to be a though lady, just like mother

I had a biking accident around age 10-11, I was out testing my new bike with a group of friends. We went downhill quite fast, when the girl in front of me suddenly hit the brakes, and when I went past her, my wheel got stuck in hers and I flew through the air, landing on my chin on the asphalt road. I lost consciousness and 8 molars, but I was lucky not to get any head injuries. The worst was when I got to the dentist later, opening your mouth with a jaw concussion isn't very nice, and him picking out all the fragmented teeth from my mouth and throat was a horror. At first, I had porcelain crowns, but a few years ago I changed them to ceramic crowns - much stronger, they will probably last longer than my real teeth

Like many of you I also fell down a flight of stairs as a kid, backwards, but without a scratch. I broke two fingers once, were unsuitable since I was playing the piano then, couldn't exercise for several weeks, my piano teacher almost got a nervous break down

I didn't get many injuries as a child - later thought, when I started climbing, I had some accidents. Most climbers come to a point where they either die or decide to change their life style. A friend of mine got a falling rock over himself and broke his leg at several places in a very complicated manner. It took 6 months to heal. At the time he thought himself very unfortunate not to be able to go on an expedition with 25 other people in his climbing club. All 25 were killed in an avalanche. After that, he quit climbing. If you marry, get children, want a normal life - then you really have to quit climbing. I quit about 5 years ago when my orthopedic surgeon and physiotherapist both said there was a major risk of me being in a wheelchair by 40 if I don't stop putting this kind if strain to my knees. (I'd damaged my knees both by ballet training and falling). Either I live a normal life and just aviod very hard exercise, or I continue and risk a future in a wheelchair. So, I chose the former, and the only things I can't to is regular running, downhill skiing and exercises that includes a lot of jumps like ballet or aerobics. I still love the mountains and love hillwalking and I still do some low-risk climbs.

except for a few rare occations when I've been too enthusiatic, got carried away and done some very stupid things, like the summit free climb in Greenland 3 years ago, well, let's forget about that, I will not happen again - I hope

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:15 am

So...

Originally posted by Mr Sleep

LMAO I was just thinking the same thing

...who among you is Rene? And who is taking Mel's part?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:17 am

A friend of mine got all his front teeth knocked by a brick in a brawl, he had them replaced with crowns, he looked like some kind of pimp

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:18 am

Re: So...

Originally posted by Maharlika
...who among you is Rene? And who is taking Mel's part?

I have always looked particularly fetching in the jeans and leather jacket combo

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:18 am

Originally posted by josh
This place reminds me of the scene in Lethal Weapon 3 where Mel and Rene are showing off their scars.

Right

Very cute, isn't it?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:21 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep
A friend of mine got all his front teeth knocked by a brick in a brawl, he had them replaced with crowns, he looked like some kind of pimp

What - he should have used ceramic crowns, like the ones I have, they are entirely white and look just like real teeth, no glimmering gold here

Or perhaps your friends likes to look like a pimp