The "Stupidly Self-Inflicted Injury" thread.

If I had a dollar for everytime I said " I knew better but... " The one that stick out is.. I was hunting in Alabama when I saw a buck..I reached down took the safety off my

rifle, grabbed my rifle while watching the deer, didn't realize my grip included my finger in the trigger guard. BOOM!!!With the muzzle right next to my ear. I honestly

was feeling the side of my head to make sure it wasn't blown away. I was lucky to only lose most my hearing in that ear. I'm an avid hunter and practice safety but I let my guard down that day. LUCKY ME
 
Kaleb G. said:
I was changing the blade on a scraper for a flat top grill and the screw driver slipped. I cut all of the nerves and didn't know I had done it until I could feel the blood on my forearm. Lost feeling in a lot of my hand.

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Good god! How did you do THAT with just a screw driver!!!?
 
When I was about 12 I got my first pocket knife. My dad wanted to make sure I was safe and was showing me how to open and close it cut himself. I laughed so hard I nearly peed on myself. He then said " This is what not to do"

We still joke about that and I wish I still had that knife.

Jenn
 
For the Super Bowl last year (Go GreenBay) I was making home made guacamole.
I was dicing an avocado with a very sharp knife when I noticed a play from the game that caught my attention,when I missed the avocado the knife went right to the bone on my index finger and to this day can't feel a thing from the cut down to the tip of my finger (severed a nerve)!
 
I needed to run to the store one day and went to get into my car. I realized I forgot my wallet so I got back out to go in and get it. When I was closing the car door I saw a bag I had left in the car earlier so I tried to catch the door before it closed. I didn't catch it in time to keep it from closing. It closed completly with my thumb in between. Ended up breaking the thumb and losing the nail. Spent a few hours at the ER so they could put some holes in the nail to relieve the pressure from blood built up under the nail
 
[email protected] said:
A few weeks before the police academy was over with, I was playing laser tag (of all things) and rolled my left foot, breaking the outer metatarsal bone. I had to run a 400m sprint a week later which re-broke it, and THEN do a 1.5 mile run after that...it kinda hurt!
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You all finished with the academy Matt? If so, how goes the job hunt?

Funny thread this is. Just yesterday, Mrs. Pilot returns from grocery shopping. She comes in house covered in mulch. Somehow, someway, she fell down in a plant bed by the driveway. She asked, "do you think the neighbors saw me fall?". Me,"I don't know but I will call of them to find out". The place she wanted to put the phone would be an injury but not quite self inflicted.
 
When I was around 19 I got in an argument with the GF. I punched the wall and hit a stud. Broke all 4 knuckles on that one

I've never punched another wall sense that date
 
I've had kinda bad luck with hand related injuries in college, a few involving knives and even one from a rolled up car window, lol. The worst would be taking a new set of knives my buddy brought home from work from Sharper Image and slicing a water bottle in half...and then realizing I just cut my middle finger almost in half! Went to the university clinic and the doc didn't even know if they had sutures on hand!!! Thankfully they did and I got stitched up w/o having to go down to the ER.

The most comical (for me anyway) was after I replaced a very old printer we took it outside and decided to do our own version of that movie Office Space (when they smash up that printer/faxer). This is after some heavy drinking & bad decision making, but after it was very smashed up I went back to punch the remnants and ended up ripping a good hunk of flesh from my pointer finger. My temporary bandage of choice that night was paper towel + duck tape...needless to say the next morning reality set in and removing that "bandage" was not so pleasant.
 
[email protected] said:
:laughing: I know I know. No mountains obviously, but there are some pretty tough trails. It was at Oleta State Park if you care to look it up. :props:
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Hey Matt,

I read your post and sort of chuckled; Mountain Biking in Miami huh.... sort of like bobsledding in Brazil.... Glad you made it!! :laughing: :laughing:
 
I think I may be a little messed up for starting a thread like this...:p Wouldn't be the first time.

I hope this thread doesn't have the similar effect on people that the "post your unpacking pictures" thread has; making people want to go out and injure themselves so they can share with everyone...
 
BobbyG said:
Hey Matt,

I read your post and sort of chuckled; Mountain Biking in Miami huh.... sort of like bobsledding in Brazil.... Glad you made it!! :laughing: :laughing:
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I think that is real funny. Living in Florida the only mountain we have is the land fill. We call it Mount Zemel.:laughing:
 
This is a good one for the The "Stupidly Self-Inflicted Injury" thread.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDQhaoocZPw&feature=grec_index]Gun Safety Fail - YouTube[/video]
 
Yea, I thought it was funny too. I knew what he ment but just thought the way he said it was funny.

We spent some time growing up in Homestead, so yea the highest point would be the top of the landfill.
 
My normal job is working on commercial garage doors. Well one night I was at a job for wayyyy to long. Seemed like everything went wrong. On top of that the business was about to close. I had to cut a shaft key (1/4"x3"). I held onto it with a vice grip so I wouldn't cut my fingers and I used a sawzall. Well I was frustrated because it wasn't cutting fast so I pulled up with the hand that was holding it and when it cut through, I had so much pressure pulling upwards that it went up and into my forhead. You shoulda seen the look on their face when I asked for a towel. Blood was literally pouring out of my head for the next 20 minutes. Looked like a murder scene.
 
ok , here is one of mine....
Decided that my dog needs to run more, so i bought a bike so i could ride and he could run. Good idea huh? Well anyway becuase of strict leash laws in my community he had to be on a leash. One day i was flying around a corner and saw a large concrete street light pole in my path, but the dog was right next to me so i could not turn needless to say i was lucky i only sprained my wrist.Not long after i was riding again and it was trash day, the dog went on one side of a trash can and i went on the other and the leash stayed in the middle. This time i ended up braking my foot..Managed to limp home to my lovely wife who told me i was an idiot.
 
Porsche Pilot said:
You all finished with the academy Matt? If so, how goes the job hunt?
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Yes sir, all finished. Graduated with the highest avg in my class and I have a few apps out at the moment (and am working on more). In the meantime, I'll be helping out here at 'Geek. :cheers:

BobbyG said:
Hey Matt,

I read your post and sort of chuckled; Mountain Biking in Miami huh.... sort of like bobsledding in Brazil.... Glad you made it!! :laughing: :laughing:
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Haha I know, it sounds bad! But those trails are tough, man. Right before I hurt my foot, I helped carry some guy out of the woods because he completely dislocated his ankle and the bone was clearly popped out of the socket. It looked pretty nasty. Needless to say, I felt bad complaining that I sprained my toe. :eek:
 
All right.

I poisoned myself once, and was involved in bucking up a tree that fell across a telephone line. God I'm stupid sometimes!!

Johno
 
mark mcguire said:
Mountain biking, Miami????
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hahahah I was thinking the same thing when I read it!!!!

Man...you guys have some serious self-inflicted injuries...geez!!!!

I fell out of a 2 story window. I was leaning on the screen watching tv and *pop* goes the screen and out I fell. Sprained my whole right side-arm all the way to my leg.
 
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