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Tell me your Stupid injuries

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thisisme2468 · 10/10/2022 19:49

Tell me about your stupid injuries

Feeling very silly today. 28 years of owning horses and while doing a worm test yesterday in horse’s mouth I got my index finger caught in his molars. The finger is crushed, the bone broken and the nail spilt in two. Yesterday I had to get a tetanus jab and course of antibiotics and I’m off to see a plastic surgeon tomorrow to have the nail treated. Feeling very stupid as should have known better and now struggling with everything as it’s my right hand!

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Twospaniels · 10/10/2022 20:02

Ouch! Giving those wormers is dicing with danger!

My stupid injuries are:
when a teen on girl guide camp in the 1970’s-80’s - I was chopping wood and stuck the axe in my shin.
Another camp - sawing wood and the saw jumped and cut straight across my thumb nail
Another (I know!) camp - clearing the previous night’s camp fire and picked up a white piece of wood and burnt my whole palm

I think my mum was trying to get rid of me in bits every year 🤣

As a young adult, my horse bucked and I slid across the grass on my face resulting in a fat lip and a black eye 0- I was a receptionist at a posh firm of solicitors at the time and had to do filing in the back office for a couple of weeks until healed

Therewere5inthebed · 10/10/2022 20:03

I’ve punched myself in the face pulling the quilt up when my hand slipped off of it in the night and again when putting on my bra.

I’ve given myself a nosebleed whilst washing my face in the shower when my little finger went right up my nose.

I’m sure there are many, many more. It’s a miracle that I’ve made it to 50!

User57713 · 10/10/2022 20:09

I cut my finger putting my hand in a basin of soapy water just after I put a super sharp knife in the water. Literally 3 seconds after. I still have no feeling in the top of my finger. It's a miracle I still have a top to my finger at all.

I hope your finger heals up well op. I had a massive bandage on for 2 weeks, it was such a nuisance.

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Spaghettio · 10/10/2022 20:17

I was sitting on the loo and dropped a piece of loo roll. Bent down to pick it up and gave my self concussion on the hand basin! 🤕

Toddlerteaplease · 10/10/2022 20:24

Holding the end of a skipping rope. On my first and only Brownie pack holiday. I have no idea how I broke my ankle doing that!

Moversnotshakers · 10/10/2022 20:31

Missed a step & bounced on my arse down a flight of stairs after a few wines.. bruised cocyx and was in agony for over a month. Had to play down the pain and laugh it off but jeez that hurt!!

ParentallyUnprepared · 10/10/2022 20:35

Sliced my finger open trying to open a tin of corned beef while very drunk.

I had to wake my parents as there was blood everywhere, while pretending to be sober.

My dad patched me up and my mum made me a sandwich.

I've got a wicked scar there now.

limitededitionbarbie · 10/10/2022 20:45

Tried to catch a spider with a wine glass. Managed to get my foot with it. I needed stitches probably but I just wrapped it up and carried on with the night.

0/5 do not recommend.

limitededitionbarbie · 10/10/2022 20:46

Moversnotshakers · 10/10/2022 20:31

Missed a step & bounced on my arse down a flight of stairs after a few wines.. bruised cocyx and was in agony for over a month. Had to play down the pain and laugh it off but jeez that hurt!!

I've hurt my coccyx before. I'd forgotten the pain till I read your post

limitededitionbarbie · 10/10/2022 20:47

ParentallyUnprepared · 10/10/2022 20:35

Sliced my finger open trying to open a tin of corned beef while very drunk.

I had to wake my parents as there was blood everywhere, while pretending to be sober.

My dad patched me up and my mum made me a sandwich.

I've got a wicked scar there now.

That makes me feel cold inside. I'm always scared about doing that. Those tins are so sharp. I wish they would change the design

Startuplife · 10/10/2022 20:48

Sat down cross legged for too long. Stood up and my foot had gone numb so I went over on it and broke it!

Whatevergetsyouthroughthenight · 10/10/2022 20:49

Missed the bottom step coming down the stairs at my DP’s house. One step. Ended up in a crumpled heap, landed on my own foot and broke a bone. Literally couldn’t walk on it at all the next day, had to phone work and book some extra time off.

Piffpaffpoff · 10/10/2022 20:51

Tore a calf muscle jumping back from a giant spider that was running across the kitchen floor. Couldn’t walk properly for weeks but the bruising was spectacular.

Claysta · 10/10/2022 20:52

Whilst cooking (after a few wines) for my then BF, I used a mixer - couldn’t get it to work so put my hand in it to fiddle/fix it, somehow it turned on (!), 15 stitches later and he still married me … and I’m now not allowed near a mixer… also fell off a tiny step and broke my leg a few years back…

walkingonsunshinekat · 10/10/2022 20:52

Tried using a small chain saw, everything was going fine, then the saw chain picked up a small log i'd already cut and flung it into my shin, it was agony, after i'd calmed down, i restarted my sawing, exact same thing happened again, hitting me in the same place - now that really was agony.

I gave up at this point, realising i really had no idea.

Nishky32 · 10/10/2022 20:52

Opened top cupboard- turned to pick something up, ruined back and walked into top cupboard- next day at work one side of my face went numb- colleague persuaded me to go to minor injuries and I had to admit what I had done

Nishky32 · 10/10/2022 20:53

*turned back

stormelf · 10/10/2022 20:54

Ouch, hope you are okay OP!

When I was 16 I sat down in a really awkward way in my history class, heard a loud snapping sound and somehow managed to snap two ribs

inthemiddlepiggyinthemiddle · 10/10/2022 20:54

I've had a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, pruning the buddleia bush. Into a&e and had antibiotics into my eye which turned it yellow then had to go home on the bus. Scary!

Snapped a tendon making the bed. I knew housework was dangerous!

Nanasueathome · 10/10/2022 20:56

I ironed my hands
bought one of those ironing press things and left my hands on the garment ( to keep it nice and straight) and then lowered the press
very blistered hands

GuyFawkesDay · 10/10/2022 20:58

Ooh OP I can feel that. Worming horses is not for the faint of heart.

Fell over....fresh air. Rolled my ankle, sprained it. It went black and blue and I had absolutely no interesting or exciting story to go with it

Went to IKEA bought a desk top etc. Placed nicer chunky desk top in car, drove home. Forgot drive slopes uphill. Open boot, desk top shoots out car and lands on my big toe. Crushed big toe, broken bone, had to get nail drilled to release blood behind it. Lost the nail a few weeks later. Absolutely grim.

I have a catalogue of stupid injuries, most of which stem from horses. Bust nose from being headbutted etc 🙄

2pinkginsplease · 10/10/2022 20:58

Took a few layers of skin off my shin from knee to ankle when I lifted a slab on a scavenger hunt with hides. Bloody agony!

I slit my neck open by fallin down the stairs and my necklace slit my neck!

im a clumsy git!

serenghetti2011 · 10/10/2022 21:00

Was doing some fancy trick with my Coca-Cola yoyo and gave myself a black eye.

my grandma was telling me whilst pointing in my face not to point as it might hurt someone, poked me in eye, she felt terrible

sat on toilet and jarred my back badly

FrazzleDazz · 10/10/2022 21:02

I was feeling nauseous & knelt down at the loo, but I didn't bargain on the heavy toilet seat landing on my head and leaving a massive egg on my forehead...it took some explaining as I was getting ready to go out to a work social event at the time!

RegeJeanPageMeOnMyCellphone · 10/10/2022 21:03

Knelt down on the floor to put in a video (feel old typing that!) and heard a popping noise. Rolled onto my back like a turtle in pain. 2 swollen knees and a trip to the GP later, I’d torn the tendons in both knees. The GP asked if I did it playing tennis 😕

Not an injury but so ridiculous/funny that I’m glad it happened pre-video doorbells. I once walked out to DMs car with my trendy wide leg trousers on (2000s). As I got there, the toe of my shoe got stuck on the hem and I slow motion landed on the high end of the bonnet. Then as I was trying to regain my footing I slid down the side of the car so painfully slowly it was like something out of a comedy sketch. I couldn’t stop sliding and couldn’t get my feet under me to stand up! I ended up in a heap on the floor while DM couldn’t stop laughing.