I’ve just got mildly concussed by a flying leg of Jamon serrano

[SlapstickChristmas]

Just had a slapstick moment.

Bent over to empty overflowing bin in a bad temper, as no one else does it, and in my anger, dislodged a full size leg of Jamon Serrano we’ve bought for Boxing Day as hosting family. It hit me on the head and now I’ve got a bump. Jamon is luckily ok.

It got me thinking. What’s your funniest Christmas injury?

I blame myself for trying to be flash buying a jamon. The universe is punishing me for not just doing a turkey curry.

Ha! Sorry OP but that is funny. Hope you're head isn't too sore.

Aww! Hope you are OK! This is not a Christmas injury but a middle class injury. My friend had her baby in a forward facing sling and was buying a pineapple in Waitrose. Whilst swooshing the pineapple through the self service check out she accidentally scratched her baby on the nose with the prickly pineapple. All recovered and no lasting injuries! 🤣🤣🤣

Feliz Navidad!

A couple of years ago I stabbed my finger with a clove while preparing mulled wine. It hurt a surprising amount.

I hope it wasn't on its wooden stand at the time!

I've been banned from buying a whole jamon Serrano after the last two years where we were still eating it in February. I have to walk past them wistfully every time I go to the supermarket.

There’s more, but I thought I’d get laid into here 😝

After the Jamon hit me, it was followed by the large grazing buffet board I’ve bought.

It just feels so Margo off The Good Life when I’m so not.

I was once knocked off my motorbike by an entire frozen sheep.

Mic drop

I still have the scar from my serious roast potato fat burn.

After the Jamon hit me, it was followed by the large grazing buffet board I’ve bought.

That’s God telling you to use plates.

I do hope you're okay OP.

*goes back to howling with laughter, especially with the follow up of the grazing board...!! 🤣

DDIL once hid a present on top of a cupboard and forgot about it. Realised on Christmas Day.

I was sat on sofa by said cupboard. She reached up to get it, causing the Monopoly game that was also up there to slide off and the corner of the box to hit me on the forehead as I looked up. I had a big dent in my head and a dazed look.

Didn't help that everybody else fell about laughing, DDIL was mortified and ran to get ice.

I've never let her forget it and printed out a photo of my huge bruise the next year and put it in her card, asking her not to give me the same that Christmas.

DDIL and I get along brilliantly really.

We bought one of those and it was named the Brexit ham as it was when the ref was about to be called and we could live off it in case the food chain collapsed.

....and the sheep...mwahahahahahahahaha!!!

(Sorry!)

Perfect 😉

Not Christmas but I got hit in the side of the head by a flying 6kg cat last week.

And to make matters worst there’s no effing fresh dill for love not money for my salmon and cream cheese canapés.

You’ve reached peak Margo right there OP!

The ham is definitely Margo/Hyacinth Waitrose territory, but grazing platter is definite more Kerry Katona Iceland 😂

That is an even more smugly-middle-class, peak Mumsnet injury than the cliched stabbing wound from avocado stone removal. Congratulations!

I suffered a second degree burn to my foot from a sliced pizza last Christmas Eve. I picked up a slice of said pizza but a second slice was still slightly attached, it broke off just as I brought towards my mouth, fell topping side down onto the top of my bare foot and stuck. The melted cheese caused a blister the size of a 50p piece. I’ve still got the scar.
It’s cold ham sandwiches for tea this year.

I have managed to stab myself in the ankle this morning whilst loading the dishwasher.

I once electrocuted myself on the fairy lights.

Note to self - should probably unplug them BEFORE trying to find the broken one......

Nah. That's me, apparently, since the year I found a single Waitrose delivery slot open in late November for 4pm Christmas Eve. I wasn't even thinking about Christmas at the time, but decided it was too good to be true and took full advantage.

Christmas therefore came by van.

DP's broken foot from a bottle of single estate organic Sicilian extra virgin olive oil when he didn't check the bag for holes after I'd taken out the mutti tomatoes, truffle pesto and avocado oil might be a near runner up, though. Unlike him for the next six weeks.

There'll be a thread in the New Year

'Having a baby boy...I really love the names Jamon Serrano (3 syllable surname) thoughts?