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OneFancyTealQuail · 2025-08-15T15:46:26+00:00

Accidentally touching a hot plate

Arlanymor · 19/08/2025 21:28

InveterateWineDrinker · 18/08/2025 14:09

I once lacerated the padding on my thumb while gutting what turned out to be a particularly vicious dead fish with razor-sharp teeth.

Not an injury per se, but when I was staying in my father's house after he died, I found a jar of dried pinto beans and thought I'd do something with them. I soaked them overnight and the following day cooked them in the pressure cooker for about 20 mins, like I normally do. They came out rock hard. So I pressure-cooked for another 10 mins. Same result. Five hours and several repeats later, some of the beans were just about soft, others not, but I had totally run out of time to do anything else, so thought "sod it" and turned it into a feijoada which had a little more crunch than I would have liked. Within a few hours I was bent double with absolutely uncontrollable flatulence which felt like I was farting out sandpaper, with a noise that could have been a supporting act at the Edinburgh Tattoo. As for the smell....

The following day I found some unopened packs of beans which had a best before date more than fifteen years previously, so dread to think how old the open pack was.

Edinburgh Tattoo! 😂🤣😂🤣

Farkinhell · 19/08/2025 21:34

CheeseWisely · 15/08/2025 17:10

Not me but someone I know. Grabbed a chip as they were being wrapped at the fish & chip shop, it was too hot, got stuck in their throat, fainted and cracked their head. Gluttony does not pay

The only time I ever fainted was eating too hot pasta. I was at work (restaurant) and hadn't eaten all day. Chef prepped it for me and I didn't realise how hot it was. Fainted in the kitchen and woke up to all the waiting team peering down at me. Smacked my head and elbow on the way down. V embarrassing.

Passportparanoia · 19/08/2025 22:35

I nearly chopped my finger off with the blade of a stick blender. I had made the bad choice to use it for buttercream on a cake and the butter got stuck. I can’t bend it properly any more but I’m amazed how normal it looks given how mangled it was.

Passportparanoia · 19/08/2025 22:37

ninjahamster · 16/08/2025 13:43

I decided to remove a blockage in my blender with me hand without switching it off first..

It’s so reassuring to know this is actually quite common.

swampwitch0 · 19/08/2025 22:44

Left most of the skin on my palm on a very hot stainless steel frying pan handle...I'd been making a fritatta and was finishing it off in the oven..
2nd degree burns.
Had to go to minor injuries and get it dressed 3 times over the next few days.
I haven't made a fritata since 😣

bringonyourwreckingball · 19/08/2025 22:48

Avocado, knife, bit drunk. So much blood. Wrapped it in a tea towel, drank more tequila.
I was living in Germany at the time and had not the first faintest idea how to get myself to some form of health care

404PageNotFound · 20/08/2025 00:17

I was eating corn on the cob from the bbq and some of the kernel skin was a bit burnt crispy. Then next day my gum blew up in a massive blister so I got an emergency dentist appointment thinking I had an infection. The appointment was at 2:30 (think about it!). The dentist pulled a piece of kernel out of the gum, apparently it's really quite common.

Arlanymor · 20/08/2025 00:21

404PageNotFound · 20/08/2025 00:17

I was eating corn on the cob from the bbq and some of the kernel skin was a bit burnt crispy. Then next day my gum blew up in a massive blister so I got an emergency dentist appointment thinking I had an infection. The appointment was at 2:30 (think about it!). The dentist pulled a piece of kernel out of the gum, apparently it's really quite common.

Brilliant user name and hope your gums are happy and heathy now!

Mumwithbaggage · 20/08/2025 00:40

I set myself on fire with the gas hob when very pregnant - wearing a bathrobe and it caught fire where I'd tied it in a knot over my bump.

mathanxiety · 20/08/2025 01:45

Singed a plait at a birthday party aged 6 - I tried to lean in close to the birthday girl and my left plait swung forward over the candles. I saw a flash of flame and smacked my hair between both hands, then continued to sing 'Happy Birthday'. I think I was the only one there who noticed I had set myself on fire.

Arran2024 · 20/08/2025 13:30

swampwitch0 · 19/08/2025 22:44

Left most of the skin on my palm on a very hot stainless steel frying pan handle...I'd been making a fritatta and was finishing it off in the oven..
2nd degree burns.
Had to go to minor injuries and get it dressed 3 times over the next few days.
I haven't made a fritata since 😣

My husband burned his hand really badly on a steel toasted sandwich maker. I had left it plugged in but off at the plug next to the kettle. He thought he turned the plug kettle on - the sandwich maker was on "on" so it heated up. He put his entire hand on it - had to go to minor injuries it was so bad. I now make sure to switch everything off and unplug.

Whatareyoutalkingaboutnow · 20/08/2025 13:35

As kids my brother threw a Mars bar to/at me and it hit me in the eye. Had a shiner.
They were bigger in those days.

tartyflette · 20/08/2025 13:40

ninjahamster · 16/08/2025 13:43

I decided to remove a blockage in my blender with me hand without switching it off first..

I did this. It was spectacular, as well as all the gore I thought I was going to lose the nails on my thumb, forefinger and middle finger, they were so chewed up.
They did recover, but it took several months.

incognitomouse · 20/08/2025 13:42

Bacon fat from the frying pan, leapt out and burned my nose and eyelid.

dizzydizzydizzy · 20/08/2025 13:46

Food poisoning a couple of days after returning from Nepal. I was very ill for days. I had to give the GP a poo sample and it turned out to be a notifiable illness so my local council phoned me up to ask if I had eaten in any local restaurants. They weren't interested though when I said I had been abroad.