Stupid things we've done that hurt like hell

JTEX

JTEX

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Many years ago I went to clean up my desk first thing in the morning and I firmly grabbed the big iron by the business end to put it away. Turned out I forgot to turn it off the previous day. It smelled like burnt pig. Still hurts to think about it.

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I was rushing down the stairs in my home, took an awkward leap skipping the last couple of steps... and landed badly. My foot was in so much pain that night I couldn't sleep, so next day went to hospital for x-ray and it was broken. That was 5 years ago, and it still hasn't fully healed and still hurts sometimes.
 
One time i was soldering, and i went to pickup up the iron but the wire that attaches the iron to the station was hung around the corner of my desk.....Not paying attention i pretty much yanked the entire station off my desk and a 700 degree iron landed right on my lap.....I was wearing shorts...I think the neighbors heard me curse from inside my house that day.....I still have the mark on my inner thigh :D
 
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Should I start with the time I cut plywood on a table saw with no anti kickback pawl? Or the time I slipped up and rammed a chisel into my knuckle? Or the time I ruptured a disk putting on underwear? Or the time missed that last step and broke my wrist? Or that time the knife slipped while chopping veggies and I got to find out what a compression bandage is? Or the time …
 
Off the top of my head...(no pun intended)
Hitting a nail in a railroad tie with a hammer drill and 1 in spade bit and relocating my left testicle to Oklahoma.

Moving back for that girl.

Setting my 3yo down when I was 30 and slipping a disc. So loud my wife heard the *pop* 10 ft away.

Working on the mower carb with the engine cover off, slipping and falling into it, half my body weight into the motor, running 4 lower knuckles across the flywheel at full throttle. Not those little ones with a few teeth. Kohler 23 twin with like 70 teeth around it. Full meat grinder.
Neighbor was showing their house at the time as I unloaded like a sailor with a shark on his d*ck. Looked over and about 15 people looking at me in the lawn.
 
All of the above... no seriously, getting the tip of a finger hit by the blade on the table saw... lucky it just bounced back. Stepping on a plank with a big nail protruding, once again the bone stopped it. During covid, I saw you could grow a mango tree, I let that thing dry and then took the big knife to get to the seed. It sure slipped and the knife took a good plunge in a finger. Oh, once i was screwing with the drill, yup slipped againd... who knew a square tip could do that much damage. Ok I'll stop now.
 
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All of the above... no seriously, getting the tip of a finger hit by the blade on the table saw... lucky it just bounced back. Stepping on a plank with a big nail protruding, once again the bone stopped it. During covid, I saw you could grow a mango tree, I let that thing dry and then took the big knife to get to the seed. It sure slipped and the knife took a good plunge in a finger. Oh, once i was screwing with the drill, yup slipped againd... who knew a square tip could do that much damage. Ok I'll stop now.
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Stepping on a plank with a big rusty nail is a classic. At first, I don't quite realize what happened, except I can't seem to walk right because my foot is nailed to a plank through the shoe. Ooooh, the good times...
 
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Stepping on a plank with a big rusty nail is a classic. At first, I don't quite realize what happened, except I can't seem to walk right because my foot is nailed to a plank through the shoe. Ooooh, the good times...
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Yup, exactly
 
Goosing a dirt bike around a blind corner wearing shorts and a tank top. For some reason, an all dirt track had gravel on one of the turns. Well, of course the bike dumped and not only did I go with the bike as it grinded my leg into the gravel, but it also pinned my bare leg against the muffler the whole trip. Had a burn mark the size of a watermelon. Since they don't make bandaids that size, Neosporin, paper towel, and duct tape fixed the job. 20 years later, somehow I have no scar.
 
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