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Here are a few of mine...
I took a pyrex casserole pan out of the oven and placed it on the stove. I guess the burner wasn't cooled off enough so it literally exploded into a million tiny shards of glass all over my entire kitchen and myself. I am very lucky it did not hit my face and eyes. Just cuts on my arms.
When I was young (around 9 or so) we had one of those old fashioned heaters that are not attached to the wall. Just sitting out by the wall. I accidently backed up to it wearing a nightgown and burned myself so bad the nightgown fused to the burn on my bum. It took a lot of pain and a lot of water to be able to remove the nightgown.. I still think my mother should have taken me to the doctor.
And one of my friends
One time I was slicing some zucchini with one of those slicer tools where you slide it back and forth, and I cut the tip of my finger off. It must have cut the nerve endings at first, because I didn't notice until my boyfriend, who was helping me cook, said, "What's all that red stuff on the zucchini?" I lifted up my hand and looked, then heard this loud thud that startled me. BF had fainted and crashed to the floor. When the EMTs came, they didn't know who to help first. They ended up putting us both in the ambulance, Bf on a stretcher, and me sitting beside him with my hand up wrapped in a towel. I only took off about a millimeter of my finger, and it's fine although a little numb on the end. Bf had to have six stitches taken in his head.
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Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:14 pm |
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| onesunshinerider
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We had a pyrex dish that just broke apart in the oven. Thankfully nobody was holding it.
The day after Thanksgiving, many years ago, I was going to slice some turkey breast for sandwiches. So I am holding the turkey down with my left hand and stupid me, brings the knife towards me to and sliced right into my the fatty part of your hand right below your thumb. Blood everywhere and bless my mother-in-law who had the presence of mind to take a couple bandaides and butterfly it. I still have a nice little scar.
Oh and once when I was going to make a thicking for gravy I thought it would work better if I used the hot liquid from the roast. Started to shake it up, it exploded and I had it all over me, the ceiling......well, there were not many places that did not have it splattered on it. Luckily it just got my arms and some places on my face but not my eyes. |
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:06 am |
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| hellolost
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I had a stone gargoyle on top of my monster tv. I had to reach behind the tv to plug in the plug again because the cat had somehow managed to unplug it. I reached and reached until the tv shifted a little bit and the gargoyle fell down and smashed me on top of the head. I actually saw stars. Lucky for me it didnt crack my skull!
Also another time I was folding laundry and grabbed a pair of jeans. I started to shake them out to straighten the legs and hit myself in the face with the pants leg. Hurt a lot but I had to laugh |
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:12 am |
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| onesunshinerider
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| Most of my mishaps happen in the kitchen. Knives and I just don't mix and I go through these spells where I drop everything. My dh was constantly yelling in there if I was all right. I finally told him that if he didn't hear a scream or a thud, I was all right. :D |
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:14 am |
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| scoers
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| OMG its a wonder we're alive lol their were 5 of us kids to get into trouble lol and that we did lol . Mom had storm windows laying against the wall where she was going to wash them. My brother and I(7&9) got into a pushing match and he went into the window edge and it cut his elbow.. had about 15 stitches....Do you all remember how the cord to the tv's used to come off? Ours did. My brother and I were in the basement (concrete floor) washing the floor (water) ..My brother unplugged the cord from the tv but no from the wall so he could move it. I grabbed the cord and began to fuss at him when I got electrocuted big time.I was about 13.Explains allot don't it hello lol |
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:05 pm |
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| AleciaBneedstobefreed
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OMG Hellolost! I had the same thing happen to me. I had my back turned and my daughter in the dining area. She had just left the kitchen. It scared me to death.
I also got it with a broken storm window playing with other kids.
What really amazes me is all the stuff that could've or should've killed or hurt me and didn't. :shock: |
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Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:31 pm |
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| Bluefooter
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LOL...this sounds like one of those breaking news stories "Is your toaster TRYING TO KILL YOU?"
but truthfully, i believe my toaster IS trying to kill me. it wouldn't release my english muffin once, so i did what any right minded person would do, i turned it upside down and violently shook it. unfortunately, this upset the toaster. it released my muffin, but it also released the hot little iron clasper thingy which nearly burnt through my foot.
stupid toaster..... |
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:00 am |
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| lovielareau
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| the metal teeth on tape dispensers. i can't tell you how many times i've cut myself on those. |
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:06 pm |
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| msmarieh
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Hubby's parents gifted us a hideous gargoyle on a motorcycle statue - weighed about 8 pounds. I found the most fitting spot I could for it in our home - on the window ledge in our laundry room. Hubby one day absent mindedly opened the window without removing the statue. It fell and landed on his big toe (fitting punishment in my opinion, since it was from HIS parents!). I heard the thump and yowl all the way upstairs and thought a bookcase had fallen over. I came tearing down the stairs, but hubby had managed to hobble his way into the living room and was laying on the floor groaning. I looked around, saw nothing else amiss and asked what had happened. He could only point and say laundry room, where I found the sorry statue and promptly burst out laughing... (hehehe yes I am evil). Hubby heals so disgustingly fast he was basically fine by the next night though that first night the toe had swelled up massively and required a visit to the ER to ensure it wasn't broken (it wasn't).
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Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:02 pm |
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| mots
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SEEMINGLY INNOCENT HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT HAVE HURT ME....
an open box of chocolate cookies...............
well maybe they weren't so innocent........
Best!mots |
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Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:14 am |
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| newmeanna
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It's amazing how many people actually do have Pyrex pans that explode!!! I made a double order of the Sloppy Joe Pie a few months back and the entire pan EXPLODED inside my stove! OH MY, what a mess! I called the Pyrex company and they told me that it is not common... sounds like I was told a story tale, huh? They did end up sending me $25 of Pyrex product...
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Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:48 pm |
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| pucksgirl
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i chipped my tooth on a root beer mug
numerous times i have sliced my finger/hand on the saran wrap box. hello...there is a warning-SHARP. yet i seem to act like that does not apply to me. |
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:48 pm |
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| meemoo
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| A few months after moving into a new house (new for us, but built in the late 80's), the mirror in our upstairs bathroom just fell off of the wall and shattered all over the floor. Luckily, we had just put the kids to bed when we heard the crash and no one was hurt. But I was amazed at the crappy installation job and surprised that it passed inspection. |
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:41 pm |
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| KChan
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I had a tree branch that apparently rotted out, fall on my head while I was on the swing attached to it. Thankfully my brother who had been in my lap at the time only had a scratch. I was only out for a few seconds though, I woke up to see my brother and sister both standing over me and I took off screaming to my grandmother. Came away with a nice knot on my head though.
I washed a glass about 2 months ago and it broke right while my hand was in it. Sliced open my pinky finger but my dad didn't think it would need stitches. The nice scar left on my finger doesn't convince me too much.
I set a Pop-Tart on fire in a toaster once too when I was a kid, no one got hurt though.
Had my foot fall into a pool filter at a water park, nearly broke two toes and sliced my foot open.
My parents always told me I was accident prone. |
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Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:49 pm |
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| JMCP
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Ha! I love this thread :)
I have trouble navigating doorways - always have. I can see them, but my elbows, shoulders, knees, hands, head, etc do not. I bang myself up pretty badly on doorways.
In college, I walked into a coffee table and broke 4 toes on one foot. It had been there all year and there was no drinking involved. I just missed seeing it I guess.
Bottom line - anything is dangerous around a klutz like me! :oops: |
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Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:29 pm |
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