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Alex · **Reply #660 on:** July 18, 2009, 06:21:55 PM

Same, except with 5 other dudes. Small elevator. My boss ripped the doors open.

Noname · **Reply #661 on:** July 18, 2009, 07:17:55 PM

I was also trapped in a bathroom... the doorknob fell off...

Amaranthine · **Reply #662 on:** July 18, 2009, 07:33:49 PM

I also was trapped in an elevator. with 13 PEOPLE. In NEW ORLEANS. WITH NO EMERGENCY thing in it. o.O It was a miracle we all got our alive.

It's funny too, because I still remember I had a funny feeling going inside the elevator with my parents, but I was also nervous being a large group of people I didn't know. So I really should have followed my instincts, and possibly try to get my parents not to go in.

Noname · **Reply #663 on:** July 18, 2009, 07:40:29 PM

I once hit my head on the lower section of some stairs... but had no permanent injury as a result...

Pangaea · **Reply #664 on:** July 18, 2009, 11:32:37 PM

Quote from: Noname,Jul 18 2009 on 06:40 PM

I once hit my head on the lower section of some stairs... but had no permanent injury as a result...

Just once? Amateur!

I've hit my head on the lower sections of stairs, slanted attic ceilings, the corner of a cupboard (several times), open cupboard doors (also several times), a low living room ceiling (I was jumping up and down), a chandelier, my brother's head (he's got a skull like a Pachycephalosaurus), the headstand of my bed, the wall of my room (since I got rid of the headstand, that's what I've been hitting my head on when I wake up in the morning

), and the inside of an inverted glass bubble looking into a fish tank at an aquarium, just to name a few things. (No wonder I have memory problems today...

:)

Amaranthine · **Reply #665 on:** July 18, 2009, 11:40:21 PM

^ Wow, you're like me Pangea.

, I've fallen and bumped my head so many times...funny that I'm still afraid of heights and moving elscators.

Pangaea · **Reply #666 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:06:41 AM

^ Yes, I'm a regular klutz.

Not only do I have the depth perception of a myopic rhinoceros,

but my feet suffer from such a bad case of high arches that I can lose my balance even if I'm standing still. Tripping, slipping, stumbling, fumbling, and falling are frequent problems for me (though I've gotten better at breaking my falls lately), but, as my signature maintains, they are still vastly eclipsed by my vocal clumsiness.

Noname · **Reply #667 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:26:59 AM

I once played pac-man on an original arcade machine... in my grandparent's basement! I also got a job on craigslist with the advice of a friend, and I used to chase pigeons with another friend when I was a child...

Nick22 · **Reply #668 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:27:49 AM

I teach tennis to inner-city kids..

Amaranthine · **Reply #669 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:28:18 AM

Ok, well, this doesn't have to do with injuries, in fact, it's something I've had when I was a kiddie and it was the reason for my LDs and who I am today:

I've had seizures when I was a kid like from a baby to 9 years old. Once I had my tegrotol, they stopped and I never had them again.

Nick22 · **Reply #670 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:48:11 AM

The only injuries I've had was a broken wrist, and two surgeries on my eye..

Noname · **Reply #671 on:** July 19, 2009, 05:55:04 PM

I have a scar above my right eye...

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #672 on:** July 19, 2009, 09:54:41 PM

Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 18 2009 on 10:32 PM

Quote from: Noname,Jul 18 2009 on 06:40 PM
I once hit my head on the lower section of some stairs... but had no permanent injury as a result...
Just once? Amateur! I've hit my head on the lower sections of stairs, slanted attic ceilings, the corner of a cupboard (several times), open cupboard doors (also several times), a low living room ceiling (I was jumping up and down), a chandelier, my brother's head (he's got a skull like a Pachycephalosaurus), the headstand of my bed, the wall of my room (since I got rid of the headstand, that's what I've been hitting my head on when I wake up in the morning ), and the inside of an inverted glass bubble looking into a fish tank at an aquarium, just to name a few things. (No wonder I have memory problems today... :)

Hehe, here's somethin' we share in common. Also, I've hit my head on a hanging flower basket (my mother happened to be with me and laughed her a** off, especially when I said, "I just took a geranium to the cranium!"

), an iron plant hook sticking out from the fence (I was running by the fence and not paying attention

), an alarm clock, a coffee table, a sofa (I have a dent in my skull where I hit my head. Good thing it's not visible), a window, the pavement, ice, a locker door, and many more things than I can keep track of

. A funny one was when I jumped to get into a Ford Expedition (I'm short) and I jumped a little too high and smacked my head

. Oh, and I once got pegged in the head with a glass cieling light cover. A relative tossed it to me when I was not paying attention, thinking I knew it was coming

.

Noname · **Reply #673 on:** July 19, 2009, 09:58:46 PM

I also walked into a parking meter...

tempestwheel · **Reply #674 on:** July 19, 2009, 10:02:21 PM

I once walked into my bathroom door frame because the light wasn't one."

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #675 on:** July 19, 2009, 10:10:06 PM

I once turned around to respond to a relative while walking through a parking lot and tripped on one of those yellow barriers. I cleaned pretty much all the skin off my right elbow

. Thankfully, I did not need stitches, but I have a lovely scar to remind me of my mishap...

Pangaea · **Reply #676 on:** July 20, 2009, 01:01:34 AM

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Hehe, here's somethin' we share in common. Also, I've hit my head on a hanging flower basket (my mother happened to be with me and laughed her a** off, especially when I said, "I just took a geranium to the cranium!" ), an iron plant hook sticking out from the fence (I was running by the fence and not paying attention ), an alarm clock, a coffee table, a sofa (I have a dent in my skull where I hit my head. Good thing it's not visible), a window, the pavement, ice, a locker door, and many more things than I can keep track of . A funny one was when I jumped to get into a Ford Expedition (I'm short) and I jumped a little too high and smacked my head . Oh, and I once got pegged in the head with a glass cieling light cover. A relative tossed it to me when I was not paying attention, thinking I knew it was coming .

I was alternating between laughing and wincing sympathetically the whole time I was reading that post.

Your story about the Ford reminded me to add the ceilings, doors, and door frames of cars to the list of things I have hit my head on (along with tree branches, fridge and freezer doors, and the undersides of tables

:). Most of the cranial impacts I have received occurred while I was either rising from a sitting, crouching, crawling, or lying position (striking my head on something above me), or while I was walking with my line of vision directed at the ground (to avoid slipping or tripping on things), not noticing that I was approaching the ticket booth to Ouch City. (I'm about 6' 1", which unfortunately appears to be an ideal height for receiving head injuries around my house.)

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #677 on:** July 20, 2009, 01:24:42 AM

The member closest in age to me here is Action9000. I was born on July 16, 1986 and Action9000 was born on July 20, 1986

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Pangaea · **Reply #678 on:** July 20, 2009, 03:20:04 AM

Hopefully no one minds me making one more post on the subject of personal experiences with head injuries.

It's sort of birthday related, so I could say that it ties in with Cancerian Tiger's last post.

My skull was the unintentional recipient of a blow meant for a piÒata at my 8th birthday party (lucky for me the bat was hollow and plastic). It was somewhat ironic (some might even say karmatic), seeing as I myself had decapitated the piÒata a few minutes earlier. :blink:

Malte279 · **Reply #679 on:** July 20, 2009, 03:34:51 AM

At age 3 / 4 I got electric shocks from a power socket no less than three times!
One should expect a kid to have learned the lesson after the first stroke (obtained by pricking it with bare fingers), but no I was too inquisitive and stupid for that and had to give pricking power sockets with a needle respectively a straw a try as well. Is it not a marvel that I ever reached my current age?