Most unnecessary injury you've gotten?

[ZehMadScientist]

So yesterday I was watching a game of football, Sweden - Holland, which resulted in a 3-2 victory for the Swedish. Being Dutch I felt kind of bitter about it, but I sure wasn't angry because Holland has already secured its spot in the championship, and with their victory Sweden has too.

After the game I went to my room and I saw a pile of (unwashed)clothes collecting dust, so I decided to vent my little bit of anger by kicking the pile with all my might (with a smile of course). Little did I know of the dumbbell that was underneath it.

I broke three toes and it will take around 3 weeks to heal. And for what?

So, my fellow Escapists, what is the most unnecessary injury you have ever gotten? Self-inflicted or otherwise.

 

[everythingbeeps]

One time I was in the kitchen, where we had a linoleum floor. I dropped a glass and it broke. I was barefoot, but I figured it would be safe to nudge aside the biggest piece of the glass with my foot.

That's when I learned that a broken glass will imbed itself in linoleum. It didn't budge, and I tore open the bottom of by foot. Didn't get stitches (I probably should have) so as it started to heal it turned into a sort of flap. Which was especially fun while swimming (it was summer.)

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

it didnt happen to me, but one of my best friends in High School was working out in the gym when this idiot kid that we knew ran up and swung a Barbell at him. Tore a 6 inch gash up his arm for who knows what reason. Everyone was like "WHAT THE FUCK!?" and he just gave a dumb look and said "i dunno". A week later, he told the school psychologist, and a room full of classmates about a dream he had where he murdered all the guys and raped all the girls. He got kicked out of school so fast i think his head spun.

 

[Dranae]

I once sprained my ankle by running into a wall.

Don't ask me how, because I don't know.

 

[ABLb0y]

I once fell off a five foot tall cliff and landed in a pile of rusty barbed wire, and yet escaped with just my back slashed up.

 

[Stammer]

The landline phone near my computer is sitting on top of a slightly elevated platform on my desk. This elevated platform has an ever-so-slightly sharp edge. One time my dad called that phone so I went to answer it. As I brought my hand up my thumb just BARELY nicked the platform.

I bled for like 2 straight hours, the scab lasted for about 3 weeks, and now I have a permanent scar. WHAT THE HELL

 

[Kae]

Does accidentally running over yourself with an ATV count?
I feel I must explain how it happened, well I was driving an ATV and I accidentally got my leg caught under the wheel and next thing I know, I'm under the ATV and crashed into a fence.
Because if not I think it would be that time I was asked to check if the frying pan was hot and I put my hand right on it...
Or it could be one of the many times I've fallen of stairs...
I get hurt almost every day so it's hard for me to point out.

 

[loc978]

Tried to take a sharp corner on a 3-wheeled ATV... in the resulting rollover, I flew into a wire garden fence and wound up with a piece of said wire fishhooked through the skin over my kneecap.
Not much of an injury, but it was pretty damn spectacular (not to mention senseless), and there was quite a lot of blood when I took the wire out.

 

[Lucyfer86]

Tried to kick somesort of garbage on the street with no reason, busted my toe.
I haven't had many injuries in my life so this is the best i can provide.

 

[Richardplex]

As someone who has ADHD, as a child I would run around wildly in my room thinking of 99 stupid things in 10 minutes. And then my middle finger hit the bedpost, and from the middle joint it bent 45 degrees to the right. That was fun.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

After twice falling off my bike, epically failing to stick the landing from off a small (like 2ft tall) ramp, the second time pretty hilariously getting propelled into a frontflip landing on my back, I was thick enough to give it a third go (I was only 11). Since I had my hand clenched in the handlebar position I landed straight on my right wrist and broke it. It hurt like hell, I had my arm in a cast for 8 weeks, it was increadibly stupid and pointless and I haven't ridden a bike since. Basically this is the sort of paragraph where one would normally affix the 'cool story bro' meme on the end of it, so I'm going to go ahead and ruin the fun for you by already bringing it up.

 

[Jenitals]

I broke my foot when I jumped off a 9 foot high balcony. Dumbest thing ever, don't do it kids.

 

[Maclennan]

was driving my dirt bike hit some loose gravel and slide though i kept it upright my foot was crushed between a stump and the bike. I should of gotten it looked at but made due with a compression wrap.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Years ago I accidently torn the top part of of my left toenail with my right heel when I was heading downstair for lunch (I swung my foot around). All I can say is I used to do fancy footwork running around the stair. The top part of the nail is still hanging so I just glue it back on (the last thing I wanted is another ingrowing toenail problem) which did the treat.

 

[twistedmic]

About fourteen years ago I was riding down a steep hill on my bike (bicycle, not motorcycle) when I decided to take the turn onto my street at full-speed. I turned to sharply, my brakes didn't work well enough and I ended up wiping out and skidding about ten feet.
My bike was trashed, the front rim and the frame were bent, and I had a large scrape along my right knee, forearm and the right side of my face plus a black-eye from where my handle-bar popped up and got me.
Thankfully I was wearing my bike helmet (buckled) or else it could have been a lot worse.

 

[Zach of Fables]

I sliced open my finger on a tuna can lid. Then I was going to a con so I just wrapped it instead of getting stitches. Left a scar.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I bled for like 2 straight hours, the scab lasted for about 3 weeks, and now I have a permanent scar. WHAT THE HELL

... anaemia? *shrug*

OT: Probably the numerous times I punched in my new bag shortly after getting it. Ended up with bloody knuckles for a fortnight...

I sliced open my finger on a tuna can lid. Then I was going to a con so I just wrapped it instead of getting stitches. Left a scar.

No disrespect, but who gets stitches for a sliced finger?

Uh... y'what now?!

 

[bpm195]

I used to do Judo, and I was going to go to my first competition in a couple weeks. We had a pretty intense training session at my dojo, and went well past 3 hours. It was great, and my confidence was at an all time high. During cooldown one of the excercises that we do is forward rolls. Somehow I rolled a confirmed crit and fractured my left foot in two places. One of them didn't heal properly and to this day I can't take a fall without extreme pain. Had to give up judo because of it.

I had to have been slammed hard like a hundred times that night, and I ruin myself doing something from a kindergarten gym class...