What do you tell people when injured?

[Jedoro]

I just tell 'em the truth. People are intimidated enough by me, and I have no clue why, so it makes it easier for them if they know I'm a regular human, just like them. First, though, I'll joke around about how they should see the other guy, or how I fought a bear.

 

[D0WNT0WN]

I don't tell. It's the first rule. And the second.

Damn, you beat me to it.

 

[Furious Styles]

I blew in my dog's face and he jumped up and nosed me really hard in the eye, gave me a black eye.

I told the truth because it made for a good story

 

[garbutt]

"I would say you should see the other guy, but it was a car."

And that was the truth...

 

[cheatking]

*scuttles into thread, sips coffee and flicks a baked bean off bathrobe*
Scar above my right eye.
What I tell people: "Bottled in a bar fight"
Truth: "My sister was jealous of my dancing, pushed me and I fell onto a raised step and cracked my head.
*scuttles out of thread. Leaves crusted bean on the topic floor*

 

[JoshGod]

the truth. although thats because they would find out anyway from someone.

 

[ilikepie59]

I once had a graze on my cheek and people kept asking why. I attempted to make a new excuse for each time someone asked me. Some that I remember:

Assassination attempt by disgruntled carpenters
Being abducted by the Jigsaw killer
Eaten by a bear
Eaten by Bear Grylls
Knitting accident
Doing stunts for Samuel L. Jackson (I'm pretty white, and not exactly built like him)
Flesh eating virus

There were more, but I don't remember them all.

 

[Murdering Monk]

"I didn't fall from the tree, I jumped heroically to save a frightened monkey."

 

[Billska]

It's only a flesh wound!

 

[yoshilinks]

Ow

 

[Jezzascmezza]

It's only a flesh wound!

Totally this one here.
Monty Python references will never get old.
NEVER!!

 

[Kypros]

Something colourful, involving power tools and my ineptitude with them.

 

[Antitonic]

I have a massive scar on my shoulder, so whenever someone with a foreign accent has cause to ask about it, I pull out the "shark fight" story.

Because I'm an Aussie, and apparently that's most of what we do to pass time. Fight sharks, I mean, not lie.

 

[PAGEToap44]

"Well there was this farmer, a grizzly and a chainsaw... you can see where this is going, right?"

No I haven't been injured well enough for a story recently. Once got a black eye from rugby, where me and someone from my team went to tackle the same guy and my teammate poked me in the eye.

 

[Varrdy]

I once whacked my forehead on a doorframe and knocked myself out. I'd just received a gift of a pair of Doc Marten's boots and put them on before going through to the kitchen. Then my phone rang and I ran back to my room (was waiting on a call about a job), forgetting that I had to duck through that doorway even when I wasn't wearing boots that added to my, already impressive, 6'4" frame.

Once I came round (about a minute later) I already had a hell of a bump and bruising (as well as mild concussion!) but no-one else was in so I tried to save face by claiming I panicked and headbutted a mugger. Despite living in a bad area in which one of my housemates was punched by a chav for no reason and my motorbike was stolen, I don't think they believed me because my reputation for being a clumsy, cack-handed, walking-disaster-area was also well known.

That and the bloodstain on the doorframe that wasn't noticed until later on.

Wardy
PS Yes I did go to hospital. Sadly they had bad news - absolutely no sense had been knocked into me in the accident.
PPS No the call wasn't about the job in end...and no...I didn't get it anyway.

 

[theshadavid]

I'm one of those guys who's shtick is having pride in being shameless. I'll tell you what happened straight up, I'll agree that I'm lame, and then I'll laugh.