‘What’s the most ridiculous injury you’ve ever inflicted on yourself?’ – 23 people who honestly shouldn’t be allowed out

13.

‘Struggling to unscrew a Coke bottle I leant over to see what was wrong with it and it exploded and the cap hit me in the eye. 111 were very helpful.’
–tiptreetimes

14.

‘I was doing dishes with an old bit of wire wool. There was a loop of “wire” which was hanging down. I instinctively tried to snap it with my fingers the way that you would a bit of thread

‘I basically cheese-wired my finger. Not an awful cut but an incredibly stupid way to hurt myself.’
–WonFriendsWithSalad

15.

‘Dislocated my shoulder flicking a tea towel. Years later did the other one trying to ooph my bag strap back onto my shoulder without using my hands.’
–Negative-Associate38

16.

‘Got on a packed tube train. As the doors were closing, someone got on wearing a backpack. And obviously got stuck, holding everyone up.

‘He made no attempt to free his stuck backpack and so the doors wouldn’t close and we were all waiting. So I (a smallish 40 something woman) reached out with one arm, at an angle, and single handed, Spider-Manned the tube doors open.

‘As I wrenched it open, I was kind of surprised and my arm recoiled and slammed against the wall, giving me a massive circular bruise which is currently purple and yellow.’
–Hyperion2023

17.

‘Stabbed myself in the chest while making a sandwich. I lost my grip on the knife while slicing a tomato, caught it before it hit the counter, fumbled it, caught it again as it was spinning in the air and found it lodged in my chest (well, more towards my left shoulder and only about a half inch deep, still loads of blood though).’
–SuboptimalOutcome

18.

‘Knocked myself out playing rounders with kids. I was the teacher.’
–Few_Industry_7760

19.

‘Nailed my hand to a tree whilst building a treehouse.’
–verminV

20.

‘This is the most middle class injury ever. I popped into the National Theatre (work nearby) and the loo roll is kind of behind you, in an awkward spot.

‘I hyper extended my middle finger and had to have it strapped up for six weeks. Took me three months to be able to type properly.’
–MojoMomma76

21.

‘My wife gave herself a black eye trying to show the kids the dangers of whipping a belt.’
–frontroomhog

22.

‘On the beach trying to sneak up on my other half to put a cold can on her back and kicked the sunbed and broke my toe. Karma is a bitch.’
–DarthScabies

23.

‘Knocked a tin of fruit out of a cupboard which hit me in the face and left me needing stitches in my lip.’
–FrontCold6590

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