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Previously on "Who's had the most broken bones on this site?"

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
    Other DIY jobs include removing a couple of moles with a wire cutter (sharp pliers). This works a treat.

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  • cailin maith
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    I once banged my shin bone (tibia) when my foot slipped getting out of the pool. Judging from the sound I thought this could be bad news, but all I got was a lump. I showed the doc who said it would be fine, but the lump got bigger and more painful, so I stuck a needle in it. I had an impressive geyser of clear liquid and that more or less sorted it.

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  • TimberWolf
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    I once banged my shin bone (tibia) when my foot slipped getting out of the pool. Judging from the sound I thought this could be bad news, but all I got was a lump. I showed the doc who said it would be fine, but the lump got bigger and more painful, so I stuck a needle in it. I had an impressive geyser of clear liquid and that more or less sorted it.

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  • tay
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    When I broke my leg it was during a rugby game... I was gang tackled and twisted it a bit. It hurt a wee bit. I had hairline fractred the fibia. But I had a date that night and you are supposed to walk off injuries.. so I got up and put my wieght on it to see if I could carry on....

    ...of course as I had hairline fractured the Fibia.. and then I put my weight on it... I promptly sunk 2 inches.. compound fracturing both tibia and fibia and they both went in opposite directions and blood pissed everywhere as a the bone came out fo my leg front and back... ended up in a toe to groin cast for 5 months.

    You cant walk off a broken leg is the lesson I learnt...

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  • chef
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    well,

    -doctors broke and reset my legs in 4 seperate places shortly after birth
    -broke my finger chasing a girl into the toilets in junior school, the witch slammed the door shut
    -cut off my middle finger after trying to sit on a concrete garden ornamental toadstool, the top came off, i tried to catch it, an 8 yr old doesnt have much chance with a 1.5mx0.5m toadstool shaped block of concrete, luckily some micro-surgeon was visiting the town i lived in for a conference, was woken up and sowed it back on, now fully working and everything
    -cracked my skull on a metal post, there were 2 posts shaped like pq placed there to slow cyclists down, being 10 I simply ducked my head below the handlebars and zoomed underneath, until i didnt duck enough one day
    -cracked a rib with my own fist last year while snowboarding, it was a white out and I was on a black run, the day after i misjudged a turn and gave myself concussion.. eventful trip
    -cracked another rib unknowingly 2 years ago which resulted in my lung being punctured and thus re-inflated twice, I still walked the 2 miles to work though using 1 lung, i thought i had a cold coming and thats why i was out of breath

    i think thats about it i think, 9 breaks.. do i win?

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  • Bear
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    Originally posted by Sockpuppet View Post
    Broke a toe (opposite foot) falling down the stairs when in plaster cast for the above. - Basically I used my crutches to come down the stairs but they acted as a pivot so I went from the top stair to the bottom in one go. Hit the wall and landed like sack of tulip.
    I'm sorry but

    Thats the funniest!!

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  • FiveTimes
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    cracked rib,

    broken big toe left foot.

    Broken middle toes left foot, broken little toe left foot.

    Dislocated middle finger left hand

    all down to martial arts.

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  • rootsnall
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    Nose every week or so playing rugby, ankle playing football, toes playing cricket. Never felt better since I packed it all in and got fat and fit.

    Forgot ribs playing rugby, defo the most painful, my career didn't last long after that.
    Last edited by rootsnall; 24 April 2008, 09:34.

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  • Xenophon
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    I've never had a broken bone!! I've had a bent one, but never a broken one.


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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    Oooh, let me see, broken my nose 14 times, the 2 middle fingers on both hands numerous times, big toe on right foot was left as a red smear on a road once. Broke my right leg in numerous places and had it cut off, beat that!
    I had a veruca once.

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  • darmstadt
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    Oooh, let me see, broken my nose 14 times, the 2 middle fingers on both hands numerous times, big toe on right foot was left as a red smear on a road once. Broke my right leg in numerous places and had it cut off, beat that!

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  • OwlHoot
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    Working in a sand warehouse, thought I'd take a short cut off a raised platform by hitching a lift on the forks of a forklift.

    Unfortunately, being behind a ton of sand bags on a pallet already on the forks, the driver didn't see me (or perhaps he *did* see me , although he swore he hadn't ) and spun the forklift round like a top.

    I automatically grabbed a sandbag, to prevent myself flying off, but did anyway and dropped six feet, landing on one foot, holding a hundredweight sandbag.

    Not sure if I broke anything, but my ankle swelled up slightly and hurt like hell and I was hobbling around for a month. I didn't go to the doctor though, because there's sod all they can do in a situation like that, and I hate queueing and all their stupid questions and forms anyway.

    The same ankle still aches occasionally in damp weather.

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  • test please delete
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    I have no bones to break. I'm a forum thread you see.

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  • cailin maith
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    I've never had a broken bone!! I've had a bent one, but never a broken one.
    SA - why doesn't that suprise me

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  • SallyAnne
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    I've never had a broken bone!! I've had a bent one, but never a broken one.

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