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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I dropped a pair pointy end down on my foot. Blood fountain 6 " in the air. Very frightening, but at least I knew the cut would be clean.😕
    My instinctive reaction now when anything heavy or sharp falls is to jump back rather than try to catch it.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Like @Topbird, I've been gardening a long time and can still injure myself quite easily. The solution is to do a shed load of swearing as loudly as possible while holding the injury closed and finding a plaster  ;)

    My best injury was the spade somersaulting through the air and slicing my cheek. That was a fun trip to A&E with young children, while trying not to panic - or faint.  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I find gloves make the risk worse for me. This one was a close call.


    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
     :D:D:D@wild edges

    I never knew gardening was so dangerous :o  
    East Lancs
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I didn't realise you were so tiny @wild edges..... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    WE also has a beard.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Fire said:
    WE also has a beard.
    Lost it in a secateurs accident :(

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Lost the secateurs in the beard?


  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    edited July 2021
    What about ladders?
    Always falling off them, have to use them when OH is out to prevent words being spoken.

    Don't mention bonfires, nasty accident long stay in hospital.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    owwww
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