We Can End This Thread, Now...
 

...because I win.

Went out the front door in flip flops yesterday AM. CCA front deck and steps were quite wet. Stepped down onto second step, encountered a zero friction episode, legs flew straight out, and my lower back came directly down, full force, onto the edge of the second step. Pic on the left was taken about five hours post incident, pic on the right was taken about 18 hours post incident. I am truly grateful that I apparently did not break my back. To be completely fair, the second pic is taken considerably closer in than the first, but I think the depth of the stunning purple hue speaks for itself.

The wires are from my TENS unit, for which I am exceedingly grateful.

fuck

Nice color.

Ah babes!
Nasty.

Guess you have to go missionary position for a while then?

I too am grateful you didn't break your back!

Holy crap! Glad you're (relatively) unscathed. That is a beautiful shade of plum, though.

Rorshack bruise.

I see a .....Comet entering atmosphere

Ouch!

Bouquet of violets.

Giant squid.

I see a dog face.

You're turning violet, Violet! jebus i aint ever seen no bruise like that! ouch indeed.

In the first picture, I see the Roadrunner. (beep beep!)

Minifobette walked in front of a swinging kid today, and got kicked across the cheekbone. Here's what it looks like 6 hours later. We're teaching her to say "You should see the other guy" when everyone asks about it tomorrow.

or you could teach her to say "momma warned me...."

;)

Not so mini any more, eh? Hope it's not so tender it hurts when she moves her face :( Poor Mini.

I know, she just turned 6 a couple weeks ago. It's kind of nuts. Plus, she's catching up on her perpetually-undersized brother. She's two years younger but there's some clothing items they can share.

I feel old.

Just wait until she's traveling around Europe on her own, then you'll know O L D.

Not old, successful. :thumb:

Well, damn...

Looking even more badass as it heals.

Definitely your child... not in the shiner department, in everything else.

she's so cute, and that shot, though she's looking right at the camera, seems so candid...

How does she feel about the whole deal? The change in her appearance, the questions (that you anticipated), not to mention the whole getting kicked in the face part, etc.

She's been surprisingly indifferent. She thought it was strange the first time I wanted to take a picture, but now she's enjoying seeing the progression in the series. Otherwise she doesn't seem to notice it in the mirror. We warned her that people would ask her what happened, but each time she's just told the story without any drama, like what she had for lunch. When it happened she only cried for a few minutes, less than she has for much smaller injuries, but all her friends were around her that time so she may have felt like she had to man up.

or...

it was all that oxytocin in the air.

Still, I'm glad she's doing well. I hate seeing my kids suffer (your kids, anybody's kids), BUT, if there's good to be had from it, like learning that you can take a punch, literal and figurative, and there's no permanent damage, then I can endure my suffering with a minimum of tears. Good for her!

Attachment 48243 not a bruise, yet. But I skinned my knee falling over in front of a bus. Was hoping to go to a dance, but in the end I did not go to the ball!


Sent by thought transference

when it goes green, you'll have a limey....

Sorry to hear your coach turned back to a pumpkin ahead of schedule. :(

Shit, Limes!
I tole you Arran was dangerous.

Hope Mr Limey looked after you and the cats don't use you as a springboard until its scabbed over.

I have big feet. Unless I'm some unusually deep stairs, my feet usually don't fit on the risers. I'm used to it. Going up, I'm on the balls of my feet on the noses of the treads and my heels don't touch; going down, I consciously tap my heel into the riser at the back of the stairstep and my toes overhang. I slipped on the stairs at work yesterday, both times heading down the stairs. The first time, I had my hand on the railing and my feet just went zooop! forward and onto my ass I went, my back cracked against the stairs. Owwwwwch. I was creaky and sore.

The second time I slipped was backing down the stairs on the catwalks in the lower bay. The treads are expanded metal, steel plates with a zigzag pattern on the upturned edges of the perforations for traction. As I was backing down these steps (like you back down a ladder) my foot slipped through the open risers and shot forward. Fortunately, I maintained my footing because my leg stopped when my shin hit the edge of the step above the one my foot slipped on.

This was the result.

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My reservoir of colorful language was severely depleted.

Ouch.

Damn V. That looks painful. Sorry!

Be careful. Take care of yourself, but also don't get yourself fired for being a klutz.

Are those treads all covered in oil?

Consider wearing shin guards under your clothing at work.

Story later.
May report slightly different photo in RFN jut to whore it out about.

A few days ago bit just look a little darker and a little less puffy.

Yikes!

Oh, my. Cold packs needed .... :(

Holy shit, Sundae!

Damn, V, that looks painful. Your back must be in pain too. Pay attention to your back. There are usually consequences to falls like that.

Holy crap V. Did you have that looked at?

Sounds like you just looked at it. I looked at it earlier. Bunch o' people looked at it.

There's no way I can compete in this thread with Sundae, I concede. So, in my drive for second place:

Same leg, same ankle a few days later. They were taken in a different house, the lighting's different, but they're quite purple. The very distinct line of bruising on my ankle near my heel is very interesting. I don't remember hurting my ankle at all. But my ankle remembers it.

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Yes. Pics to follow.

I was watching Lost bonus extras (yes, despite having finished all six seasons my addiction has yet to abate) - and came across a behind the scenes for the episode 'The Whole Truth' showing the makeup for 'Henry Gale'.

Given the Cellar's collective obsession with bruising, I thought I'd post it here :P

The makeup bit starts at 2.26



The bit that got me was the hand - it looked so hideously painful as he was dabbing away at it - even knowing it was all fake.

Derby Kisses.

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Those look hurty.

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The bandage will make it feel like a stranger.

That's not a bruise. That's a laceration

Quoted for effect.

Ouch!

Hello, stranger!

:D, but, sorry bout ur hand.

Hand exerting force, slips, drives forward, gash, curses.

Just a guess.

Fuck-ing ouch!

It's in another thread, V.

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They let you pick the color of your stitches now?!

HAAAAAANDSHARK!!!!

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Clearly a dolphin bite.

Were there some colorful expressions uttered when that happened? That is going to leave an interesting scar.

Nothing too original. I think a simple FUCK! was about it. I kept looking away and then looking back at it because I couldn't believe it was real and was waiting for it to go away. It didn't work.