Participatory Shin Experiment

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 12:32 PM

Here's a fun experiment I'd like everyone to try.

Go bang your shin against something solid, like the edge of a wrought iron coffee table or your desk or the corner of your garage. Alternatively, whack it with a baseball bat or lead pipe.

Give it a few good smacks and report back on the experience.

glatt · 07-18-2008, 12:35 PM

Just a sec, I'm pushing a sharpened pencil into my cornea at the moment. I'll do the shin thing after.

Griff · 07-18-2008, 12:37 PM

I have a 1976 vintage aluminum bat divot in my left shin. I'm going to opt out of future research.

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I have a 1976 vintage aluminum bat divot in my left shin. I'm going to opt out of future research.

It sounds like you borrowed money from the wrong guys.

lookout123 · 07-18-2008, 12:39 PM

i'll see your shin experiment and raise you 28 kicking feet for a couple hours each week.

Sundae · 07-18-2008, 12:50 PM

You know what?
Just seeing the title of this thread made me wince. I opened it hoping that my fears would be allayed. I forgot. This is the Cellar.

I have to say, shin injuries are nasty, but nothing clouds the vision like a good old whang on the knee. The temporary pain from even a minor collision is completely out of proportion to the actual injury and literally blinding. The whole body shrieks in sympathy.

I've stopped a car with my lower leg (still have numb spots on the calf) so I decline to participate in your experiment in case I wreck the curve.

lookout123 · 07-18-2008, 12:55 PM

wince?

Undertoad · 07-18-2008, 12:58 PM

I have a heavy desk I could crunch my knee into for a while.

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I have a heavy desk I could crunch my knee into for a while.

That's next Friday's experiment. Try not to get ahead of the lessons.

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

wince?

I think just seeing the still image was sufficient.

Is this what you do for several hours each week?

TheMercenary · 07-18-2008, 01:53 PM

Did that last fall. Only I hit it with a missed axe swing while chopping wood in the back yard for our out door fireplace.

lookout123 · 07-18-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I think just seeing the still image was sufficient.

Is this what you do for several hours each week?

I play soccer for several hours each week. well, when not prevented by injury anyway. That was an especially gruesome injury that could have been prevented. It actually whipped the soccer/football community into a bit of a frenzy.

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Did that last fall. Only I hit it with a missed axe swing while chopping wood in the back yard for our out door fireplace.

And now they call you Stumpy?

That sounds painful. Did you post pictures?

TheMercenary · 07-18-2008, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

And now they call you Stumpy?

That sounds painful. Did you post pictures?

I don't think I was on the cellar at the time, anyway, in my early days on the cellar I don't anyone here would have settled for anything less than total amputation.

spudcon · 07-18-2008, 04:00 PM

In the early days of the Cellar, they had to push their mice two miles uphill in the snow to post a reply.

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07-18-2008, 12:50 PM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You know what? Just seeing the title of this thread made me wince. I opened it hoping that my fears would be allayed. I forgot. This is the Cellar. I have to say, shin injuries are nasty, but nothing clouds the vision like a good old whang on the knee. The temporary pain from even a minor collision is completely out of proportion to the actual injury and literally blinding. The whole body shrieks in sympathy. I've stopped a car with my lower leg (still have numb spots on the calf) so I decline to participate in your experiment in case I wreck the curve.

07-18-2008, 12:58 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have a heavy desk I could crunch my knee into for a while.

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