A little off topic, but there is blood involved
I'm incredibly accident prone, do retardedly foolish things and have a sense of immortality in my approach to certain dangerous activities.

As an example, let me tell you of my last week, to give you some idea of how foolish I can be.

Sunday - smash big toe, causing bleeding and complications (ingrown toenail) this continues for the week, finally getting better on Wednesday

Monday - slice open index finger with a very sharp surgical knife, cut is incredibly deep

Tuesday - slice same finger as before, this time with a rusty old craft knife, cut not as deep, but still quite bad (blunt knifes tear more than cut, lots of surface damage)

Wednesday - nothing happens, spend the evening in fear of divine bolts from on high (it's rare that nothing happens, but usually it's just because whatever divine force has it in for me is storing it up for something big later on)

Thursday - the dam breaks and..... hit by a car while riding my bike back from work, that was a mess for sure, I got off fairly light - mostly just cuts and grazes with some bruising on my right side (where I impacted the road) but nothing life threatening

Friday - despite most of this day being spent in recovery from the previous day, still manage to smash my big toe again causing it to flare up again and then burn myself on the oven

Saturday - spent curled up in the foetal position for fear of angering anything that may wish me harm - get stung by a wasp when I venture outside to fix my bike


For the record - getting hit by a car hurts like you wouldn't believe - and not just the initial blow, it hurts for days afterwards.




Click 'I Like This' if you think I should start sacrificing small children to appease the gods and ensure safe transit through my everyday life.
(UncleChuckles "Cthulhu fhtagn", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:36, 2 replies)

If
you didn't cause the accident then try getting rich quick and suing the guy who hit you.
Having said that, I do find that quite a lot of cyclists tend to be quite cavilier when it comes to road safety.
I'm not saying that you are, I both drive a car and cycle, but from what I've seen cyclists rarely take enough precautions and car drivers are simply arrogant as they're encased in metal. It's often hard to know who caused what.
(Evilweevil is covered in bees, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:21, closed)

It sounds like all you need...
is a helmet and a straight jacket. I used to think that *I* was clumsy!

Cheers! Oh, and have a click.
(BrainSurgerysFun, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 20:45, closed)