re-hash from previous QOTW
just imagine a happy, smiling, pretty little ten-year-old girl. that was me, that was.
until that fateful day.
upon deciding to go to the sweet shop, i decided to ask my brother if he wanted to go with me. i found him outside, playing with his friends, rolling each other around in a HUGE concrete pipe.
here comes the stupid part: i didn't bother to keep an eye on where this pipe was going in connection with my foot, so connect with my foot it did. it rolled right over my foot, crushing it flat. the pain hit about 4 seconds later, as my foot ballooned to hulk-like stature, ripping my shoe off as it grew. in fact, it grew so fast that the top of my foot burst open, forcing little meaty bits of flesh out. nasty doesn't quite cover it.
now, i've always had a high tolerance to blood, even my own, but my brother hasn't. i had the hulk's foot, he had the hulk's skintone. gritting his teeth against his rising lunch, he did the brotherly thing and helped me up.
then he told me to try to walk on it. this is why i have many small scars on my knee, caused by bits of gravel embedding themselves into said knee as i hit the deck.
eventually, i got home and an ambulance was dispatched immediately.
in hospital, i was told that there was nothing much that could be done for my crushed foot or my 3 broken toes. they applied a "backslab" to the bottom of my foot, which is like half a plaster-cast. i was then put to bed at an angle of about 45 degrees, in order to allow my bones to fall back into place. i was left like this for 3 days, in a room next to a baby who wouldn't stop crying. this may explain why i've never wanted children.
anyway, 6 days total in hospital, 8 weeks on crutches, a scar in the middle of my foot that i could drive a nail into without feeling it and permanent bruising. this is what i get* for not having the sense to keep an eye on a pipe that weighed a couple of tons.

*also got £1300 after sueing the council for negligence. it was their bloody pipe!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 31 Dec 2007, 18:37, 2 replies)

Got a picture
of the scar?

hope the money eased the pain - it sounded horrible!
( The Helpful Bear, Tue 1 Jan 2008, 11:40, closed)

When I first read this....
....I thought you said your brother was playing with a huge concrete pie!

sounds painful

clicky for you.
(JasperSinister is offering two tickets to the gun show, Wed 2 Jan 2008, 11:10, closed)