Aged about 10
My sister and I had had a huge argument. Neither of us can remember what it was about but I had pissed her off enough for her to think sticking a gigantic needle in my mattress of my bunk bed was good enough retaliation (think those huge carpet needles carpet fitters tend to use) So she stuck it in my bed and there it sat....for about 3-6 months. she cant remember how long it was there but enough time passed for her to completely forget it was there.
That was until we were playing a game with our friends where you had to climb up on the top bunk, jump down on to a mattress, climb up the ladder and repeat (the game was called "keep the kettle burning" for reasons I cant even imagine) We had all been playing for a while, climbing across my mattress right at the spot that the needle sat...waiting.
It got to my sisters turn and we all heard an almighty scream. She had knelt right on the needle and there it was, sticking out of her knee cap with only a few milimeters sticking out the top. I screamed and ran for my parents and was taken to a neighbours house as I was too in shock to hear my sister scream in a way that chilled me to the very bone. My dad managed to get it out and aparently (according to doctors) she avoided knackering her knee cap by less than a centimeter. Soon after the incident the truth came out that she had planted the needle there and intented for it to stab me squarely in the buttocks.
Length? About 2 inches in, 4 mm out. But hey, at least it wasnt my arse!
(Panda_Pop, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 21:19, 2 replies)

Karma's a bitch.
At least she wasn't able to pin it on you. So to speak.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 20:39, closed)

Owowowowowwwoow!
I didn't know I had a bit of an aaaargh spot about needles through kneecaps until I read this, but it turns out I do. My back is still shivering.

Nice to see that it was the evil sis who got it for once!
( Fronds are waving gently on, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 20:53, closed)