rollerboots and shagpile don't mix.
was sent by mum to buy a pint of milk, back in the days when milk still came in bottles. skated happily to the shop, bought the milk and went home. skating into the living room to give mum the milk and her change, the shagpile carpet wrapped itself around my rollerboot wheels, causing a kind of comedy leg-in-the-air, half-backflip kind of thing. i dropped the milk and put out a hand to stop myself as i fell. unfortunately, my arm twisted and i landed on it, snapping it neatly. very painful but, because i could move my fingers, mum thought i'd just sprained it. fortunately, she decided it was better to take me to hospital anyway, just to be sure. one x-ray and plaster cast later and i was on my way home, in pain, but already on the mend.
the milk never spilled, either.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 21:52, 2 replies)

argh!
Whoever started this "if you can wiggle your fingers it's not broken" rumour should be shot!

It took my a week to convince my mother to let me get x-rays when I broke my wrist.
(xanthine, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 10:45, closed)

the worst thing was
the doctor said it wasn't broken at first, until i pointed out that you could see the break quite clearly.
he just said "oh yes, i must have missed that"....
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 18:13, closed)