Scars with historyYou've all got scars: they're nature's little reminders not to be so damned stupid next time. My favourite is the 1/4" round hole in the back of my right hand, created when I was 7 by my best friend putting a manure-covered gardening fork "away".
Tell us the stories behind your scars. With photos if possible.
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chthonic, Fri 4 Feb 2005, 10:00)
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Helping with the cookingWhen I was about 5, we were visiting my grandma and had just eaten some chips, made in a chip pan. I thought that the helpful thing to do would be to lift the chip-pan off the cooker by the handle which was sticking out above me.
The result - a screaming child drenched in boiling fat and 25 years later a 2" scar on my chest and the remnants of one on my left arm. It could have been much worse had I not been wearing a thick jumper which protected my skin from the initial impact, and no-one has any idea how I missed my face with it.
Of course, it didn't help that our long-suffering Citroen 2CV chose that day to break down, delaying my arrival at the hospital somewhat.
I also have scars on the knuckles of my left hand resulting from an unfortunate 'going downhill on a bike too fast and skidding off at the bottom over a load of gravel' incident later in life...
(, Sun 6 Feb 2005, 20:03, Reply)
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