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Cracked head at school
So it was morning break time at my school and I had arranged to meet a friend for some reason I cannot quite remember. I was 17 at the time. Anyway, instead of going to meet this friend straight away I got bogged down playing cards with some other people in the classroom that I had my pre-break class in. I then remember I had to meet this friend and realised that I had hardly any time left. So I got up and sprinted out of the classroom and into the corridor. I was going at full speed because there wasn't much time left. This corridor was quite a short one and at the end I had to turn right though a set of doors to get to the stairwell. However, due to my speed there was no way I could make the corner so instead of doing the smart thing and slowing down I decided to keep my speed up and wall jump round the corner. This would have worked perfectly except I'm about 6ft and the height of the door was about 7ft and I can jump well above 1ft normally not to mention using a wall. So, of course, I smash my head into the corner of the door frame. One of the most painful things that has ever happened to me. Everyone around me starts staring at me in shock but me being me I decide to play it cool. I stand up, give the onlookers a grin and set of walking to locate my friend. What I didn't realise is that the impact split my scalp and blood was pouring profusely out of my head. This however came to light as I walked out into the main courtyard of my school. First a few little kids spotted me and started screaming. So then everyone in the courtyard (about 200 people) turns to see what the fuss was about. Well normally I look pretty damn intimidating (relatively long black hair, black trench coat, scowl) but the sight of me with blood pouring down my face caused a little mass hysteria. On hindsight it was rather funny. The good news was that I found the friend I was meant to be meeting, he was the one that took me to hospital.
(Wed 2nd Jan 2008, 17:04, More)