I think my dumbest injury of all time was when a friend and I were pulling cornstalks out of the ground for some reason and my hands slid as I pulled up on one and it cut the absolute sh*t out of my hands and I started pouring blood from both hands.
I immediately rode my bike home and burst through the front door to hysterically tell my mom what had happened. I was also pretty young so I was convinced that I was dying.
It turned out I didn’t even need stitches, but man that hurt…
Let’s check out some other stories about how people injured themselves in dumb ways.
1. Still hurts…
Gotta be careful!
What's the stupidest injury you've ever occurred?
I'll go first: I popped my jaw last week by brushing my teeth too vigorously. It still hurts 😖
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) March 21, 2021
2. Adult hip hop is dangerous.
This one hurts.
I took an adult hip hop dance class when I was 28. At the end of the class everyone had to solo free style. In normal, do too much Nicole fashion, I dropped into the splits to show every “I still had it.” Hadnt done the splits since I was a CHILD. Tore my hamstring.
— Nicole Lynn (@AgentNicoleLynn) March 22, 2021
3. Got the all-clear!
Lucky they were there…
Nearly blew out my knee dancing into a wedding reception. Athletic trainers & a surgeon gave me the all-clear, on the scene. pic.twitter.com/GENJsLLxJz
— Johnny Griswold (@JGriz92) March 21, 2021
4. An honest mistake.
You were hungry!
I chipped a tooth licking guacamole off my granite pestle. https://t.co/3myesuW4eD
— Laura Lupardus (@lauralupardus) March 23, 2021
5. Oh, no!
Had to explain that one to your teammates…
I sprained my ankle by tripping on my vacuum cleaner…3 days before junior playoffs https://t.co/u3RWSNal2u
— Simrat Dosanjh (@Simrat19) March 22, 2021
6. I’m being attacked!
By myself!
Fell asleep on my arm. Woke up in the dark & couldn’t feel it at all. I was trying hard to move it & just as I was about to give up, my hand fell from the sky & whacked me in the face!
You don’t know fear until you think you are being attacked w/only 1 arm to defend yourself.
— Michael (@MikeHensler15) March 22, 2021
7. Gotta be careful with those things.
They’re dangerous!
I injured myself by stepping on a Lego in kids bedroom while putting clothes away, lost my balance, grabbed the clothes drawer pulled it out as I fell over backwards and it all fell on top of me. All true. Can’t make it up
— @jobiebest (@jobiebest) March 22, 2021
8. The incident.
The truth comes out…
the mac n cheese incident ???
spilt hot mac n cheese on my LEG and got a second degree burn ?? https://t.co/FLAEjnFAZz— faith ? (@faithlikesbeans) March 22, 2021
9. This is epic.
I can’t believe it!
I broke both of my legs while running/racing to a Subway for open lunch while in high school pic.twitter.com/d5OlxxADEj
— Kyle Wandel (@Kyle_Wandel) March 22, 2021
10. You did your best.
Sorry about the arm, though.
I broke my arm by falling off a chair in an attempt to reach a LEGO Draco Malfoy https://t.co/7IRPll4vzx
— Kairav Kukkala (@kairavbk) March 22, 2021
Have you ever hurt yourself in a really dumb way?
Tell us all about it in the comments.
We can’t wait to hear about it!