I just tripped and fell over on the way home from a haircut; skidded several feet, skinned/bloodied/bruised my right palm and both legs, BUT I instinctively protected the pretzel I was eating, so clearly I have my priorities in the right order 🥨
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I once dropped an unsheathed sharp sword. In my room with brand new expensive wooden flooring.
What did I do? I caught the open blade with my hands, as my hands heal the floor does not 🤦😂
Got lucky as I instinctively grabbed it in a way so I just had two tiny cuts, could have gone so wrong!
I took a spill on Jan 2; went all the way to ground landing on my left side. Had a couple of scrapes on the palms of hands - not even bad enough to bleed - a couple on the left knee, again, not bleeding, & twisted right ankle, which was stiff for a couple of days. Pretty good for a 61-yo I guess.
That trip to the ground seemed to go in slow motion, though. I recall the graceful arc my car keys made as they left my hand and was even able to mentally mark the spot in the lawn where they were headed.
That's the thing - it really wasn't bad. No broken hips or anything! A free bone density test without a medical bill. Your spill sounded a lot worse than the one I took.
Thank you! And I feel like I could now apply to be a secret agent if needed, with this story as personal experience (as long as my employer was a pretzel)
OMG I have to follow you. I have fallen numerous times but my most famous was at the Fox Theater in St. Louis in front of about 5000 people. CATS was delayed by five minutes while they got my ass off the floor! So glad you saved the pretzel!! Love this post so much!!!
I am going to the rally in Springfield Il on Monday and using my rollator instead of a cane. Marching for women’s rights and my granddaughter’s future. My generation remembers how to protest even though it is now too late.
Just my pride. Hurt all over for a couple days though. Fell in street once at Hobby Lobby when it was snowing. Took two young guys to get me up. My cane flew one way and my wig another. I now have one of those medical guardian devices!
Well done, I fell when I was 7 months pregnant (I managed to fall over at least once during all 3 of my pregancies) but the 3 cream cakes I was carrying survived intact.
One time my wife and I were on the way to lunch when I slipped and fell. Only when I saw my coupon for a free dessert start to get blown away did I find the strength to move. Then they didn't even have any dessert.
I mean, the pretzel didn't survive long afterwards but I needed the carby sustenance 🤣 I'm definitely going to have some spectacular bruises in a couple of days
Reminds me of the ole internship I had in Sears Tower. Co-intern & I always grabbed coffee before wading through the people making for the elevators...
One day I missed a step down, crashed hard to my knees. People gasped. A security guy ran over, Concerned.
Yes, yes, the awe-inspiring moment made up for that other time (pre-coffee) where I scanned my work badge on the locked-up turnstiles like four times in frustration and held up the line before realizing it wasn't my work badge. I'd tried to use my L pass.
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What did I do? I caught the open blade with my hands, as my hands heal the floor does not 🤦😂
Got lucky as I instinctively grabbed it in a way so I just had two tiny cuts, could have gone so wrong!
I'm so sorry you fell, and I hope you're ok. But, hey, you got to drown your sorrows in a pretzel!
(but good job on the pretzel protection)
One day I missed a step down, crashed hard to my knees. People gasped. A security guy ran over, Concerned.
I held my coffee aloft--it was fine.