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SweatyFormalDummy t1_jd9le29 wrote

Reply to TIFU by tripping over my backpack and stabbing a pencil into my foot. by filterpiece23

I’m four to grade we had a kid who was notorious for swinging on his chair. He was the only one in class that would continually do it even if the teacher told us not to. One day, he went too far back and his thumb broke right at the big knuckle part (name? Idk) that connects it to the hand. Luckily, they were able to give him laughing gas and pop it back into place. Kid you not, next day, he was back swinging on his chair again. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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LC_Anderton t1_jd9klzq wrote

Reply to TIFU by tripping over my backpack and stabbing a pencil into my foot. by filterpiece23

My 13 old daughter came downstairs one night while the boss and I were sat chilling in the kitchen… daughter has Asperger’s and consequently has an insanely high pain threshold (don’t assume all ASD people have this… things could go south really fast if you try and test it 😏)

She said “there’s a pin stuck in my foot” and lifted her leg to show me the underside of her foot. Sure enough, there was a thumb tack, fully embedded in her foot.

Terrible parent that I am, because of her calm demeanour and matter-of-fact approach to being stabbed… I started laughing… and to my eternal shame, I must confess,somewhat hysterically 😏

The boss, not impressed with my somewhat less than empathic reaction to my daughter’s plight, took her out from the kitchen, to sit on the staircase, where the natural light is better.

No.2 Daughter dutifully raises her foot at mummy’s request… and the boss sees what she thinks is a small, circular sticker… so pulls it “off”.. except it’s not “off”, it’s”out”. Because it really is a thumbtack.

The result is a spurt of blood from the hole…

Wife re-enters the kitchen (leaving child on stairs) and says… “It’s a pin…”

I said “I know…”

Boss says “I pulled it out and blood spurted out…”

I said “ So what did you do?”

And the boss replied… “I stuck it back in the hole to stop the blood coming out”

First Aid 101… 😂

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TheOnlySneaks t1_jd97hqu wrote

Reply to TIFU by tripping over my backpack and stabbing a pencil into my foot. by filterpiece23

I can relate. In grade five, I stepped on a toothpick. It almost fully went in and it gave me a decent limp for the next three weeks. It happened three days after my brother's fingernail accidentally cut my eyeball. Having a distinct limp and patch on one eye in grade five is a surefire way to become a pirate in everyone's eyes. Some people thought I was a kid pretending to be one. :/

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