Ouch...

[Dismom+two]

Totally fell flat on the sidewalk today...tell me your graceful moments!!

 

[mainegal]

Been there, done that.
Done it in sneakers. Done it on my bicycle.
Ouch!

Hope you are not too banged up. If so, know that it will take a bit before the bruises and aches feel better.

 

[EDuke98080]

I tripped going up the stairs, landed on my shins, knees and elbows. Hope you're ok!

 

[FireDancer]

I was out on a run once and hit a lifted up sidewalk slab. I managed to fall onto the grass but this happened right at a really big intersection that had a red light at the time. There was a lot of honking, pointing, and laughing.

I still have a grass stain on the shirt I was wearing that day.

 

[Dismom+two]

well...I am a bit stiff and sore today. Nothing but my camera lens broken so I guess I'm lucky!!

When I fell...it was right in front on a outdoor cafe with people out eating. No pointing and laughing, I think everyone just pretended they didn't see it! lol

 

[Racey]

Glad your not too bad - i pretend I never see people who could potentially be embarrassed by their actions.

i'm one of the culmsiest people I know so I have MANY a tale to tell of embarrassing times .... but the most dramatic fall's was back in my early teens when I forgot to put the safety pin in a set of ladders which I used to get into the loft (helping my mum who cant climb ladders), i ended up stepping on the part which should have been secured by the pin, the ladders gave way and I fell out the loft .... it didnt end there because our loft hatch was directly over the stairs, so i fell down them too, right down to the bottom where a double radiator sits - thankfully only my hand got caught which we were able to free easily - i walked away with a bruise on my knee!!!!!!! Not even a broken bone to show for it!

The most painful moment of my life was when I was very young (just under 10). I ran to get my dad an apple which was in a hanging basket next to the cooker - i climbed up on a chair not realising the handle to a pan of scoulding hot boiling water was sticking outwards - I had just got out the bath at the time and was wearing only a towel - the towel caught the handle - the pan fell and from my left hip down to my ankle got covered - needless to say I didnt sit down for weeks and during my many trips to the hospital I was reaping the benefits of my very guilty feeling parents!! Bless em!! I still have very faint scars from those burns and i'm now 32!!

 

[Dismom+two]

Glad your not too bad - i pretend I never see people who could potentially be embarrassed by their actions.

i'm one of the culmsiest people I know so I have MANY a tale to tell of embarrassing times .... but the most dramatic fall's was back in my early teens when I forgot to put the safety pin in a set of ladders which I used to get into the loft (helping my mum who cant climb ladders), i ended up stepping on the part which should have been secured by the pin, the ladders gave way and I fell out the loft .... it didnt end there because our loft hatch was directly over the stairs, so i fell down them too, right down to the bottom where a double radiator sits - thankfully only my hand got caught which we were able to free easily - i walked away with a bruise on my knee!!!!!!! Not even a broken bone to show for it!

The most painful moment of my life was when I was very young (just under 10). I ran to get my dad an apple which was in a hanging basket next to the cooker - i climbed up on a chair not realising the handle to a pan of scoulding hot boiling water was sticking outwards - I had just got out the bath at the time and was wearing only a towel - the towel caught the handle - the pan fell and from my left hip down to my ankle got covered - needless to say I didnt sit down for weeks and during my many trips to the hospital I was reaping the benefits of my very guilty feeling parents!! Bless em!! I still have very faint scars from those burns and i'm now 32!!

OH my goodness!! Those both are quite nasty accidents. The boiling water story made me gasp!!!

I am quite accident prone. I do fall often although it had been awhile. So far I have never ended up with any major injuries, just alot of aches and pains for a few days!!

 

[TifffanyD]

I was trying to exit the rotating door at the dolphin Saturday and thought the opening was a window and the window was an opening. So basically i missed the actual exit, then bounced off a window trying to get out, then had to go around again. Man I hate those doors

 

[*NikkiBell*]

Not only have I done that, but I have also...

- Fallen down the steps dozens of times as a kid and an adult
- Fallen down the 13th hole in mini-golf LMAO
- Fallen in the mall, park, theme park, amusement park, etc.

And many, many more! Don't feel bad!

 

[remark44]

Yup, I've done that too! I was in my work clothes and scraped both my knees. Bruised my ego too since it was in the middle of the city.

 

[LoodlesNoodles]

I have many!

When I was about 10 I was at my cousin's wedding reception on the dance floor with my other cousins and we were all holding hands dancing in a circle when all of a sudden my feet tangled and my face hit the ground. I was knocked out and when I came back around realised my front (adult) teeth had been completely knocked out. If it wasn't for my cousins' holding my hands at the time I would have likely broken my arm(s) too.

A more recent one was last Christmas at my job, I work in retail and we share our stairs to get to the stockroom with the public as there's another store upstairs. I was walking down them one day and tripped over and fell down the stairs landing on my knees and shins. It left a massive bruise (which worryingly scared my leg ) and my knees killed afterwards to the point where I couldn't bend/straighten them without being in agony.

When I was 13, my parents took me and our family friends to Spain and we stayed in a villa. One of the girls and I decided to run from our car parking spot up the road to the front door as we'd forgotten something for dinner, I tripped on a pot hole and cut my knee badly. We had to go a hospital where they spoke no English and no ones Spanish was that advanced. Went to the doctors when we got back and was told I should have had stitches. I now have 4 thick scars on my knee from this.

 

[Dismom+two]

Thank you all for sharing your stories. I am no longer feeling so bad about my tumble on the sidewalk.