18 stupid ways people have accidentally injured themselves
Writer, Eleanor Penny, hit on a foolproof way for people to identify their “personal brand”.
Your personal brand is the most stupid way in which you’ve accidentally injured yourself.
— Eleanor Penny (@eleanorkpenny) August 15, 2018
Judging by these 18 anecdotes, some people have a pretty catastrophic brand.
1.
Fell down a stairwell while walking backwards showing @amandapalmer on Skype the dinner she wasn't at Thanksgiving in 2010. (Fall broken by landing on a box of red wine bottles, which shattered+splashed on the stairs, leading the family who found me to assume it was my blood.) https://t.co/HIOZywPwdm
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) August 15, 2018
2.
Accidentally dropped/rested the hot pointy end of a handheld steam cleaner on my leg while cleaning the Kitchen. https://t.co/waY8ZpSmuP
— Simon Pegg (@Simon_Pegg) August 15, 2018
3.
Once broke my wrist with my own head. https://t.co/OhM5PyL5sW
— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) August 16, 2018
4.
https://twitter.com/dexbonus/status/1029939364770373633
5.
Was sleeping too much and then fell off the bed and cut my chin open and had to get stitches https://t.co/gLiCMZ6vVM
— Echo Fox | SonicFox (@SonicFox5000) August 16, 2018
6.
Got so entranced in a game of Civilization IV, got a second degree burn on my thigh from the Macbook venting hot air for four hours.
Happened so slowly, I didn’t notice. Still have a scar. https://t.co/rZLBOYI6bL
— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) August 16, 2018
7.
got a concussion by walking headfirst into a ramp being used to load gear for Patton Oswald’s wedding which I didn’t see bc I was on the Starbucks app https://t.co/jXsuU5gHjt
— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) August 16, 2018
8.
i didn’t ever clean my room as a dirtbag goth teen and as a result i stepped on a stiletto heel and ripped my foot open, but tried to “walk it off” and not tell anyone until it got so infected i needed prescription antibiotics https://t.co/Nf7170CA2I
— none DSA with left beef (@3liza) August 16, 2018
9.
Dressed in a novelty sumo suit playing basketball with a hoop made for toddlers. Sounds about right. https://t.co/5T0EpWImQB
— Meg Turney (@megturney) August 16, 2018