People shared their weird, ridiculous and embarrassing accidents – our 21 favourites
Others were the architects of their own downfall.
13.
Broke four ribs while ironing curtains. They were still hanging and it was 3am and I was drunk so it was mostly on me. https://t.co/XYSe8hxPvQ
— Ken (@GhostKga) April 30, 2019
14.
Not worst injury per se, but one of the few times I've needed to go to hospital was because I stuck strong electromagnets up my nose https://t.co/6tWcS01Z2C
— O meoaioeilaoiuuan (@reallybignerd) April 30, 2019
15.
Accidentally pepper-sprayed myself in the face while driving 80mph. Managed to pull the car over totally blind and didn't die.
— Ginny Granger Scamander (@ginnyscamander) April 29, 2019
16.
As a child I was intrigued by my mother's fancy perfume bottle. When trying to spray it I leaned in and got a good chunk directly in my eye.
Afraid to say I used it, on the way to a shop I smashed myself in the face with a shopping basket and said it was that.
Blind for a week
— Lee Greatorex (@lgreatorex) April 29, 2019
17.
My uncle was riding his bike trying to do stunts like Evel Knievel, and came off it mid-jump and broke his arm. A couple months after, he was all healed up and a friend asked him how he had broken his arm. He said "like this!" and proceeded to break it again, the same exact way.
— Hannah Wears the Lilac 🕊 (@harleylecter) April 29, 2019
18.
In high school, I was so distracted by something that I forgot to put my car in park (and remove the keys) before exiting. I tried to get back in while halfway out, ended up falling out, hitting my head on the side of the house, and running over my legs with the back wheels.
— Шарлотка Аврора (@charlotteaurora) April 29, 2019
19.
For no good reason, I made a seesaw out of a plank and a brick . Put a rock on one end and jumped on the other to see how far the stone would travel …
Answer.. about 8 feet
There’s a possibility it might have gone further had my ( now broken) nose not got in the way— Kevin Caswell-Jones (@poshkev1963) April 30, 2019
20.
Tried to be sexy by baking cookies naked, but when I went to put the cookies in the oven, my boob touched the inside of the oven door and burned. Only 2nd degree but wow it sucked.
— Rebecca Topping (@benditlikebecka) April 29, 2019
21.
Made a drunken attempt at a backflip, on high heels, after seeing a stripper successfully do one. I failed and broke my ankle. And then did it AGAIN three months later. Failed, and broke my ankle for the SECOND time. I consider THAT the stupidest injury ever.
— MariePGeist (@geist_mariep) April 29, 2019
Writer, Mike Chen, fell foul of the after-effects of a dental procedure, but the embarrassment factor was so much worse than any of the others.
After I got my wisdom teeth pulled at 17 I woke up on my family couch totally disoriented. I went to the bathroom to pee and passed out from postanesthesia effects, bonking my head on bathroom scale and pants down, pee everywhere.
My mom heard me fall and found me like that.
— Mike Chen (@mikechenwriter) April 30, 2019
And that’s why you should floss after every meal.