It's Oh So Quiet
By WorDazza
@WorDazza (15833)
Manchester, England
April 21, 2016 1:31am CST
Don't you just hate those mornings when you're roused from your sleep having your face licked by something that wouldn't look out of place in a Salvador Dali and someone has super-glued your lips together?
As the wet tongue of the bizarre mutant slowly lifted the fog of slumber I began to realise I wasn't in a deleted scene from the latest Mad Max movie.
The unearthly creature was no more than the result of an over-enthusiastic grooming session which has left Hugo the dog looking like the average UK family's dream Sunday roast, namely an oven ready chicken with four legs.
The substance clamping my lips together was merely the dried blood resulting from the fore-arm I took to the face during my weekly youth re-visiting session (or 5-a-side football as it's more commonly known). It's left me looking like I have Donald Duck perched atop a not too distant branch of the WorDazza family tree and the sneaking suspicion I might have a broken nose.
This is all good news for Mrs WorDazza and my work colleagues as it is quite painful to even speak. Unfortunately for youLot (see what I did there?) my fingers are still in perfectly good working order!!!
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
21 Apr 16
If I'd looked like Brad Pitt before the incident then I might consider going to the doctors and seeing about getting it sorted. To be honest it doesn't look any worse than it did. Quite often, unless your nose has been spread to the four corners of your face, they won't do anything anyway!!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
21 Apr 16
sounds painful in the extreme
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
21 Apr 16
@WorDazza your title makes me think of the Bjork / Betty Hutton song It's Oh So Quiet
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
21 Apr 16
It was at the time but by this morning it was only hurting when I tried to speak or when I laughed.
It's actually improved an awful lot throughout the day. The swelling has gone down quite a bit so I'm starting to look a bit more like me again!
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
21 Apr 16
@arthurchappell That's exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote it. I thought it was an apt title as I would probably be operating at a much lower volume than usual today!!!
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
29 Apr 16
@CRK109 I don't think it's broken. It's still very sore right at the point it joins just above my upper lip. I suspect it's more likely bruising to the cartilage and bone in that area. Thanks for your concern though!! More than I'm getting from friends and family. The general consensus from them is that I'm too old to be playing football.
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
22 Apr 16
not as young as you used to be, you better be careful and take it easy :-) I hope you have a speedy recovery
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
28 Apr 16
@Castlerock34 I'll always be 21 in my head!!!
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
29 Apr 16
@WorDazza I think that is great! :-)
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
27 Apr 16
@WorDazza good for you :-) way to beat down getting old
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
21 Apr 16
I'm sure your injuries give your face character.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
21 Apr 16
It's Oh So Quiet.. this reminds me of Bjork.. Incidentally I heard that tune for the first time a few weeks ago in France. I was like.. huh huh?????
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
22 Apr 16
I'm much better today thanks. Rather than looking freakishly damaged I now just look like I've had collagen injections in my lips!!!
All of the women at work are quite jealous. I've offered to give them the same treatment I had but strangely enough I've not had any takers!!!
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@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Apr 16
"youLot," very clever indeed! You boys play rough apparently.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
21 Apr 16
You didn't go have your injuries checked out? Typical male. Why not wait until seeking medical attention is the last resort? Why not wait until fixing the problems is more complicated? Sure. Don't take care of problems why they are small, by all means, wait. See what I did there?
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
21 Apr 16
Oh I see! It's one of the senses that remains unimpaired by my injuries!!!
I don't see the point in wasting my time visiting doctors for such trivialities. My teeth are intact and my nose is only slightly more bent than it was. No real harm done!!!
I'll probably do more serious damage to my backside sitting for hours on end in hospital waiting rooms.
