Honest I walked into a Pole!
By BobbyDem
@bwjsdems (496)
New Zealand
May 30, 2016 5:43am CST
So embarassing! I have this rather obvious cut on my forehead that can't really be hidden. It has prompted many questions at work today. I had to admit that I walked into a pole on the weekend. No there wasn't any alcohol involved, nor a mobile phone - all down to my own stupidity.
My daughter wanted to walk the dog up the road to the supermarket so I decided that a little bit of exercise would do us all some good. It had been a stormy night and it was still very windy so it was a great excuse to get some fresh air between storm fronts.
All the way up the road, the wind kept whipping my hair around my face, but I'm used to walking around half blind from fly away hair so I just let it go. When we got to the supermarket, my daughter wanted to stay outside with the dog while I went in to get the milk. At the last moment, I turned back to leave a bag with her - hair still whipping all over my face, looking down into the bag, and wham - I banged into this metal support pole.
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When I looked up, I said to my daughter "That will leave a bump" and she just said "Mum you're bleeding". I put my hand up thinking it would be a little cut but nooooo the blood was pouring down my face..
I walked into the supermarket clutching my forehead and the wonderful shift supervisor rushed to my rescue. I must have looked like I'd been attacked so I had to assure him and half the store that it was a simple accident. He cleaned me up and bandaged it a little overzealously with two, inch wide, bright blue plasters that did everything but shriek 'mayhem and stupidity here'.
I was determined to get the milk before I went home, so I rushed around the shop with dried blood on my hands and neck and a glowing blue forehead. Judging by the strange looks I was getting it must have looked a bit macabre.
We made it home and I swapped the bright blue for a plain white bandage for the rest of the day, which wasn't much better. Yesterday I tried a flesh coloured one, but still everyone stared. So today I just took the plaster off and hoped that it would be less obvious. It worked to a degree, but I've had to suffer through the old 'walked into a door' jokes all day. But then again I did walk into a door a couple of years ago......
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17 responses
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
30 May 16
That's the sort of dumb thing I would do. I once tripped on the steps at work when the toe of my shoe caught in the hem of my other trouserleg. I ended up in hospital having my knee skin glued back together and got a horrible scar.
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
31 May 16
@boiboingGlad it's not just me that has silly accidents. then again see reference below to umbrella in the car incident lol.
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@singh_prassti (90)
• Delhi, India
30 May 16
i hope you are okay!Justbe careful!
Take care!
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@alienstar (5142)
• India
12 Jun 16
Such things do happen if you are little careless or may be something else is running on your mind.This is quite dangerous also as sometimes it might be little more negative for you. so be careful and don't be absent minded.Though i have come across such incidents before, but now i am very careful
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
15 Jun 16
@alienstar My problem is that I often try and multi task and that usually results in me not paying proper attention to where I am going.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
30 May 16
Oh my goodness hope you are okay other than the obvious mark on your forehead. Once when I was swimming in a swimming pool I rammed right into the steps and had a black eye well you can imagine what people thought and I was the joke at work as no one believe my story about the steps.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
30 May 16
Hope now when it is windy you go out with your hair in a tight ponytail at the back.I think it is better to give a faint smile when people ask about the wound.No body is going to believe you.Get well soon.
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
31 May 16
@silvermist The problem is that my fringe doesn't reach to the pony tail. nothing less than a hairband will keep it out of my eyes.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
1 Jun 16
@bwjsdems Yes,that is a problem.Then you have to use a hairband.It is better than walking into poles.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
2 Jun 16
I think something similar has happened to all of us, a pole just jumps in from of you.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 Jun 16
@bwjsdems for me it is usually a curb or a raised sidewalk that will send me crashing to the ground, they are really mean!! lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
5 Jun 16
@bwjsdems I know and unless we walk looking down all the time they are bound to get us
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
3 Jun 16
I think it was stalking me @BelleStarr and just waiting for the opportunity to strike.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
7 Jun 16
Nasty cut, it could have been worse though. And I get how annoying it can get when people around you ask what happened. Last year I had to repeat the same story for almost a month about how I broke my left arm.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
10 Jun 16
@bwjsdems haha....true! Wish we could hide the injury to avoid any further questions.
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
15 Jun 16
@ria1606roy Sometimes you can! Other times it just makes it worse.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 May 16
Oh lordy @bwjsdems . Those are one of those moments when you say to yourself, "What was I thinking?"
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
31 May 16
@nanette64 Yes - that and the time I tried to close a collapsable umbrella which shot open and shattered my front teeth. my husband just shakes his head at me.
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