the most painful experience u've ever had that had a moral

[Geti]

i read it! yay lidocaine :) cookie?

[otters]

Oh, another story. This didn't happen to me, but it happened to a guy I know. He was trying a backflip and his tongue was swollen (yes, you can guess what happens next); he landed too hard, off-balance, and bit a quarter of his tongue off. It was rather gruesome when I saw it two days later.
Moral: don't jump with swelled tongues.

I've also stepped on screws sticking out of the ground, stepped on bees (don't), oh yes, and I once tried a backflip on my own trampoline and chickened out halfway through (don't), ending up on my neck. Couldn't breathe. For...awhile. Alarming.
Moral: don't try a backflip on your trampoline unless you're experienced (I was) and fearless (I'm not) (my brother is).

I haven't actually ever had to go to an emergency room for anything, and I've never broken a bone (I have gotten cavities filled though! :D).
Moral: be me.



P.S.: I sprained my thumb doing the Soulja Boy dance.

[wolfgang]

My dad wanted to cut down a tree but some of its upper branches were tangled with another tree which made felling it a very sloppy procedure. So we threw a rope over one of the branches and tied a loop in one end which I could stand it while dad hoisted me up (it wasn't a climbable tree). I got up there but couldn't disentangle the two trees, so I began to be lowered back down.
At about 15 feet off the ground I lent out backwards and my foot slipped out of the rope, which would have been fine except that I was moronically holding onto the rope on the opposite side of the branch. So instead of simply holding onto the rope and dropping to the ground on my feet, I just fell backwards and fractured the shit out of both my wrists. As well as winding myself so badly I honestly thought I might die for second.

[Snuggletummy]

This happened when I was like.. 6. But, I had a bike, and I rode down a grassy hill, hit the front brakes, flipped off the bike, flew, slammed against the ground, then the bike blew and slammed into the back of my skull. What's strange? I didn't suffer any injuries and furthermore, wasn't in any pain. The moral? Pressing the front brakes on a bike while riding down a hill is not a smart thing to do.

[MattKestrel]

Moral: Don't let your parents pick out video games/systems

Story: I got Sonic The Hedgehog this Christmas. The diabolical 2006 version. Ag. Me and my friend were going to play co-op for a cynical laugh :P