Daft accidents in the home

bainbridge

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I was just climbing the stairs wearing slippers, one of which started coming off my foot with each step, but I kept climbing because I was too lazy to do anything about it. The flapping slipper caught on a step and I fell up the stairs. Luckily the only injury is a stubbed toe.

The other day in between Christmas and New year I was due to work that day and, in my wisdom, decided to get dressed in the dark to avoid bright light. I tripped when putting on some pants and went flying but luckily landed on the bed.

I'm 46 and evidently not as sprightly as I used to be. I've heard that the majority of accidents happen in the home and I thought it would be a good idea to ask people to share them in this thread, not only to provide some laughs, but also to provide some cautionary tales.

Any comments welcome :)
 
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Flapping slippers are lethal. Dressing in the dark, especially in a hurry to investigate some noise the wife believes is murderers/aliens/Russians is doubly so.

Using a chair in place of steps or a ladder is a recipe for disaster as is any “I don’t need to fetch my X to do this 30 seconds job properly, I’ll just use the Y I have right here.” moment.

Running inside the home is usually ends in tears due to loss of traction and the inability to stop before hitting something expensive or very solid. See my kitchen steps for details. At normal pace, my head clears the arch above them. When running up them to answer the door, depending on my timing, my head doesn’t clear the edge of the arch.
 
bainbridge said:
I was just climbing the stairs wearing slippers, one of which started coming off my foot with each step, but I kept climbing because I was to lazy to do anything about it. The flapping slipper caught on a step and I fell up the stairs. Luckily the only injury is a stubbed toe.

The other day in between Christmas and New year I was due to work that day and, in my wisdom, decided to get dressed in the dark to avoid bright light. I tripped when putting on some pants and went flying but luckily landed on the bed.

I'm 46 and evidently not as
sprightly as I used to be. I've heard that the majority of accidents happen in the home and I thought it would be a good idea to ask people to share them in this thread, not only to provide some laughs, but also to provide some cautionary tales.

Any comments welcome :)
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A friend of mum's, fell down the stairs whilst wearing slippers and broke her skull at the bottom. She was found a few days later. The police/coroner thought this was the case as a slipper was found part way down the stairs. Neighbour alerted the police after a light wasn't switched off for days.

This is why I wear closed in slippers.
 
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No injuries, aside from bruised ego. 2021 i was getting the Xmas decs down from the loft - have done this with no issues for 10 years. Went and put my foot through my daughter's rooms ceiling. She was on her PC when my foot came through and after she finished screaming, she nearly pee'd herself with laughter.

Expensive and stupid mistake to make.
 
A mate from work was THE most accident prone person I've ever known, mostly due to incompetence and/or bad luck. He had a "Thai-bride" (can't remember exactly where she was from TBH) who we all thought was trying to bump him off :D

Wife drilled into his hand through a door (can't remember why they were drilling a door).
Wife didn't hold the ladder as he was getting into the loft at the top of the stairs so when the ladder slipped he not only fell out of the loft but then also rolled down the stairs breaking his leg.
Fell through his loft floor into his kids bedroom after losing his balance breaking a few ribs.
Electrocuted a few times with mains 240v with the old "is it off - yeap it is - FZZZZZZZZZZAAARRRRGGGH - oh you did you say OFF?" type things.
Paint removing from the outside upstairs window frames using a flame burner, the base of the ladder again slipped away with the peddle-dashing ripping his palms to shreds, the ladder ripped his shins to shreds and the flame burner landed on him after the fall knocking him out but not. burning him.
Playing basketball he jumped literally 6in off the ground and when he landed the tibia in his right left split in two with a vertical break from the top to bottom, never seen anything like it.

Those were the few that, even 20 years later still stick vividly to mind when I think about him, although I'm 100% sure there's dozens of other smaller incidents I've forgotten.
 
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I dropped a Le Cruset style cooking pot on my foot. Surprised I didn't break a bone.
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Ouch ... think I'd still prefer that to a cracked tile on the kitchen floor though. I always use both hands when the Le Cruset is in use, even the small stuff.

My peripheral vision is a bit rubbish, so I'm constantly stubbing toes when something isn't quite where it should be. The stools in the kitchen are the usual offenders.
 
This week i had the standard stubbed toe on door incident but this time involving the side panel of a PC case. I walked into it side on as it was leant up against the desk. I cringed as i did it knowing the impending pain, and yet nothing. Sheer luck it went between my toes.
 
Be careful with baby gates on stairs.
I had a work colleague who's in-laws were staying for a few nights and during the night his father in-law didn't see/forgot the baby gate at the top of the stairs. Yep, you guessed it, he fell over it A-over-T, hit every step on the way down, went through the open gate at the bottom and through the wall. I think he spent about 2 weeks in hospital because of it.
 
Years ago I bought some ceramic kitchen knives that were advertised as razor sharp. When I got them I tried the bread knife by cutting a bread roll in half by holding the roll in my hand and cutting out to in. For some stupid reason I cut right through the roll and into my hand. To be fair, the advert saying they were razor sharp was correct.
 
OP you are now in the first stage of old age.
Things will get worse but now you have a warning. I am 7 yrs older than the wife so things came to me first so I am telling her what she is doing wrong.
The worst for me is when she goes to oven to get thing out -instead of getting worktop clear she grabs whatever and pulls it out of oven then turns round quickly. So far she hasn't had a misshap but I can see it on the cards -I say SLOW DOWN -do not do thing like you used to do - at our age there is no leeway.
She will turn round and knock things over and all it takes is a bit of thought -Slow Down. She has always been what I call a quicky -everthing has to be done in a rush. - This is where all problems arise.

Old age isn't so bad but you do need to compensate. Always look at a job twice or more -use right tool -make sure the step up or down is within you comfortable height. I could go on but basically think before you act.:rolleyes:
 
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