Friday, February 25, 2005

Antics of the nit wits



Alright, I want to try something new. I have checked my statistics and it says I get about 17 visits per day, Thanks! I want to turn it over to you all, I'll give a subject and I want you to click on the comments link below this post and voice in.

I want to know the most embarassing stupid thing that has ever happened to you, you can stay anonymous or just fill on a name or nickname and write in a little blurb (or big if you like). Now, I'll get the ball rolling.

It was the summer of 2000, August actually and I was in the process of moving from my appartment to a house still in Saskatoon, that I was going to share with my university going cousins (Jaja and Bubbles (if you ever seen her baby picture and you have seen Trailer Park Boys, you'd understand)).

About 2 weeks earlier I had yet another of many surgeries to repair a hand I hurt while working for a tire repair company. This surgery was quite unique because it involve partially removing a large flap of skin from my groin area (remember partially) and replacing the tight and scarred skin on the palm of my hand with this new piece. Now the nifty part of this procedure is that the skin stays attached to the groin and the hand at the same time to increase the bloodflow to the place you hope for the skin to stay.

In the summer of 2000 I got to spend the month of August and part of September with my hand attached to my groin (involuntarily). In hindsight maybe it was a piss poor time to move, but nonetheless, I started to move small boxes and other easy to move items into the house. After a few loads I decided to kind of have a look around the yard. I walked out the back patio door and looked around at the set up while shuffling my feet around the patio, in fact, I managed to walk myself about 1 foot too far over the edge of the patio. My foot finally settled on the bottom step about 4.5 feet down where I was lying on my side (yes the side with the arm growing from my groin) I had sprained my ankle and done a small amount of (new) damage to my miracle of modern science. I fell down the stairs.

I sprang to my feet and quickly looked around to make sure I wasn't seen. After I confirmed that I was not seen I limped back up the stairs and into the house. My brother Pokey then decided to hire a mover to "help" move me. Best decision ever.

It was about a month later when I was moved in, that my neighbor came forward and admitted that she saw the whole thing. That stung.

So come on people, dish the dirt, I want some good stories! I know that Bubbles, Jaja and Boner have a few gems, not to mention Pa! Eeyore and SOL are givens.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I locked my keys in my car... at a car wash... then had to ask a health clinic for a coat hanger... screwdriver in one hand, coat hanger in the other fishing for the lock... onlookers found it funny, i did not !!!

Anonymous said...

I bet u can all guess this one...yep, when I wrote off the neon, 'nuf said.

The Happy Gapper said...

Hmm, I don't recall a NEON story, do tell!