Ever do something so stupid it hurts, literally

[AlliFlowers]

I make soup regularly. One of my favorite ingredients is poblano peppers. Unfortunately, I have yet to figure out the trick to getting all the pepper oil off my fingers after slicing them, and always wind up with some in my eyes - even the next morning!

 

[Apple fanboy]

I make soup regularly. One of my favorite ingredients is poblano peppers. Unfortunately, I have yet to figure out the trick to getting all the pepper oil off my fingers after slicing them, and always wind up with some in my eyes - even the next morning!

Latex gloves?

 

[AlliFlowers]

Latex gloves?

Allergic.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I make soup regularly. One of my favorite ingredients is poblano peppers. Unfortunately, I have yet to figure out the trick to getting all the pepper oil off my fingers after slicing them, and always wind up with some in my eyes - even the next morning!

Ouch. Oh, yes. Yes, indeed.

Well, as it happens, strange to tell, but........yes, I have had my own little encounters with chilli peppers, so, yes, I do know what you mean.

Somehow, that is exactly when you are seized with an irresistible urge to scratch a nose, or rub an eye - with inevitably deleterious and unfortunate effects......

 

[decafjava]

Latex gloves?

Allergic.

Try disposable polyethelene plastic gloves maybe?

https://produits.migros.ch/miobrill-gants-jetables

I am loath to recommend anything disposable but these do the trick for chili peppers or onions etc. They are a bit loose fitting so you have to be careful not to cut them with the knife.

I've done the scratch my nose rub my eyes thing more than once.

 

[AlliFlowers]

Try disposable polyethelene plastic gloves maybe?

https://produits.migros.ch/miobrill-gants-jetables

I am loath to recommend anything disposable but these do the trick for chili peppers or onions etc. They are a bit loose fitting so you have to be careful not to cut them with the knife.

I've done the scratch my nose rub my eyes thing more than once.

I'm going to have to try something like this.

 

[0388631]

I believe that's what we have in the kitchen. Down to the brand. I personally prefer food grade disposable vinyl gloves over polyethylene. Some methods to rid your hands of the oils are to wash your hair. Which means waiting until you shower to deal with the peppers. Another method is to "wash" your hands down with another oil, like virgin coconut oil. I don't know the exact science behind that one.

Quickest method is using Dawn Platinum. The original stuff, not the watered down pump foam crap. Platinum uses various enzymes that break down fats and proteins at a rapid rate. A half teaspoon dissolves baked on crud you didn't wash off immediately and left in the sink air drying for hours. It, cold water, and 10 minutes gets you a clean dish.

 

[decafjava]

Good advice Zenithal.

 

[yg17]

I tore my meniscus and needed surgery to repair it last year. I'm pretty sure I injured it by walking.

 

[Raid]

Allergic.

A friend of mine discovered she was allergic to latex in university... uh.. the hard way.

As for doing something so stupid it hurts... yes. Yes I have and it's a pain that probably won't go away.
Luckily something good did come from it, wisdom and purpose.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I tore my meniscus and needed surgery to repair it last year. I'm pretty sure I injured it by walking.

You are not the only person with a torn meniscus in the recent past.

 

[kazmac]

1) Shortly after moving into this apartment, middle of the night trek to the little girl's room, I walked right into the refrigerator. Woke mom up and I am sure the cats were laughing too. I survived, so did the refrigerator.

2) Rubbing my eyes not realizing I still had cayenne pepper on my fingers.

...

3) This one only hurt my ego, but tripping and wiping out in front of my college's Public Safety office.

 

[A.Goldberg]

Allergic.

Nitrile gloves. You get the fit closer to latex gloves without the allergy issue. They’re cheap too.
[doublepost=1510864664][/doublepost]I broke my 5th metacarpal (pinky finger bone in the palm) a few years ago. At the time I was swimming 3000-4000 yards/day in a lap pool at a gym. The pool for some reason lacked backstroke flags- flags mounted across the pool 15ft from each end of the pool so you know where you are when doing backstroke. Instead, I had to rely on ceiling architecture (which was very tall). Anyways, one day I miscalculated and swung my hand right into the tile/concrete side of the pool. Oops.

 

[decafjava]

Nitrile gloves. You get the fit closer to latex gloves without the allergy issue. They’re cheap too.
[doublepost=1510864664][/doublepost]I broke my 5th metacarpal (pinky finger bone in the palm) a few years ago. At the time I was swimming 3000-4000 yards/day in a lap pool at a gym. The pool for some reason lacked backstroke flags- flags mounted across the pool 15ft from each end of the pool so you know where you are when doing backstroke. Instead, I had to rely on ceiling architecture (which was very tall). Anyways, one day I miscalculated and swung my hand right into the tile/concrete side of the pool. Oops.

I actually grimaced reading that. I've kept track of backstrokes in a similar way when I was a kid but as I wasn't trying for speed - just having fun so I'd always turn over way ahead of time.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Hmm, I think running to catch a train (instead of waiting 6 min for the next one), tripping, and doing a face plant on the tracks probably qualifies for this thread.

 

[A.Goldberg]

I actually grimaced reading that. I've kept track of backstrokes in a similar way when I was a kid but as I wasn't trying for speed - just having fun so I'd always turn over way ahead of time.

Yeah, I cringe myself remembering it. I had literally swam hundreds of miles in that pool and was usually pretty careful at the ends because of the fact there were no flags. For whatever reason in that moment I wasn’t really focused and thought I had a whole additional stroke between where I was and the wall. I was moving at about 80% full speed, so it was a pretty good whack into the pool deck.

 

[0388631]

Interesting choice of words in that last sentence. Let's not give Rafark anymore ideas.

 

[A.Goldberg]

Interesting choice of words in that last sentence. Let's not give Rafark anymore ideas.

I’m not sure what that means.

Another painful mistake... using expired eye drops. I’m not sure what happened inside that bottle, but it was so painful. I have to imagine it’s what one would feel if someone took a knife and started stabbing your eyes repeatedly.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Interesting choice of words in that last sentence. Let's not give Rafark anymore ideas.

Don't worry. His sister doesn't swim so he's unlikely to do it there!
[doublepost=1510900075][/doublepost]

I’m not sure what that means.

Another painful mistake... using expired eye drops. I’m not sure what happened inside that bottle, but it was so painful. I have to imagine it’s what one would feel if someone took a knife and started stabbing your eyes repeatedly.

I couldn't put eye drops or contact lenses in if my life depended on it.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Interesting choice of words in that last sentence. Let's not give Rafark anymore ideas.

Not sure what you mean, here, either.

I’m not sure what that means.

Another painful mistake... using expired eye drops. I’m not sure what happened inside that bottle, but it was so painful. I have to imagine it’s what one would feel if someone took a knife and started stabbing your eyes repeatedly.

Ouch, yes.

I feel your pain.

Don't worry. His sister doesn't swim so he's unlikely to do it there!
[doublepost=1510900075][/doublepost]
I couldn't put eye drops or contact lenses in if my life depended on it.

Eye drops are something you have to use on occasion, - not least after an eye procedure or operation.

Contact lenses, on the other hand, are something - just the idea - I have difficulty with - although I can see why they are extremely useful for others in some situations.

 

[elf69]

I used to race road bikes (tour de France style) for amateur league.

I had an expensive Italian bike with carbon fibre rims to the wheels.

Well a few of us hit a rough patch with some pot holes.
I came worse off....

The carbon fibre rim shattered causing the 100psi tyre to go "bang" like a bloody canon!
I was thrown from bike to floor but on my way to the floor met some of the stainless steel spokes.
I ended up on the floor with 2 or 3 spokes passing right thru my left thigh!

So I was left in road with a bike attached to my left leg!
was 45 minutes before I was freed by the fire brigade!

lucky no long term damage.
But my god it hurt!

 

[AlliFlowers]

I keep nitrile gloves with me at all times, just in case.

The swimming story reminds of another incident. We were living in a 2 story home in Pomona NY. I had to use the bathroom, upstairs, but I needed my book (cause it was going to be a lengthy visit). So I ran down the stairs to the garage, cause my book was in the car. I forgot that It had been snowing, and the snow had melted from my car onto the cement slab garage floor. I hit that floor at high speed and flew up into the air, landing slam on my big toe. Broke it in half at the knuckle.

I waited until the following morning to go to the ER, where they gave me an orthopedic shoe to wear for two weeks. After one week, I could not stand the pain anymore, and went to an orthopedist whose first question was "when did you take the tape off." (What tape?!) X-ray showed that a week of flapping around in the orthopedic shoe had completely shattered the bone. More pain to squeeze the toe into some kind of shape and then tape it.

Moral of this story? Keep two books.

Nitrile gloves. You get the fit closer to latex gloves without the allergy issue. They’re cheap too.
[doublepost=1510864664][/doublepost]I broke my 5th metacarpal (pinky finger bone in the palm) a few years ago. At the time I was swimming 3000-4000 yards/day in a lap pool at a gym. The pool for some reason lacked backstroke flags- flags mounted across the pool 15ft from each end of the pool so you know where you are when doing backstroke. Instead, I had to rely on ceiling architecture (which was very tall). Anyways, one day I miscalculated and swung my hand right into the tile/concrete side of the pool. Oops.

 

[decafjava]

I used to race road bikes (tour de France style) for amateur league.

I had an expensive Italian bike with carbon fibre rims to the wheels.

Well a few of us hit a rough patch with some pot holes.
I came worse off....

The carbon fibre rim shattered causing the 100psi tyre to go "bang" like a bloody canon!
I was thrown from bike to floor but on my way to the floor met some of the stainless steel spokes.
I ended up on the floor with 2 or 3 spokes passing right thru my left thigh!

So I was left in road with a bike attached to my left leg!
was 45 minutes before I was freed by the fire brigade!

lucky no long term damage.
But my god it hurt!

Cripes that makes me cringe worse than the pool incident. Well...I broke my left wrist riding my bike early in 2007, and my right ankle again on a bike (not mine as I will explain) towards the end of 2008. Been riding safe ever since (knocks on wood).

First time I was on a side street when I noticed my wheel was off kilter and rubbing the bumper or something like that - was in a bad mood for some reason already so gave a tap to the tire - while moving - and the laws of physics caused me to catapult over the front and my reflex made me put my arms out to protect my face. I felt the break. It was also annoying to realise that it is much harder to just use one hand than I thought. Got really sore there.

Second time was after stupidly forgetting to lock my bike to a new bike stand in front of my building (or maybe the chain was too thin and they just cut it) and getting it stolen I got a loaner from my bike shop that was too high - a turn on a frozen bike path made my slip and twist my ankle. Well I hoped it was I clearly recall thinking "oh god it can't be broken too". I got back up, biked home put ice on it went to bed and woke up with a massively swollen ankle. I mean huge.

Worse is that I had to fly out to Vancouver and New York for a family Xmas - first in 4 years. Fun to travel in a wheelchair (got pushed at the airports) not so fun to hobble on crutches in the snow.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Bikes. That reminds me of a story. I was about 12-13 and my dad was selling his motorbike to buy a car. I asked if I could have a go round the garden.
Now the bike was a 200cc road bike so not really suited for grass. Although the garden was big, it wasn't that big.
So wearing shorts and a tshirt (no helmet), my dad agreed.
Also I was quite short at the time so couldn't really control the bike as my feet didn't fully touch the floor.
So needless to say whilst trying to make a tight turn I put it through the greenhouse.
Thankfully I wasn't seriously hurt as the greenhouse was of a plastic construction not glass.
I still recall my dad rushing over saying are you alright, and don't tell your mother!

 

[LizKat]

Maybe not the dumbest thing I've ever done, but close, and it did hurt when I landed. I engaged in a parallel tree climbing contest with some siblings and friends at the back of our yard, where there was a hedgerow of poplar trees.

The trees were not those spreading cottonwoods like you see along rivers. They were the tall skinny kind. Those have, as I discovered, increasingly thin and brittle branches as one nears the top, plus it's harder and harder to get a foothold as the spaces between limb and trunk become more narrow.

My sibs and pals drew benefit from my determination to prevail in the contest, since as I climbed past them, toiling away for their next hand and footholds in adjacent trees, they witnessed what happened when I "won" but the tree promptly ejected me for stepping on a branch that had tolerated a step up onto it, but wouldn't take my full weight as I went for the next handhold, so I was in for a fall of maybe 15 or 20 feet.

I'm lucky I only got a couple hairline fractures of some fingers, probably because I was still hanging onto the branch that broke in my departure from the tree and came along for the ride... I used it to try to break my fall and save my neck. Anyway my full weight went onto my hands around that branch as I tried to handstand and somersault my way out of a head-on collision with the ground. I was about 11 years old, so being relatively lightweight probably saved my life.

Ugh. I had to endure jokes at the hospital from an intern as he looked at the Xrays: "Wow, hope you don't play the piano" -- which, of course, I did. The rest of my payback was hearing "You should have known better" from parents, and a jeering chorus of "Yeah!" from the sibs. I've been tempted to climb a few trees since then but managed to resist, so I guess I learned something.