accidental almost castration

[Jester]

jeeeez o.o; you were WAY luckier that me

How the hell do you figure I was luckier?

We both narrowly missed getting our junk clunked. Beyond that, you wrecked your mower. I, on the other hand, took road burn to both knees and both elbows, took a nice chunk of flesh off of my right thumb (it grew back), and most significantly, I shattered my freakin' jaw. Could it have been worse? Absofreakinlutely. But I hardly consider myself luckier for it! After all, I suffered the most painful injury I've ever had, had my jaw wired shut for a month, was out of my head on Vicodin (and out of work) for three days after that (they originally gave me codeine, but my high tolerance to drugs laughed at the codeine), and then had to subsist on a liquid diet for the next month. You have a bruise and a busted mower.

Personally, I think you were luckier than me.

[HYHYBT]

You're both lucky... though, whatever you say, the flymo doesn't *sound* safer than a regular one!

[AdvancedFlea]

How the hell do you figure I was luckier?

...

Personally, I think you were luckier than me.

Probibly because you could have been KILLED. I on the otherhand could have got re-constructive surgery

Yes, I am aware that getting your cock axed open/off is considered a fatal injury but I DO know my stuff about saving lives, much less my own. I would have lived, albeit with a heafty loss of blood, and reconstructive surgery

You're both lucky... though, whatever you say, the flymo doesn't *sound* safer than a regular one!

Heh, we are and they are. It's the same as anything, use some commonsense and dilligence, they are fine. Like I said, they don't have the rotating cutter blades of doom on the front that regular mowers do. They are actually HARDER to injure yourself with.

[Jester]

Probibly because you could have been KILLED. I on the otherhand could have got re-constructive surgery.

Either one of us could have been killed. But in neither case was it all that likely. In my case, it was a low-speed bicycle accident where I got my hands tangled in my bike and landed on my chin. Painful, yes. Potentially lethal? Rather unlikely. Actually, the most dangerous part of the entire incident was the fact that the cars passing by, rather than worrying about the skinny teenager crumpled in a heap on the side of the road in a small pool of blood, were actually HONKING for me to get out of their damn way. So if one of them had HIT me, yes, that could have been fatal. The actual crash itself? Nah.

[Exaspera]

At least the mower didn't get your rocks off. *runs away fastly.....*

[AdvancedFlea]

The actual crash itself? Nah.

See, I always picture bike accidents as pretty nasty. I remember when my neighbor first got his bike...then his second...then his third...You get the idea

At least the mower didn't get your rocks off. *runs away fastly.....*

*Chases with a strimmer*

[Cazzi]

At least the mower didn't get your rocks off. *runs away fastly.....*

Dammit, that's more tea splattered up the monitor!

Seriously though AdvancedFlea, glad you're ok.
I have a flymo, it scares me & I'm a girl! I love my mum, she mows my grass for me with it

[Exaspera]

Dammit, that's more tea splattered up the monitor!

One of my dreams in life....accomplished!

[Cazzi]

One of my dreams in life....accomplished!

Glad to oblige!

[AdvancedFlea]

Dammit, that's more tea splattered up the monitor!

Ever shot coca cola out of your nose? it bloody hurts lol

[Cazzi]

Ever shot coca cola out of your nose? it bloody hurts lol

Does lager count? That made me sneeze!

[Magpie]

One question about the mechanics of this - I thought that the standard gas/electric push mowers tended to throw things fairly badly too. Wouldn't that have happened with any powered mower? (Haven't used one of those awful heavy things since I was 13, so my memories might be fuzzy).

[Jester]

See, I always picture bike accidents as pretty nasty. I remember when my neighbor first got his bike...then his second...then his third...

You DO realize I'm talking about a bicycle here, not a motorcycle, right?

In any case, while bicycle accidents can be really bad, and this one certainly was not picnic, it was a low speed crash and I don't think it ever presented much danger to my actual life, though of course it was not good for my well-being.

[AdvancedFlea]

Wouldn't that have happened with any powered mower?

Yes and no. Think about it, the Rotary type mowers can only throw things up or forwards...away from you. A flymo can throw it any direction it likes

You DO realize I'm talking about a bicycle here, not a motorcycle, right?

Nope ^^;;

[Andara Bledin]

All the mowers I've ever used had a habit of chucking things to the side.

But I haven't used a lot of mowers, and not any that were made this millenium.

^-.-^