Clumsiness and accidents

This thread is dedicated to SpikeyMark who recently recounted the distressing episode of the ginger bread people massacre (with equally distressing photos).

Photos are in the thread below (if you can bear to look)

community.autism.org.uk/.../388990

What accidents have you had that might be worth recounting?

I've had about 2 million, but one I remember well was buying a glass lampshade and walking out of the shop and bashing it straight into a lampost - I'd broken it within about a minute of leaving the shop.

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  • I couldn't bring myself to read or look at such a horror story. Laughing

    One I can think of was on New Year's Eve, unboxed these rather lovely wine glasses and took the utmost care and time doing it so they didn't break. I poured some wine into my glass and as I was walking back to the front room I dropped it. Don't ask me how! It rolled across the carpet, hitting the leg of the coffee table, and then breaking.

    Not the first, nor the last time my clumsy nature cost me like that.

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  • I couldn't bring myself to read or look at such a horror story. Laughing

    One I can think of was on New Year's Eve, unboxed these rather lovely wine glasses and took the utmost care and time doing it so they didn't break. I poured some wine into my glass and as I was walking back to the front room I dropped it. Don't ask me how! It rolled across the carpet, hitting the leg of the coffee table, and then breaking.

    Not the first, nor the last time my clumsy nature cost me like that.

Children
  • You reminded me of a story from years ago.

    I was at a friend's house and she walked into the doorway from the kitchen with a plate of garlic bread, which she dropped on the floor.

    I jumped up to help her and knocked over my glass of red wine.

    Her husband just looked at us both in despair.

    I have a NYE story too.

    I hadn't had much to drink but I fell down a staircase at an Indian restaurant and bashed my head on a wall.

    I had a huge bruise on my head and the waiters kept bring me out ice for it.

    In the end our taxi didn't turn up (around 1am) and the waiters (owners) drove us home, bless them.

    I think I was a little concussed actually.