# Accident with nail gun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905 "2006-10-18T08:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/1 "2006-10-18T08:37:43Z")
[Don’t try this at home](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2039853.html?menu=news.quirkies) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/2 "2006-10-18T08:55:44Z")
If this happens to me, don’t try to rescue me, just shoot me in the head. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/3 "2006-10-18T13:07:16Z")
Okay, I don’t even HAVE testicles and some phantom part of me is trying to retreat into my body! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/4 "2006-10-18T13:36:47Z")
Oh! Oh. Oh, oh. Ow. Oh, wow, ouch, Og damn. Ow. Ooh. Jeez. Holy. I think my boys just moved into my armpits. _Gaah!_ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/5 "2006-10-18T14:13:42Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] If this happens to me, don’t try to rescue me, just shoot me in the head. [/QUOTE] The little one or the big one? ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/6 "2006-10-18T14:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=Alive At Both Ends] [snip] [/QUOTE] I have nothing to add except that your username makes this story even funnier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/7 "2006-10-18T15:33:35Z")
I shot the ball, and the ball won. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/8 "2006-10-18T16:12:54Z")
I don’t think I’m ever going to step foot in a Home Depot again. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/9 "2006-10-18T16:13:06Z")
They didn’t mention how hot the roof was. It may have been worse for them, because of the frying heat of the roof. Nailed by the balls to a hot tin roof. Ow. Did they use a claw hammer to pull the nail from the roof? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/10 "2006-10-18T16:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Did they use a claw hammer to pull the nail from the roof? [/QUOTE] Let’s see…how could someone make this mental picture worse… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/11 "2006-10-18T16:19:39Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Let’s see…how could someone make this mental picture worse… :eek: [/QUOTE] Oh, easily. Imagine the roof is mostly flat and had just been tarred. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/12 "2006-10-18T16:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Let’s see…how could someone make this mental picture worse… [/QUOTE] The roof is steep, and the man is so surprised when the nail goes in, he loses his balance and falls off the roof. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/13 "2006-10-18T16:25:34Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Let’s see…how could someone make this mental picture worse… by trying to imagine why anyone would repair the roof nekkid in the first place? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![guppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@guppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guppy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/14 "2006-10-18T17:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] The roof is steep, and the man is so surprised when the nail goes in, he loses his balance and falls off the roof. [/QUOTE] I thank you in advance for the nightmares I will have tonight. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/15 "2006-10-18T17:30:10Z")
Thanks a lot. My testicles have just started building a panic room in my ribcage. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/16 "2006-10-18T17:51:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] The roof is steep, and the man is so surprised when the nail goes in, he loses his balance and falls off the roof. [/QUOTE] … directly into an inconveniently-placed vat of lemon juice. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/17 "2006-10-18T18:19:01Z")
My husband gave me the most hideous stink-eye when I showed him that article. He wouldn’t even speak to me for five minutes. When he’d regained his voice, he said, “How 'bout I go find an article about some woman who got her boobs stuck in a PAPER SHREADER. Huh?” Seeing as I am still nursing a toddler, I asked him how this would be different from my regular life. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/18 "2006-10-18T20:00:42Z")
[How about attempted suicide by nail gun? With 12 nails!](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12425803/) ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/19 "2006-10-18T21:07:43Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] [How about attempted suicide by nail gun? With 12 nails!](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12425803/) [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine see, I knew there was a logical explanation… ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905/20 "2006-10-18T21:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] [How about attempted suicide by nail gun? With 12 nails!](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12425803/) [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine see, I knew there was a logical explanation… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-with-nail-gun/376905.md?page=2)