# I bet that one was new at the ER. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578 "2009-07-28T19:32:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/101 "2009-08-04T19:18:19Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I have a sister who broke a toe getting out of bed. My husband tore the meniscus in one of his knees while watching Family Guy with me. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/102 "2009-08-04T20:45:36Z")
One of my sisters once got a bad ankle sprain falling off a pair of clogs. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/103 "2009-08-04T20:53:32Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > And Dad was a research chemist for about 40 years, helped develop thyroid medication for Armour. One day, he had a project go off in his face; he’s worn a partial ever since. What’s a partial? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/104 "2009-08-04T21:18:50Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > What’s a partial? Partial denture(s). Explosion knocked out a bunch of teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/105 "2009-08-04T23:37:48Z")
In college I lived in a large suite with seven other girls, most of whom I knew previously. One that I didn’t know was a nice young woman named Erica. SHe was one of those people who was fearless, and liked to try as many different things as she could. One weekend night she was hanging out with some skater friends around campus. They were all practicing skating on this round rail that encircled a fountain. She decided that it didn’t look so hard, and asked to try… When she fell, she somehow ended up straddling the rail. There was lots of blood, and she ended up having to get lots of stitches. I could never bring myself to ask specifically where, and the only answer she offered up was “in the crotch area…” ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/106 "2009-08-05T01:15:40Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > My husband tore the meniscus in one of his knees while watching Family Guy with me. I’m recovering from a rotator cuff tear - from filing. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/107 "2009-08-05T02:34:20Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > My husband tore the meniscus in one of his knees while watching Family Guy with me. my ‘more to the story’ sense is tingling ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/108 "2009-08-05T12:00:25Z")
My sister broke her finger falling off the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/109 "2009-08-05T16:14:32Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > my ‘more to the story’ sense is tingling Sadly, that’s pretty much it. We were sitting on the couch watching Family Guy, he had his feet up on the steamer trunk that we used as a coffee table at the time, and he shifted as if to cross his legs and his knee locked up. He ended up having surgery a couple of days later, on Christmas Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/110 "2009-08-05T17:14:55Z")
> [@Jelymag](#): > > When she fell, she somehow ended up straddling the rail. There was lots of blood, and she ended up having to get lots of stitches. I could never bring myself to ask specifically where, and the only answer she offered up was “in the crotch area…” I know someone who sliced one of her labia majora in half because she managed to fall split-legged on the edge of a stage. The injury was never properly treated, so it never healed properly, and now she has three labia. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578/111 "2009-08-05T19:43:52Z")
My bro got stitches in his tongue. My older sister (maybe 8 y/o at the time) liked to jump off her dresser onto the bed. My bro (3-4 y/o I guess) wanted to piggy back and latched on at the last moment. Houston, we have a problem. That of course threw off the trajectory. He hit his chin on his knee and bit his tongue so hard that it needed stitches. OTOH having a “spider” on his tongue made him the coolest kid on the block. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-that-one-was-new-at-the-er/504578.md?page=5)