Which is the more embarressing way to break a thumb

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

You fell
or
you broke it while killing a spider.

Well, last Wednesday, in attempt to squash a spider, I misjudged the force needed and inadvertenly fractured my distal phalanx.
It is in a splint right now but people obviously noticed it and asked what happened. I felt shame that I had broken it while killing an arachnid, so I told them that I fell and broken it.
Thing is that they, they pretty much view the whole thing as pretty strange.
So should I be honest and risk ridicule or stick with my story.

2

Tell 'em you broke it while killing a tarantula spider. You’ll only be telling half a lie, and get to look fearless and mean in the process.

3

And I am in Trinidad & Tobago, which has Tarantulas. :smiley:
So it is not a problem.

4

If you’re considering lying, tell them you broke it when you threw yourself against the front tire of a loaded schoolbus to divert it from going over a cliff.
… and that it was on fire.

… and full of spelling bee champions.

… holding puppies.

5

Just tell people you didn’t notice until afterward that the spider was wearing a teeny little wrestling mask. Tough little bugger, he was.

6

Tell them you broke it while hitchhiking. :smiley: If you really want to freak them out tell them you broke it having wild monkey sex.

7

You used your thumb to kill a spider? God gave us technology for a reason: shoes, hammers, matches, cats, etc all work great for destroying our eight-legged enemies.

8

I’d combine the two excuses. You fell while trying to kill a really huge spider that was threatening peace in the free world.

9

Didn’t someone here have a kid who was scratching their rear end, and sat on their thumb, breaking it? I’d say that is the most embarrassing way to break a thumb :D.

10

Tell them you did it while killing a tarantula. The resulting force of the shoe hitting the wall made a picture fall off the wall and broke your thumb.

In the resulting silence, mention that the human body can do some interesting things with adrenalin coursing through it.

11

I know this isn’t what you mean, but I can’t help but picture someone swinging a cat by its tail full force at a tiny little spider on the wall. :smiley:

12

I broke mine years ago on an old-fashion tire mounting machine. I don’t feel so embarressed now.

13

Say you broke it helping someone change a tire. Gives you a bit of gallantry and it’s believable.

14

Just tell 'em it was this guy.

15

Tell them you have a calcium deficiency, and you broke it turning a key in the ignition.

16

Tell them you broke it in the eyesocket of the last guy who asked you a personal question.

17

Winner!

18

If you broke it twiddling, that’d be pretty embarassing. Especially if it was a low speed twiddle.

19

Actually, the most embarrassing way to break a thumb is to be punched in the nose.

20

Always leave 'em wanting more…tell them “You should see the other guy!”