Some days you know are going to suck right from the get-go. This driver felt the pain and disappointment of an extra icy delivery, with the added bonus of a concerned witness watching their every mistake. The second slip really seals the deal.
It's pretty clear that the guy was just trying to be clever, and he got pummeled for it. The dude had his fingertips just brushing success to have it snatched away in one awkward pause. Pat Sajak went on to explain that an answer must be stated explicitly, but damn. Just damn.
There's no reward without a little risk, but sometimes we take huge risks for to prospect of no actual reward. Understandably, there are a lot of stupid ways people injure themselves. Sometimes people get caught up doing a dumb thing, and other times it's total chance, like biting into a particularly sharp waffle. Come to think of it, there aren't a whole lot of smart ways people injure themselves.
It seems like people almost never injure themselves doing something really cool. It's almost always some dumb injury like throwing out their back from sneezing too hard or slipping on a pile of their own dog's un-picked-up poop. The dumb nature of it adds dome good insult to that injury, and at least makes for a decent story. Serious, people injure themselves in stupid ways a lot.
Here are some stories of shattered bones, huge scars, emergency room visits and missed life events due to mundane moments of idiocy. All these folks did was misstep, exert themselves too hard, forget to stretch, forget about their surroundings and what have you. People injure themselves in some incredibly dumb ways. You'd be amazed at what a poorly timed sneeze can do to you.
Every scar has a story behind it. Luckily for us, people often get injured while doing stupid things, and stories of human error make for good comedy eventually. Honestly, there are so many stories from people who injure themselves in a stupid way. Whether it's from jamming your hands into a toaster oven or getting surprised by a bee, there's no end to stories behind people's scars.
Oppressive work dress codes suck and are dumb. We've had jobs where we have to cover up tattoos, since apparently seeing some ink on a wrist would make an old lady crap her pants in terror. People try to work their way around them, like this guy who battled his work tie policy by buying excessively ugly ties. But when your required work attire is something that is uncomfortable, painful, and actively makes your job harder, then it's time to make a statement. This woman went hard.
We put so much effort into not getting played that sometimes we play ourselves. We're just glad we've never taken it as far as these folks did, like throwing darts into themselves and incapacitating themselves with pizza rolls. People injure themselves in stupid ways all the time. Some ways are just more entertaining than others.
It's one thing to tell your boss you strained your back while lifting something heavy, but it's another to fully explain that you were trying to throw a bowling ball through a second story window "for the glory." Here are people whose injuries were so dumb they just couldn't tell people the truth. Here are more people sharing the dumbest injuries they've ever had.
Did you know that ear pulling is a sport? Well you do now. Two competitors stand face to face with a string looped around each of their ears. The person with the string in the end wins. We're not sure if there's any real strategy. You just need grit and incredible ears. God it looks painful.
It doesn't just have to be music related. Metal is a state of mind. When you see something particularly brutal, like a dude gluing his fingers back on, or a whale exploding all over a bunch of bystanders, you know deep down that what you've just witnessed is none other than utterly metal. Check this out more some metal memes that are brutal enough for satan.
It's almost always a bad idea to lie to a doctor. Like, if you're in the hospital for a legit reason, it's always a better option to actually tell them what happened to you. And if you're in a doctors office for a totally illegitimate reason. idk what to say, man. Anyway with that out of the way, here's some juicy times people lied to doctors and faked illness for various reasons. If you want even more of a sad thrill, here are doctors telling stories of their most dangerously stupid patients.
So it seems like the moral of the story is don't swing your bits too hard. What a painful and sad way to lose a ball. I guess that's what the spare is for. Apparently he's got a sense of humor about it, but still, yikes. If you're a glutton for pain, here's more stories of the most physical pain people have experienced.
