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Topic Started: Jul 8 2004, 09:17 PM (21,611 Views)
ninjapenguin
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"Joss Whedon is my master now."
:6pack: ok here goes

was 13, went horse riding - no expert but know the basics, stop, go, etc..
horses were mighty frisky after being kept indoors over a long, rainy weekend

my horse spooked and bolted, i lost the reins and ended up with the foot part of the stirrup around my ankles

the horse headed for two rows of barbed wire, one in front of the other
i don't remember deciding to but i threw myself off the horse and did a tumble turn onto the ground before the horse could come to a full stop and throw me into the barbed wire

when i woke up, i was lying on the ground and my right foot was facing the wrong way

because of the way i'd landed, my foot had been turned in an almost full 360 degree circle, shattering my ankle bones and severing a lot of tendons, etc

a rescue helicopter had to come and get me as there was no way for an ambulance to reach me

the upshot was 44 stitches, two screws, full leg cast and 4 months on crutches, followed by 6 months of physio and then another operation to remove the screws, more physio and years of chiropractic sessions to put the rest of my body back in place

i have most of my mobility back but very little feeling in the skin due to nerve damage - i still have problems with it and a massive scar on both sides of my leg :) but i don't care, due to the way i fell, it's very fortunate that i didn't break my neck

so there, not nearly as dramatic as yours :) but that is my little war story
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Garbledeenia
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We should start a severed tendon club.

Stats that were left out of my story: Total stiches aprox 150, 5 severed tendons (All of them) 6 scars inc. one on my right arse cheek from a skin graft, 1 chipped tooth, 1 small bald patch, aprox. 10 cm difference in arm length (I don't notice it because I grew up with it).

And 22 free drinks to date. :P
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Sypons
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PAGE 100 !!!!!

Hurrah.

Also, we lost soccer again, 5-2.
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ninjapenguin
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"Joss Whedon is my master now."
woot! on the 100 pages, not the soccer loss

G, I have never earned a free drink out of injuries but maybe if I'd offered to show my scars that might have worked! (either to get me to show them or not to show them!)

btw

GO EUROVISION!! :mexican wave WHOOHOO!
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Schnapps Drinkers
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Yes, that's me in a toga.
The Latvian contenders were tip-top. Gotta love a band that's a cross between the Wiggles and Pirates of the Carribean.
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ninjapenguin
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"Joss Whedon is my master now."
i've been watching the semis on SBS over the past two nights and my eyes are still adjusting from the glare of bling and spray-tan....and the gosh-awful singing!

i thought most of the songs i've seen so far have been a bit dull but the ensembles and routines have indeed been Eurovision trash-worthy

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(lead singer of past winning band, Lordi, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Garbledeenia, our resident Zombie overlord)
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Garbledeenia
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Go Zlad! :mexican wave Posted Image
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Sypons
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And this is why I don't watch Eurovision.
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Bogans and Boozers
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Garbledeenia
May 27 2008, 09:16 AM
Go Zlad! :mexican wave Posted Image

Surely this must be Santo Cilaro (of The Panel, The Late Show) . . .
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Garbledeenia
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No Santo Cilauro is a charicter played by Zlad

NP you deserve a :beer1
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Schnapps Drinkers
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Yes, that's me in a toga.
Zlad is Molvania's entry into Eurovision several years back...his hit song Elektronik Supersonik is awesome. He skilfully uses the English language in this song such as "Let me put ring of Jupiter on your finger, and like a smell around you I will forever linger"
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ninjapenguin
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"Joss Whedon is my master now."
ah :D and that's why I watch Eurovision (every year, Sypons, every year)

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Garbledeenia
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And its why I don't.

When that sort of thin happens on the net its ok.
But when a once great musical institution becomes a joke...
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Sypons
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I can't remember it ever not being a joke.
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Garbledeenia
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I dont remember it being good but thats just my personal taste in music. It never used to be a joke tho
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