Gardening can be very dangerous ...

... it is so easy to get injured ...

Gardener's Eye Impaled By Pruning Shears - Yahoo!

 

I don't like to think about it Victoria. As long as I take my daily dose of Brugmansia seed - I don't have to worry about a thing. :yess:

 

one lucky man that could of been much worse

 

Uggh:OUCH:

There was an angler a couple of years ago that got his lead stuck in some rocks, he was pulling to free it when it pinged back towards him & embedded its self in his eye socket.:OUCH:

 

Commonest accident in the garden, is people stepping on rakes. Always stand the rake against something with the head UPPERMOST.

 

I once opened a bottle of beer (I was drunk) using a fork and ended up stabbing myself in the face an inch from my eye.... (my sister didn't have a bottle opener)

 

Kyle if the bottle has a crown cap, find a surface with a sharp edge. Hold the bottle verticle so as the rim of the crown cap is resting on the edge of the work surface, then bang down sharply on the top of the bottle. The cap will come off safely.

 

Mmm.....last time I tried to do that, I took a lump out of my hand and all the beer erupted out of the bottle and ended up on the floor. :DOH:

 

Next time, DON`T SHAKE the bottle first. Or else, drink out of cans.:D:D:D

 

My party piece when I was young and daft was to open bottles with my teeth. Now with numerous fillings and extractions down the right hand side of my mouth, I know its not a good idea.

 

This is where dentures would come in handy.

 

A few years ago I left my vintage garden fork with tines as sharp as needles leaning up against the greenhouse wall while I was watering the garden with a hose. I pulled on the hose to get a bit more length and it knocked the fork over. Mrs W who hasn't very good eyesight came out to see how I was getting on and walked into the fork in her sandals and ended impaling the ball of her foot.
Luckily (if that's the right word) it only penetrated flesh and fatty tissue.
I had a great time at A&E assisting the junior doc by pushing fatty tissue back into the wound while he did the embroidery.

I now NEVER leave a fork leaning against a wall and either store it away or shove it well into the soil. All our garden canes less than 4' tall are capped with corks or small yoghurt drink containers and rakes when put down on the garden are laid tines down and pushed into the soil.

 

Eeewww...... this thread is giving me the willies........:OUCH:

 

We`ve not got onto chainsaw injuries yet.:D:D

 

About 15 years ago, a friend of mine borrowed an electric chainsaw of someone to do a bit of work in the garden. He`d never used one before but was undeterred. For this work he was dressed in shorts, t shirt and sandals. He started work on the tree, hit a knot, the saw bounced back and almost took his left leg off at mid thigh. He now has a scar which reaches almost 3/4 of the way around his leg.