“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 25
On the Twenty-Fifth Day After Christmas (or is it the first Day of Martin Luther King Jr. Day?), Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) an Elevator Desktop Stand for Personal Computers from Griffin!
I love this thing. Not only does it look cool and help show off your laptop, it actually serves a couple legitimate purposes as well. The Elevator lifts your laptop off your desk, allowing you to reclaim valuable desktop space, while at the same time raising the screen to a more comfortable, ergonomically friendly viewing height. And, by “elevating” your laptop, you also allow for a 360Ëš airflow which will help keep your computer running cooler (and as any MacBook owner knows, Macs may look cool, but they don’t run cool). Elevator’s sturdy brushed aluminum and minimal design go great with any desk decor, and Elevator holds your portable computer safely and securely at just the right height to match external monitors – and to save your aching neck.
To enter: Speaking of neck strain, this morning I took a comically bad face plant while sledding and really hurt my neck (sorry, no video, but it basically looked like this). So to enter this contest, simply leave us a comment telling us what is the worst injury you have ever sustained? Winners will be picked randomly 7 days later and notified (kind of like in The Ring, only with less killing… we hope). Open to all readers world-wide. Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein! (Oh, and be sure to enter ALL our “12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaways!)
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Oh hard to relate it in english but i will try 🙂
Well my worst injury is when i want to throw some trash on the garbage chute ( vides-ordures in french) and the garbage chute won’t close… so i forced it and when it’s finally closed i pinched my finger…
The blood was visible under the nail and i got a bruise on the finger :/
When I was a little boy, I was ice skating and fall on the metal frame, that tear up my cheek for about 3 cm from my mouth 🙁
a broken pinky 🙂
Pushed a woodworking chisel through my hand.
There was either, bailed on the Motorcycle, landing on my shoulder (a special thanks to the Jerk that cut me off… thanks for looking right at me first…)
Or there was the time I broke my hand playing hockey…. really got to learn to tie those laces…
broken arm
Carpal tunnel… *shouts* ME TOO
groin pull
spraining a sprained ankle
tore acl mcl and meniscus in knee
got bit by a dog lots of blood
I’ve buised my ego many times
Broken collar bone in car crash
tough i play football my worst injury was a forearm full of bruises – i hope that will be my worst injury in future *knockonwood*
A broken leg!
I broke my left thumb and ripped some ligaments on the same hand…
That’s kinda bad for a guitar player. Took me almost 6 months to get back in shape.
Broke my big toe
Sliced open my finger while cooking.
Brain transplant
brocken arm falling from bike
broke little toe…
I broke my leg to safe my motocycle 🙂
broken arm
Broke both arms and a leg.
Couple of stitches in my leg when jumping the bike…..
I was in a car accident once. Just got a few bruises. I was really lucky.
I got my hand caught in a grinder…
left knee mencius tear~
it was sustained when i tried roller blading for the 1st time, fall and twisted my left knee. After recovering from it, played basketball and twisted it again n again. the injury got worse, eventually went for a knee operation…
Lockjaw, I couldn’t shut my mouth for 7 hours
Stomach problems, I couldnt eat properly for 2 months and lost 20lbs, was only 135lbs at the time :/
Had two fingernails ripped off when a car door was shut on my hand.
A hurty knee.
Broken collarbone, guess I have been lucky compared to some of you other guys.
I got knocked off my motorbike by a van and due to the nature of traffic the ambulance couldn’t get to me so the crew took me by stretcher to it. This was in winter and one crew member slipped on a small patch of ice and headbutted me in the ‘testicular area’. I was strapped in at the time so couldn’t even shift out of the way a little bit. Although technically I didn’t break anything so not sure its classed as an injury.
My second motorbike accident did involve me breaking 3 metacarpals on my right hand, while transferring my hand from a back slab to a volar brace, the nurse rebroke one of the metacarpals by accident. That definitely counts as that one was really painful (and visually quite impressive with my hand not quite being the right shape!)
I tripped while taking a walk and got a large gravel stuck in my hand just a a couple of weeks before going on vacation. Nice. I bled like a stuck pig and it took a couple of stitches to close up.
On the Sunday after Christmas, our new puppy tripped me on our basement stairs. I went down the last 4 steps with my right leg out in front of me and my left leg seemingly glued to the steps. When I landed on the basement floor, I was sitting on my left leg, but my left foot was still upon the first or second step. I heard and felt all three cracks, like a CRUUUNCH, and then screamed loud enough to rattle the walls.
End result: Left ankle is broken in 3 places, I’ve got a 6″ titanium plate with more screws than I could count on the X-ray, a bright blue fiberglass cast, and another 6 weeks to go before I can think of getting back to normal. And crutches SUCK!
Broken heart
Freak accident while moving a few years back. Carrying some wire shelving, it slipped out of my hand and as I tried to grab it, an edge caught the tip of my thumb and almost sliced it completely off. Stitched back on, but there’s nerve damage…
Broke my nose. ooowwwww!
Got hit with a baseball bat head on, full strength
Broken arm
Broke my jaw. Had to have it wired shut for months 🙁
baseball to the mouth (coming from right field) playing catcher. Ended up loosing the game for the team and a tooth.
I’ve successfully used monkey bars to help break my wrists twice.
Carpel tunnel
Cut my thumb with an X-acto knife right to the bone. Thirteen stitches to close it up.
i was hit by a car, suffered back, neck strains/bruises, and shattered my leg.
while skateboaring and doing a boardslide my board broke and i slightly hit my nuts on the rail…
Threw out both knees picking up my 4 month old son.
hmm a little little hole in my head, not as bad as you’re thinkin