The Battlescar (1151 hits)
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Submitted by Chronic (View user info) at 2005-08-12 00:53:11 EDT
I have a pretty unmistakable scar on the left side of my upper lip where it was obviously split open. My dad offered to pay to have something done with it, but I always felt like it was a decent badge of honor. "Where there's a scar, there's a story" I always say. Occasionally, someone will curiously ask how it happened. I always answer with the same thing.
"Which time?"
"Uh...I guess both."
"Actually, it's three."
"Oh. Well, then...I guess all three."
"And they say lightning never strikes in the same place thrice. Pfft."
"I though it was..."
"Yeah, I know."
Anyway, the first time was my freshman year of high school. I took a headbutt trying to wrestle some kids apart that I should have just left to finish what they started. I got one of them off and pushed him up against a car. Trying to break free, he headbutted me in the mouth and gave me a decent little cut. I dropped an elbow on the bridge of his nose. Three stitches later and I was pretty much as good as new.
The second time was while playing on my high school soccer team as a Junior. A few minutes into the game, my coach realized that one of their players wasn't actually playing a position. The kid was just a floater and my coach put me on him to cover him man to man with this advice: "Keep it rough and labored. He's used to running free." Now, I'm by no means what you would consider a big kid but I was in phenomenal shape at that time and I could run with anybody. I also have too much fight in me for my own good so I don't ever stop coming back for more. Coach was right about the floater because he got visibly frustrated in a matter of minutes. We each had complimentary yellow cards and a few other whistles that probably should have sent us out of the game by the end of the half. Two or three minutes into the second half, a ball got played through the middle and I raised my arm up high to hold him behind me. Was it obstruction? Yep. Should he have responded by punching me from behind, right in the mouth? Nope. Did I break his jaw right then and there to the point that he needed pins and surgery to put it back together? Yep.
An ambulance showed up but I didn't feel like the foe and I should share a ride so I grabbed a towel and caught a ride from a friend. Four stitches later and the scar had clearly enlarged, but there really only seemed to be one. After it healed, friends rightfully joked about lightning striking the same place twice.
The third time, and hopefully the last, can be read about in detail right here: http://www.ubersite.com/m/69531
The last one turned my discreet little mark into the obvious scar it is today and required stitches on the inside and out. I'm just happy and blessed that all three war wounds ended up in the same spot to join forces and become The Battlescar. You'd think scar tissue would keep that from happening, but I guess sometimes somebody smiles down on you.
Less noteworthy, but worth noting I guess, I have one on my right palm where I had a piece of embedded graphite pencil lead removed from my hand after having it inside for most of grade school. Last but not least, I picked up one on my knee from a disturbingly unsuccessful BMX jump that I clearly should have thought about more intelligently before I even ventured an attempt.
So tell me of your scars. Everybody has one and it usually comes with a story.
"I'd love to say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory. Glory lasts forever." - The Replacements
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Chroniclysmically Conceptualized
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Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-08-20 14:51:51 EDT (#)
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i'm the winner! w00000t!
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-13 02:15:47 EDT (#)
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And the winner is...*drum roll*...Jack, for his 55 stitch facial wound.
Honorable mention to Pokey's 10 foot drop onto a fly wheel. Jack pulled it out for the fight factor which I'm afraid has to outweigh the clumsy factor.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-08-12 18:44:18 EDT (#)
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i have red scars on my scrotem...
wait...they have little white heads on them and hurt like hell...
shit.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 18:29:38 EDT (#)
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Wow Stin, you have a laundry list as well.
As for the winner, I will decide when I come in drunk tonight.
Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2005-08-12 17:57:03 EDT (#)
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I have a whole collection. I have some nice dents in my legs from falling off horses, a pair on my face from one of many bouts of chicken pox, one on my hand from trying to cut my finger off with a pair of Crayola plastic safety scissors, one in the middle of my back from rolling the car and a fantastic set on my left arm from a nice self-harm habit. My parents offered me plastic surgery for those ones, but they've calmed down a lot now.
I wouldn't get rid of any, they all have a tale to tell.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-08-12 16:04:07 EDT (#)
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Damn I forgot to mention that I still have a piece of graphite pencil in my hand from first grade (read 20+ years ago). I was flipping a pencil and catching it, I missed on the last time so I still have this black spot on the palm of my hand. I am researching the long term effects of graphite implants or something.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-08-12 15:35:53 EDT (#)
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pooh...I was hoping this post would be about a car, that battles..
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 15:20:19 EDT (#)
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This is going to be tough to pick.
Submitted by towed88 (user info) at 2005-08-12 14:50:19 EDT (#)
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* A subcutaneous Graphite smear on side of right foot right below the ankle bone from pencil stab it actually stuck and hit the bone hurting like a mother!
* I'm missing the left side of the last knuckle of my left pinky from a scissor running incident.
* 1/2" scar from a box knife on my left palm (man did it bleed for being so small!)
* Misc knucle scars from "disagreements" with a few walls, one 2x4 stud, and a few cheekbones, and teeth of various friends and enemies.
* About 4 scars on my left index finger that run from the palm to the tip from my stupid ass attempting to break up a fight between my Mom's Huskie Bitch and a male Golden Retriever.
* two punctures on my right wrist from breaking up my Mom's Huskie Bitch and my much younger stronger and belligerent Boxer Bitch.
* A small barely noticeable scar in my left eyebrown from the forceps used to birth me
---- and the grand finale!-----
* 3 puncture scars, and dents in my left calf from where the compound fracture of my legs actually punched through the skin. (Thankfully I was very young (2nd grade), or I probably would have need some plates and pins to put it back together and I would be walking with a limp) ( a good example as to why you look before crossing the street)
Submitted by VengefulDaddy (user info) at 2005-08-12 14:14:14 EDT (#)
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Preschool - fly down sidewalk on bike...hit thick patch of loose gravel...thrown head first onto sidewalk...forehead meets with a jagged piece of gravel (7 stitches).
Elementary school - walking to desk in school after sharpening pencil...trip over something (probably own feet)...struggle to maintain balance...stab self deeply in right thigh with pencil (5 stitches)
High school - help friend fix car...come out from beneath as friend knocks giant rachet wrench off fender directly above...wrench strikes above left eye...tears skin, fractures socket bone (5 stitches)
College - walking up steep, ice-covered driveway...six pack of bottled beer in hand...lose traction, fall forward...catch self on top of now crushed six pack...broken glass finds palm (12 stitches)
Twenty something - piss of big mother fucker (BMF)...later, don't see BMF as I'm exiting car...punch already flying as I turn around...side of face hit...punch disturbs balance...fall face forward toward car fender...hit fender with mouth...lose three teeth, rip mouth half inch wider at corner. (approximately 30 stitches on lips and gums) Epilogue - BMF experiences similar oral maladies several months later when I crush face with Jim Beam bottle
Five years ago - cleaning garage...move sheets of galvanized sheet metal...unseen piece of sheet metal falls from recess...drops on side of thumb in guillotine manner (6 stitches)
Three years ago - pruning trees...pull sharp handsaw across same side of same thumb...strikes bone, tears nerves (12 stitches--no feeling left on that side of thumb)
Certainly more to come.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 11:31:21 EDT (#)
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Stories involving homemade crossbows often end poorly.
Thanks to everybody who shared their tales of the stich. I'll vote on who I think's the winner at the end. You will recieve some deserved +2age.
Submitted by yermom (user info) at 2005-08-12 11:25:54 EDT (#)
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Top of left hand: 4 puncture wounds from pissed off cat.
Top of right hand: 2 long scars from blender. (I was little and curious about the shiny spinning blade)
Left Wrist: Puncture wound from home made crossbow type weapon.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-08-12 10:35:59 EDT (#)
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here's mine: http://www.ubersite.com/m/73061
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2005-08-12 07:23:58 EDT (#)
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Got one on the palm of my hand, goes from my thumb down to my wrist.
Seems I wasn't Supergirl after all and I CAN'T jump off walls without dire consequences.
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-08-12 06:03:53 EDT (#)
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pwesome
here's mine: http://www.ubersite.com/m/68980
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-08-12 05:44:27 EDT (#)
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+2 BECAUSE THIS MADE ME read sear-say's post again.
And this was purty good.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-08-12 05:39:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iradney (user info) at 2005-08-12 03:15:59 (#)
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yeah, she had a damn strong bite. but i deserved it - i bit her first!
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That's great. Now I've got wood. Cheers.
How the fuck am I going to make coffee now?
I agree with you all. Being deformed is cool, this one kid at school burned his face with chip fat oil and he got all 'da bitches.
Submitted by SPLR (user info) at 2005-08-12 04:39:13 EDT (#)
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I still to this day have a peice of graphite pencil lead in my thigh from when I was 6 yrs old (19 yrs ago). That shit never goes away, huh? I can still remember the name of the little sod who stabbed me with the pencil too...
Submitted by Shifty (user info) at 2005-08-12 03:55:17 EDT (#)
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Scar on the inside of my left elbow. It used to be 6/7 inches long.
It's quite faint now, but how I got it?....There are two stories..
I remember somehow tripping over a trike aged about 5 and slicing my arm on the seatpost
My parents tell me I put my arm through a large glass window.
Tame compared to some I guess.
Submitted by iradney (user info) at 2005-08-12 03:15:59 EDT (#)
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yeah, she had a damn strong bite. but i deserved it - i bit her first!
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 02:41:25 EDT (#)
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She must have a damn strong bite.
Submitted by iradney (user info) at 2005-08-12 02:32:48 EDT (#)
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scar next to my mouth from having a mole removed
scar under my eye (small) from falling on something
scar on my hand from when my sister bit me
scar on my right inner forearm from having a cigarette put out on me
8 small scars all over my torso from having moles removed (only 2 were malignant)
scar on my right shin from falling onto a brick
Submitted by Nothing_Better (user info) at 2005-08-12 02:21:50 EDT (#)
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I've got a slightly noticeable scar on my top lip. I fell off my bike when I was about six.
Submitted by ajanssen (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:46:05 EDT (#)
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I also appreciate your appreciation for my white trash ways.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:39:33 EDT (#)
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Thanks. Go stir some of that shit up. Maybe I'll get some more feedback on the oldies.
Submitted by ajanssen (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:35:24 EDT (#)
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Chronic, i have to give it to you. You continually post quality work. Im going back to read more of your posts.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:32:25 EDT (#)
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Quite a list, Poke. Some of those sound rough.
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:28:00 EDT (#)
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Broken nose, three times. One of them from here: http://www.ubersite.com/m/72995
One compound fracture on my forearme.
Two toes crushed in a potters wheel.
One scar/gouge in between the eyes from a punch to the head by a guy wearing a ring.
One HUGE gouge out of my right thigh from landing on the corner of a fly wheel from a 10 foot drop.
One scare on back of tounge from falling and biting a hole in it. Clean through.
Broken heart, twice.
There are more but they're minor in comparison.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:25:04 EDT (#)
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I like you.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:19:41 EDT (#)
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Various scars on my fingers and ankles from my line of work. In a liquor store, that is, with its box-cutters and broken glass and such.
And of course my navel is a scar.
And most men have a scar from their circumscision.
That's about it, I thnk.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 01:11:27 EDT (#)
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Well damn. That's a hell of a thing, Circe. Way to take your scar and roll with it, though. Some people would be vain about it. I like you even more now.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2005-08-12 00:59:51 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/67257
Forgive the linkwhore; this is about my battle scar. Trach wound in my throat because my lungs collapsed under anaesthetic.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-12 00:55:28 EDT (#)
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Wow, this is probably the shortest thing I've ever posted. Oh well.