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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:55 AM
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So who else here has never broken a bone?
Despite going up and over a car(that didn't see me) going 35mph as a pedestrian(a memory brought back by the scar thread) and being run over by a school bus, I have made it through my decades with nary a broken bone. Who else has?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:00 AM
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1. Me
It's not for want of trying
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:00 AM
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2. I've never had a FULLY broken bone...
...just a green stick fracture of the radius in my right arm when I was in 7th grade. Had to wear a soft cast for it for 6 weeks. I guess that only sort of counts, eh?
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 02:53 PM
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30. To be fair
When I went over the car, they say that I "cracked" the fibula. But there was no pain, no cast, no nothing, so I don't think that counts.

I did manage to break my nose via being dragged by a pickup, but that was only cartilage, and not bad even as compared to thay type. We thought I might have jacked up the patella as well, but no such luck.
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:12 AM
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3. Seven. Clavicle four times ankle three times. But like you became a human

missile several times as a result of bike accidents
without any injury. In one bike crash three pedestrians
went to the hospital and an oak table became fire wood
after my head went through it.

Moral of the story: if you are going to crash on a bike
make sure you're going very fast. For some reason injury
drops to zero after 50 mph.
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mokawanis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:16 AM
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4. broke 6
2 toes, thumb, finger, arm, ankle. Mostly sports accidents,
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:19 AM
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5. I haven't
I think my skeleton must be made of iron.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 05:53 AM
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7. So basically...
You're a Terminator.Or should I say skankulator?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 07:11 AM
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8. I have to keep myself away from strong magnets though.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 07:25 AM
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9. Is it rust proof?
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 05:15 AM
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6. nope..never broken a bone.
sprained my ankle the other day tho.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:20 AM
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10. Nary a broken bone for me
Although I am approaching the age when I might slip and break my hip, so there's always hope.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:23 AM
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11. I'll break *yours* if you don't change that tone, mister!
Well, probably not.

I've never broken a bone, either. I gave my ankle a nasty twist about six years ago, but never actually broke anything.
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City of Mills Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:29 AM
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12. Maybe
Nothing obvious but I may have broken a rib once, never went to the doctor for it and the pain and squeezing sensation went away after about 6 weeks.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:32 AM
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13. Me.
Got a spectacular ankle sprain once, though. It swelled up and turned purple and hurt like a sonuvabitch for weeks. I limped for about a year, and 11 years later it's still not quite the same. I think I'd have been better off it it had broken.
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lizerdbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:36 AM
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14. I haven't
I've never been in any bad accidents though. Other than that 4th grade incident of bike riding with roller skates on the handlebars and leaning forward to pick up speed to go up a big hill.... Lost half of one of my front teeth and a little chip off another.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:58 AM
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15. Teeth but no bones.
I've chipped and/or broken teeth, but so far haven't broken any bones. Which is not to say I never went to the emergency room.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:28 PM
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16. Me!
I may have cracked a toe once, but never had anybody look at it. Of course, I lead and always did lead a sedentary life.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:29 PM
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17. I've never broken a bone
(I shall go find some wood to knock on immediately! lol)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:31 PM
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18. Amazingly, never.
And that's with 10 years of skateboarding under my belt.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:37 PM
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19. Me (knock on wood)
Also, I've never needed stitches (again, knock on wood)
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:40 PM
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20. Never.
Which is surprising since I can be very klutzy and I grew up in the country with boys. You'd think I would've fallen out of a tree at some point. :P
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:41 PM
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21. no long bones
but a couple cracks cracks and plenty of small hand and foot bones
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:44 PM
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22. I have never broken a bone...
and I have been in car accidents, fallen out of trees, etc...
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:05 PM
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23. somehow I've managed to not break one
it doesn't sound fun
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NickB79 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:19 PM
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24. I was pretty banged up on the farm as a kid, but never broke a bone
I had a 50-lb hay bale dropped on my back from a loft 10 ft up.

I was hit in the chest by a heavy swinging gate to the pasture so hard it actually threw me through the air and I couldn't breath for a minute.

I rolled the 4-wheeler screwing around.

I wasn't a very elegant skier to say the least when my friends and I hit the local slopes.

But no broken bones yet.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:36 PM
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25. Too many fingers and toes to count (including a big toe, that still hurts to this day)
Other than that, I only broke my nose - it was shattered and pulverized into nothing (with floaters near my brain) so that the nose I have now is different from what it was from 15 years and prior.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:40 PM
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27. Hiw did you break your nose? nt
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:51 PM
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28. Fight with my best friend at the time, who was a boxer
He fucked me up real bad.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:55 PM
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36. Um...Are you still friends? nt
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:56 PM
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37. wrong place
Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 06:57 PM by zanne
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 07:52 PM
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42. No. We stopped at the moment of that fight.
It killed me then, but it was for the best. He ended up transferring to another school the following year, so I only had to go through that for one school year (my ass-kicking happened at the beginning of sophomore year).
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:40 PM
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26. I've never broken a bone
And I was very clumsy as a child. Once I hit my twenties, I have conscientiously tried to be more careful. As one gets older, bones break more easily. One thing that I think has helped me avoid fractures is falling properly.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 02:01 PM
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29. me...been lucky
:hi:

I don't have any cavities either. O8)
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 02:55 PM
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31. I've broken some bones, but never my own n/t
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:59 PM
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39. Oh that's nasty.
:spank:
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Lady-Damai Donating Member (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:10 PM
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32. ME!

Weirdly enough... I always wanted to have a broken arm. I don't know why...
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:59 PM
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33. Me. I've been really lucky, considering all the road cycling I do.
:thumbsup: Never hit by a car, never broken a bone....

Knock on wood!!
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:28 PM
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34. Me. But I've still had 2 orthopedic surgeries...
and just had my knee injected with sythetic synovial fluid, and had a kidney removed. Hell, I'd love having a broken bone compared to that shit.
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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:28 PM
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35. Not yet...
I'll just give it time. :P
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:58 PM
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38. I haven't.
*knocks on wood*
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 07:00 PM
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40. Me.
I've also never had a cavity.
Duckie
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 07:38 PM
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41. No broken bones, but I have had a hip replaced. Does that count?
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