Scars!

[Jagos]

Originally Posted by synkr0nized

One time a test subject made use of rockets to dislodge some of my cores and then tossed them into a fire.

Who could be so thoughtless?

And why would they do that to you? Did you make promises you couldn't keep?

OT: 72 stitches

[mauve]

The notable ones:

I have a bunch of scars from my biggest lung surgery. They didn't really heal properly (thank you connective tissue disorder), so I've got one scar the size and shape of a nickel just below my right shoulder blade (I like to tell people it's a gunshot wound), and three gashes between the ribs on my right side.

I have a little scar on my left leg because I tripped over an open drawer someone didn't close. The little metal slide-rail-thing sliced through the fabric of my jeans and took a nice chunk out of my shin.

I have a centimeter-long scar on the tip of my chin from when I was in the fourth grade and faceplanted on a concrete ramp in the playground.

Also there's a scar across the end of my pinky finger from when I accidentally cut it open with a bread knife. Apparently having a conversation with someone on the other side of the room while simultaneously slicing a bagel you're holding in your hand is a bad idea.

I am graceful and skilled.

[PCD]

I've got two big ones on my left wrist, one right over the other. They're both about the same size, but people rarely notice one of them because the other is this huge, puffy, pink mass of scar tissue that creeps them the hell out. I got them when I was like eleven years old, falling off my scooter, and when I first got them the puffy one was a lot bigger. I could pinch the sides and it would look like a shrimp! It was awesome. My dad wanted me to get it surgically removed but I did and still do think that's a stupid idea.

It happens to be in the exact place where a watch might sit on my wrist, and I also happen to be one of the few people left who still wears a wristwatch, so I can easily cover it up if I don't actively feel like grossing people out with it.

[EVILNess]

I have a few noticeable scars on my body.

One x shaped scar on my index finger knuckle where I was playing with a very sharp knife and cut myself on top of an older scar that I have had for as long as I can remember. This happened when I was in 3rd grade.

One dimple on my face where a friend of mine got pissed at me and hit me in the face with a stick. This happened when I was about four.

One straight scar on my knee where I accidentally knocked a propped open window closed and it slammed down breaking the glass. The glass hit me in the knee and cut me through my pants, without cutting the pants.

A large ugly scar on my shoulder where I was pushed into a broad headed nail sticking out of a wall. It gouged a quarter inch wide, 1/8th of an inch deep cut in me. Strangely it didn't hurt nor bleed for about 3 hours. Then it was a bloody and painful mess.

I have a scar on my foot that would make a kickass bamf scar if it were across my eye. I got it from a spring sticking out of my mattress.

I have a scar along the bridge of my nose and under my right eye where I was bitten by a dog. Specifically, my dog. I was taking care of my sister's chihuahua and he was pestering my dog, who is a dachshund. I was laying down on my bed. My dog snapped at the pest, but he jumped out of the way and he ended up biting me in the face. Ouch.

[synkr0nized]

If any of you meets me we can go play "share the scars" completes all of the tests successfully, Aperture Science will review your medical insurance plan and provide you with the applications for scar removal.

[Toastburner B]

Only really have two scars that I notice.

The more impressive one is from when I was a little kid. Somehow when we were driving home from a vacation, I managed to get my leg under the seat in front of me, and when I pulled my leg back, it got cut a wire under the chair. It's about 4-5 inches long.

The other one is just below my wrist from when I sliced it on the bolt that holds the security-tag remover at work. Only about a 1/2 inch long, but it's new enough that I still notice it now and again.

My scar collection is weak...but honestly, I think I'm okay with that.

EDIT:

I was going to link a video to the scar comparison scene from Jaws, but I can't find it. Shame, really.

[Melfice]

Originally Posted by phil_

Finally, I have a tiny, unnoticeable scar above my left eye from _mike hitting me with a plastic sword when we were little. He has a scar along one of his fingers from where I cut it off with scissors, so we're cool.

Yes, I can see how this would make you two even.

[BitVyper]

Oh yeah, I have one on my wrist that looks like I did a really fucking shitty job of trying to kill myself. No, I didn't try to kill myself. I have no idea what the scar came from, but it's been there forever.

[russianreversal]

So it turns out that unlicensed TRON disks (they're not mine, I have a friend who loves it) can be really hard, and subsequently really painful when one tosses them to a friend only to have the wind catch them and bring them right back into one's face, literally. Fortunately, it hit my eyebrow, which pretty effectively hides the damage, but it's pretty lame that the wind and gravity teamed up to scar me for life.

[Darth SS]

Originally Posted by russianreversal

So it turns out that unlicensed TRON disks (they're not mine, I have a friend who loves it) can be really hard, and subsequently really painful when one tosses them to a friend only to have the wind catch them and bring them right back into one's face, literally. Fortunately, it hit my eyebrow, which pretty effectively hides the damage, but it's pretty lame that the wind and gravity teamed up to scar me for life.

So nature's harboring a grudge against you. No big deal.


Also, new frustrating element of these stitches; I can't shave, and I just put that together today. I've had to let the beard do as it pleases until I can have these accursed pieces of wire removed. I was scruffy before, but not I've moved into the "ew beard" phase, and I doubt I can last until the "sexy beard" phase.