Post #60015 by Tiki-bot on Fri, Nov 14, 2003 4:12 PM

It's not the biggest scar, but it was the scariest. I was 11 or so, building a plastic model kit. I was having a hard time cutting a part from the plastic sprue, so I smartly held it vertically with one edge resting on my lap. I held the large x-acto knife the way a slasher would hold a kitchen knife and jammed the blade down ever harder on the stubborn part. In a split second the knife went through the sprue and with about all the force I had, right into my leg about 1-1/2" from Mr. Right. It proceeded to bleed all over the place, but didn't really seem to hurt, probably because I was in mild shock. Only needed 2 stitches.

The tennis-ball sized scar on top of my left foot was an injury that was far more painful and gory. Got run over by a stake-bed truck while on a moped. Compound fracture, skin graft, very unpleasant.

And then there's that scar from where the doctor ceremoniously mutilated me and every other baby shortly after birth...