Ice - my immortal adversary

Nimrod's Son

I was walking the 15 minute journey to work this morning and I was being extra-careful to watch out for pockets of ice so I wouldn't end up on my behind. I successfully made it to work, although it took 30 minutes as I was walking slowly and being extremely cautious.
At breaktime, I was going to the shop and was being given a lift by a workmate. Whilst walking the 20 yards to the car, what happens?? I slip on ice and fall and end up on my ass in front of an entire buliding full of people. :mad:
I abhor ice. I slipped earlier in the year at Londis in front of a bunch of people and when I was younger I broke my arm slipping on the Goddamned stuff. Anyone else live under this particular cloud of potential embarrassment/humiliation/injury?? I'm not clumsy or accident prone BTW...
Oh, and my rearend hurts (from the fall, that is).

bounty_hunter

*snigger* You have a sore bum.

NikNik

You should wrap your entire body in bubble-wrap. That should break your fall. The popping sounds might draw attention though.

Kolodny

Hate having to walk anywhere when it's icy. My 20 minute journey into work took me about 35 minutes this morning as I was walking so slowly (people in passing cars giving me odd looks but I don't care).

About 4 years ago I slipped on some icy stone steps and landed hard on my back. Didnt realise until I got into work and sat down then tried to stand up a while later and found I'd couldn't - my legs were completely seized up. It was agony and pretty scary. A day in James's Hospital later and hours of physio means I am now extra cautious on icy ground.

JackKelly

drag your feet. Problem solved.

Setun

I fell at my own party cos I drunkenly thought it'd look cool to pretend to ice skate. Yours must have been a million times worse though, sounds very embarassing. How did ya feel afterwards?

Maximilian

You could always get one of these, ice will no longer thwart your attempts to move about outdoors in winter.

Binomate

I ran to catch my bus this morning and the path had ice all over it. I didn't slip though! I must be the chosen one or something.

nesf

I nearly lost an eye when younger. Kinda my own fault. Road Bowling. I was playing an under 16's score on a frosty December Sunday morning. There was no other ice on the road.

I slipped at the end of my run up, my arm was outstretched holding a bowl (a 28oz ball of metal to you city folk). I was in mid throw so that arm was outstretched, my body was twisted to follow my throwing arm. So when I fell I landed face first on the ground. Though unfortunately I was wearing glasses and the first thing to hit the ground was the hingle just beside the lens. The glasses broke (unsuprising really). The lens was pushed back and cut a ring around my eye and somehow didn't break. I was very lucky tbh.


Moral of the story: Sunday mornings are meant for bed not sports.

homah_7ft

Ah yes ice is terrible. I've never actually slipped and fallen but I live in fear of doing so. The pain I could take. It would be the embarrassment that would be the worst. I know the day will come.

spiderlegs

Happened to me last year, I slipped on my ass getting out of the driveway and it really hurt, my mam came to help me and pick me up and slipped to, I'd say anyone who saw it must have been laughing their ass off. Ice is dangerous I find wearing shoes with good soles really good help, you'd be safe in a pair of Docs...

Naos

Ice is slippy. Laugh it off.

bounty_hunter

spiderlegs wrote:

Ice is dangerous I find wearing shoes with good soles really good help, you'd be safe in a pair of Docs...

Oh no you wouldn't...

andrew163

Maximilian wrote:

You could always get one of these, ice will no longer thwart your attempts to move about outdoors in winter.

..or one of these :eek:

Icaras

i wonder could you get some sort of cert to say you have an ice phobia and then you could just lie in bed on icey days instead of walking to work

dundalk cailin

yea ever since i landed on my ass in the centre of town bout 5/6 years ago, i am cautious on ice kolodny, thats awful...i suppose it can easily happen that u have a more serious fall than a humiliating slip/fall..i was lucky i guess!