Painful and Health: Shine on

Shine on

By owmyfoot - 24/02/2014 02:22 - United States - Sacramento

Today, while walking barefoot through my house, I saw something shine on the floor across the hallway. Curious as to what it was, I rubbed my foot across the carpet to feel it. It wasn't until it was deeply lodged in my foot did I realize it was an open safety pin. FML

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By Grrr - 20/07/2012 07:58 - United States - Salem

Today, I was walking in my apartment when I felt something stab my foot. Thinking it was a piece of glass, I looked down. It was one of my roommate's toenail clippings. FML

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By sashimi9999 - 07/02/2014 01:32 - United States - Salinas

Today, while cleaning a carpet in my house, something in it sliced my foot. I couldn't find what it was, so I went to clean the wound. 10 minutes later, I sliced my foot again on the same thing. I still can't figure out what it was. FML

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Ouch

By footbloodfountain - 15/01/2012 10:53 - Canada

Today, I realized why buying clear pins for the wall is a bad idea. If one falls out, you won't be able to see it with your eyes, but your foot will find it just fine. I also learnt foot wounds can produce a pretty significant geyser of blood. FML

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By MemoKrosav - 30/01/2016 03:54 - Mexico - Matamoros

Today, I had the most uncomfortable feeling in my socks, but I didn't care to check. It wasn't until I got home that I realized that the feeling was a small thin piece of glass that was slowly cutting away at the bottom of my foot. I still don't know how it got there. FML

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By flipflap - 14/06/2015 06:35

Today, I tried to get a piece of glass out of my big toe. After an hour of poking and prodding, I finally got it out only for it to fall on the floor where I couldn't find it. Not five minutes later, I stepped on it again. FML

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By Wounded_irony - 05/12/2017 05:00

Today, I was wearing flip flops whilst putting out the trash, and was careful not to step near the broken glass surrounding the trash cans. My mother ran up to me hysterically warning me about the glass, which startled me and caused me to step on a shard, slicing my foot open. FML

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Sole music

By Anonymous - 16/12/2010 20:59 - United States

Today, a thumb tack came out of one of my posters on my wall. The sole of my foot had the pleasure of finding it. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/10/2022 14:00

Today, while I was working from home on my laptop and had my feet up on the coffee table, I felt something on my foot. I looked down to see a spider the size of a quarter on top of my bare foot. It started doing something so I froze, hoping it wouldn't bite me. Instead, it anchored the start of its web to my skin. FML

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Spice

By Anonymous - 07/04/2021 04:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I dropped some food on the floor and picked it back up, took a bite, and quickly realised it had toenail cuttings in it. I never cut my toenails in my dining room. FML

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Locked and loaded

By Anonymous - 30/12/2011 03:07 - China

Today, I left work early, and discovered I was locked out of my house. I subsequently had to use a spoon I found on the ground to smash the bathroom window. I cut my leg on the glass when I climbed through. While inspecting the wound, I felt a lump in my pocket. It was my house key. FML

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jnanderson 16

Monday 24 February 2014 9:14

"Hey, there's a thin shiny thing on the floor, maybe if I step on it, I'll know what it is!" -OP

ZY1431 24

Monday 24 February 2014 9:12

well thats just a safe thing to do...

Comments

Mauskau 35

Monday 24 February 2014 11:01

I learned the hard way not to do that after having a dart hanging out of my foot when I was 3 and glass in my foot when I was about 9. :(

brandoneyez1 25

Monday 24 February 2014 12:45

Use your hand next time. Sounds painful.

telli164 30

Monday 24 February 2014 13:04

Silly OP. Every time I notice small shiny objects on the floor, I automatically assume it's a pin or a needle.

stargirl_95 24

Monday 24 February 2014 13:06

Why on earth did you use your feet to find out what it was? Was there something wrong with your eyes or were you just too lazy to bend down and look? YDI

JanisEvans 10

Monday 24 February 2014 13:21

The length people will go to to avoid bending down is astonishing...

conman531 23

Monday 24 February 2014 14:01

keep up the bare feet. it's good for you. Your skin on your feet will become tougher as you put it through the elements. History shows that before shoes came about, people had healthier feet. I go barefoot as much as possible and now my feet are so tough I can walk on glass and it won't break skin. it does hurt a bit but I don't bleed

laden_swallow09 34

Monday 24 February 2014 19:11

Good advice if not anecdotal, but how it it relevant?

conman531 23

Sunday 2 March 2014 17:49

It's good advice because if I did the same thing I would think I just stepped on a rock. Which hurts the normal person but doesn't break skin, and on my foot, a rock feels comfortable to walk on actually. I walk barefoot over stone driveways and hot black tops. And I wouldn't have too much of a fit after I step on a thumbtack, safety pin or pushpin.