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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while sleeping, my foot was stabbed by something in my bed and I woke up to it bleeding. I looked around for the cause and found nothing. Now I'm afraid to go to sleep because it might happen again. FML
Today, I was washing the dishes when I gave myself a nasty gash on my leg from the open dishwasher door. After five minutes of cleaning up the blood and wrapping it up, I came back to finish the job only to drop a plate and send broken shards into my foot. FML
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
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
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
Today, I once again woke up to find a huge gash on the back of my foot with blood pouring out. Turns out, I scratched it with my other toenail in my sleep. This is the ninth time this has happened. FML
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
Today, I stepped on a piece of glass and sliced my right foot open. Hobbling to get my first aid kit, I tripped and stepped on a pair of heels, and sliced my left foot open. FML
Today, I was cutting some paper when I accidentally cut a sizeable chunk out of my finger. I went to my car to get my bumbag (I'm a lifeguard) so I could patch it up. I then promptly got a large piece of glass in my foot. FML
Today, I was at the doctor's getting some skin scraped off the bottom of my foot for some tests. As soon as the doctor grabbed my foot, it tickled and I accidentally kicked him in the face. During this, the blade sliced my foot open. FML
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746278Ab 14
That's terrible! Dig up all your carpets or get them cleaned professionally! Good luck! Or maybe wear shoes!
Dt33345 13
Maybe you shouldn't walk there without shoes then.
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Comments (126)
Enslaved 38
That's happened to me before too. Closer inspection showed, it was the carpet tack strip.
odod777 28
Ouch!!! Time to get a new carpet!!!
achilds23 6
make someone else clean it next time and watch where they cut themself and you'll know where it is
Plastic_Stitchez 25
You should wear shoes and take a magnet over the carpet
Zestus 19
my old apartment had this issue too- its the nails in the carpet that keep it fixed to the floor, and it tends to happen around the boundaries between carpet and door not sure how to fix it though
Taolan 23
Carpet tacks. Little strips of wood or cardboard with a shitload of tiny square nails facing upward. Supposed to be used only at the borders of rooms, concealed under trim and thresh-hold, some idiot contractors throw them down in the middle of rooms with an extra layer of foam to bind together different pieces of carpet, rather than using the correct binders, which are sometimes metal clips. Those metal clips are also a potential culprit, if one got itself nicked by a vacuum or furniture piece.
Irreverend 23
Yes, I'm thinking tack strip/gripper bar. Google it and look at the images - you'll see how evil these look.
nerevarine94 12
Next time you feel it let it dig in real deep so you can pull it out with your foot
RaptorMARAUDER 9
Might have been a nail or staple in the carpet. The same thing happened to me at my parents apartment a few times.
Credibleskills 28
I dont even know, maybe just wear shoes until you fix your carpet.
falcon1987 10
Ive done that before, found out it was a staple. Take a magnifying glass and look closely in the place where you keep slicing your foot... Its like "find the penis"; you have to get on your hands and knees and look in carpet, but looking for whatever cut your foot is non sexual and you don't have to worry about making a poor bloke embarrassed or let down when you cant find it. :) Happy Hunting!