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)
746278Ab 14
That's terrible! Dig up all your carpets or get them cleaned professionally! Good luck! Or maybe wear shoes!
killinpoptarts 9
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What if op lives in a dojo and shoes can't be worn? Just burn the house down op
incoherentrmblr 22
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Freddy Kruger?...
buttcramp 21
professional cleaning is a good idea. I'd also make sure I was up to date on tetanus shots too, in case it was a rusty thumb tack or nail.
AnOriginalName 19
Fun fact, #45: the bacterium that causes tetanus infection doesn't live exclusively on rusty surfaces. The bacterium is simply anaerobic, meaning that it doesn't use oxygen, so it tends to live mostly in the ground; rusty objects are also commonly found in the ground, which leads to the belief that tetanus infection results from rusty objects puncturing the skin. Regardless of possible tacks onthe ground, though, it's still a good idea to keep your vaccine records up to date, including tetanus.
sdroze1389 31
#52. that was actually very informative. thanks for that, I was hoping you would say something stupid when I started reading that so I could say " paging doctor ******".
GreatGeak 8
the carpet is likely loose and does not expose the sharp object until pressure is put on the carpet.
buttcramp 21
thanks #52! OP said it sliced the skin.. so wouldn't that be puncturing? since the object went through the layers of skin in order for it to be a "slice"
ohgeejosee 19
There's a tiny kitten assassin! Be watchful, OP
AnOriginalName 19
Puncture, slice, buttcramp... It's all the same. It still breaks the skin and hurts.
w_pony_4ever 15
Shoes are for the weak!
Dt33345 13
Maybe you shouldn't walk there without shoes then.
Kamon97 23
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Or socks
rocker_chick105 31
18- hate to burst your bubble, but a lot of things can cut through socks easily.
stillalive33 14
It was probably a staple. Carefully narrow your search area, and then take a hammer and hit the ground to try and flatten it out. Good luck OP!
Dt33345 13
Yeah I agree with 81. And staples really hurt to stab you with full force.
jerryj 27
It's a carpet from hell! Burn it! (Preferably in a safe way.)
ComoEsJuan 24
I prefer to burn my items in a Shoppers, or a Giant. But a Safeway works too.
Ambient25 25
I burn my items for heat at your local WalMart
ZackCraft11 15
Haha very clever, wouldn't have thought of that, but yeah just beat the carpet with a hammer or something to flatten the object out or get it professionally cleaned.
paulpring 9
Ninja with a blade!!!!
Godsofdracos 15
One thousand cuts kill, only 998 left.
XxNINJA_28xX 8
It was me
NicaLovesDisney 17
If you're admitting to it, you're not that great of a ninja, are you?
rachimi 9
came here for this ^
ileenefudge 29
Time to vaccum your carpet and see what it picks up. It could be glass that you keep cutting yourself on and you just can't see it because it can blend in depending in the color carpet and size of glass. And shoes help in this situation.
SmuggletheBudgie 15
possibly, if it's on the edge of the carpet it could be one of the staples that holds it in though.
Ambient25 25
Or it could be a mutant from Monster Level X that stomps like my neighbors upstairs and has nails like my great nana all while singing row-row-row your boat through a car wash.
gracehi 33
That was my first thought too, 5. Even the tiniest shard of glass can cause a very deep and painful cut and tiny pieces of glass can be very elusive.
Ambient25 25
In my experience those pieces of glass stick to the foot...
WildaRora 43
You can't back track from the trail of blood? Maybe try a magnet, you could get lucky and it might be magnetic. Or for glass, try shining a torch down low, it might sparkle.
WildaRora 43
Sorry, should say flashlight for Americans. Just in case people are tempted to go looking for hidden shards of glass with a flame on a stick of wood.
larrena2377 26
#10, good call!
cyttex 13
*puts down flamethrower*
ElricMustang 23
Haha I was actually thinking why someone would use a small piece of wood when you can use a flashlight... My bet is that it's something heavier than a shard of glass, since it didn't move when OP got cut the first time, heavy enough to still be implanted in the same spot on the carpet.
sdroze1389 31
there is a chance OP is an idiot and is stepping on carpet staples where the kitchen starts. if it's in the same place as mentioned...
HammyBear13 8
Torches arent just sticks with flames. I mean, I have a propane torch, almost like a flame thrower......its pretty cool. It shoots flames a good foot and a half.
nickzpic 8
Try vacuuming? Even if it isn't sucked up you might hear the vacuum try. Gl searching
EffingAnnoying 7
"Today, while cleaning a carpet in my house..." Usually when people are cleaning a carpet they are doing so by vacuuming it.
Soloman212 28
The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Carpet will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak.
seprunner 12
And so it begins...
jgwyh 18
Magic!