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Wool Has Many Fine Properties…

…but traction really ain’t one of them.

Ouch.

This weekend, I was up at my parents’ house where they have hardwood just about everywhere.  I was also being a bit silly and stole The Blanket Theif’s bandana and was running around the house with it.  I was also wearing these socks:

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While running, I took a sharp turn – or, rather, I tried to take a sharp turn, but while my body faced the right direction my momentum couldn’t be counteracted by the socks-on-hardwood combo, and my feet slipped out from under me so quickly that they actually hit the underside of the bottom shelf of the bookcase next to me and I swear I was off the ground for a full half second.

Then, of course, gravity took over and I slammed back into the ground, elbow first.  Owww…

Still, the thing that continues to hurt the worst is the bruise on the side of my foot.  I wish I had a video of the situation so I could analyze the physics…to get that kind of upward force on my foot, the pivoting around center of mass must have been awesome.

Comments

Comment from Shruti
Time December 29, 2009 at 3:55 pm

You OK? Also, you need to somehow figure out how commenters can get notified when there’s another reply…