Compo 10,328 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 I was out in my shed cooking my chips in dripping when I remembered that I hadn't shut the greenhouse and polytunnel for the night. It was pouring with rain so I thought I'd just run up to the greenhouse and then on to the tunnel whilst my chips were cooking. As I turned the corner towards the greenhouse I ran onto a strip of wet decking, laid as a path over a particularly boggy bit of ground. The next thing I knew I was in the air like a cartoon banana slip! I hit the ground on my side with a thump and lay there for around half a minute trying to get my wits back together. I was soaking wet and not sure if I could move.....Luckily, it seems I don't have osteoporosis and a quick physical check revealed nothing more than some rather nasty aches and pains in my ribs, hip and ankle - no broken bones. I managed to get myself up and back to my chips just in time to save them from burning and then enjoyed my fish and chips with a nice cup of tea (loose leaf of course) despite my stiff bones. Today I am in some pain but I am dead tough so I will recover in a few days or so :) Are there any other daft boggers that do similar things here? Lesson learnt: Old men shouldn't charge around in semi-darkness in the rain....especially when the chips are cooking - they might burn and be wasted! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Most of us think of the saying 'had his chips' as a bad thing. In your case it turned out well so good for you. I bet the bruises will be interesting colours... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Sadly Brew, bruises don't photograph very well. I tried to tke a shot of my leg the other week. It was yellow and black from knee to ankle after an altercation with a stepladder. Alas, it doesn't look very dramatic in pixel form. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 I think the weirdest bruises I've had were after being 'attacked' by a Jumping Cholla. It was on a golf course, looking for someone's golf ball in the desert area, that surrounds many golf courses down here. I was only walking past said cactus, and when we came out onto the fairway again, someone in our group said, look at your arm. There embedded in my forearm was a branch of the Cholla. It had actually jumped off the plant and took a liking to me. I never felt a thing. Each spine is barbed, so, easy going in, a bugger to get out. One of the party knocked it off with his golf club (yikes) and where every spine had gone in, was a tiny bruise the next day. Looked like I'd been peppered by a shotgun. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 I had never heard of them so looked them up on Youtube.... ouch!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Glad it didn't burn the shed down too, compo. Hope you soon bounce back. Edited to add..... sounds almost like 'Chulla' Katy. Is that where he came up with the name? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, katyjay said: attacked' by a Jumping Cholla. No relation to Chulla I hope! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Great minds think alike, Jill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Chulla once explained on here how he got his nickname, and I've forgotten what he said! His name was pronounced exactly how it is spelt, cholla is pronounced choya. Nor a lot of people know that! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, katyjay said: Chulla once explained on here how he got his nickname, and I've forgotten what he said! In his own words........https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/11289-how-did-you-choose-your-login-name/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-299370 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 6:57 PM, katyjay said: cholla is pronounced choya. It must be the Spanish name for the cactus. 'll' in Spanish is pronouinced 'y', hence Cholla = Choya. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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