Unusual sports accidents

[Duck on Wheels]

Maybe this should go in OT-not bike related? Or maybe even in OT, since there actually is a trike involved. But here goes as humor:

My home soccer team's Canadian goalie had to call in sick and miss his national team's next game. He had a freak accident -- sliced off the tip of his thumb with a cheese slicer while preparing breakfast. In the spirit of "sharing troubles makes them smaller", the local paper tried to lessen his embarrassment by listing a number of unusual injuries that have occured to soccer players. Here's their list:

Steffen Iversen: Injured himself while bowling last May.

Darren Bent: Cut himself while making a sandwich.

David Seaman: Broke a leg when reaching for the remote control.

Santiago Canizares: Missed playing in the 2002 World Championships after dropping a bottle of after-shave on his toe.

Rio Ferdinand: Pulled a sinew in his knee while playing playstation with his feet on the table.

Terje Leonhardsen: Was declared "injured by Playstation" during a training season in Spain.

Goalie Dave Beasant: Dropped a jar of salad dressing on his foot in 1993.

Kasey Keller: Knocked out his own front teeth pulling his golf clubs out of the luggage compartment of his car.

Robbie Keane: Injured his knee, also pulling golf clubs out of the car.

Darren Barnard: Injured his knee when he slipped in a "puddle" left on the floor by his new puppy.

Alan Wright: Injured his knee stretching to reach the accelerator of his Ferrari.

Kevin Kyle: Scalded his testicles when his baby tipped a pot of boiling water onto K.K. who was trying to feed the baby. History does not report whether the baby was injured or not (let's hope not!).

David James: Injured his thumb due to too much video gaming.

David Batty: Injured his achilles when his child ran him over with a tricycle.

[LBTC]

Those are great! At least they didn't list any "sleeping injuries" .... you know, I don't know what's wrong, I guess I slept wrong.

H&B
~T~