Community Forums => I'M BACK => Topic started by: UncleBob on April 17, 2010, 12:19:42 AM
Title: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: UncleBob on April 17, 2010, 12:19:42 AM
So, I'm cleaning out this closet when I pull a box down from a shelf that's above my head... and there's a frickin' hammer on top of it.
Earlier, I had gotten a hammer out of my tool box - and both the hammers I even knew we owned were in it. I have no idea where this hammer came from.
It frickin' hurt too. Knocked me right in the temple. Got a little knot from it.
Pro Tip: Don't get hit by hammers.
Title: Re: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: nickmitch on April 17, 2010, 12:21:03 AM
Works just as well in life as it does it Mario Bros games.
Title: Re: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: Halbred on April 17, 2010, 12:40:34 AM
When I was like ten, I was climbing a wooden ladder up a tree (the "rungs" were pieces of wood hammered into the tree itself) when I stepped on a loose rung, which fell out, followed by my heel, down to the ground. I basically impaled my heel with the rusty nail. The nail was stopped by the BONE itself (calcaneus).
It hurt, but the booster shot that followed made my arm sore for like three days, which also sucked.
RANDOM RANT
BONES OF THE FOOT
The "long bones" of the foot are the metatarsals. They articular at their distal ends with the phalanges (toe bones). Humans have an interested phalangeal formula: 2-3-3-3-3. At their proximal ends, the metatarsals meet four different bones. Digit I articulates with the medial cuneiform; Digits II & III with the intermediate cuneiform; and Digit IV with the lateral cuneiform. Digit V is special--it gets its own articulation with the cuboid. The cuboid is often impacted by stress fractures by people with bad posture.
The medial, intermediate, and lateral cuneiforms are affixed to the navicular bone. The navicular bone is attached to the main "hinge" of the ankle--the talus. The talus is what connects the foot bone to the leg bone.But what about the cuboid? It's attached to the giant calcaneus, or "heel bone." In all mammals, the heel bone functions as leverage for the Achilles' tendon. That tendon, in turn, is essentially responsible for muscle movement in the hind limb of mammals. Snap that tendon and it's all over.
I should note that, in almost all other mammals (except bears, racoons, and some fossil carnivorans), the foot is held digigrade--animals walk on their tippy-toes. This is the same in birds and non-avian dinosaurs...and most archosaurs, actually. The ankle structure in reptiles is far simpler than in mammals. In archosaurs (my specialty), there are two types:
Crocodile-normal: the ankle bones (calcaneum and astragalus) move somewhat independently of each other. There is a joint at the articulation between the ankle and the leg bones, and the ankle bones themselves, allowing the foot to "swivel" outward during locomotion.
Ornithodiran: The astragalus and calcaneum are a functional unit. In many taxa, they are fused together. The ornithodiran ankle is a simple hinge, allowing movement in one plane exclusively. In dinosaurs, the astragalus develops a prominent upward process that grows against the tibia, strengthening the ankle joint. In many birds, this process actually fuses to the tibia during ontogeny.
/SCIENCE LESSON
Title: Re: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: Mop it up on April 17, 2010, 12:46:29 AM
HAMMER TIME!
Someone was going to say it...
Title: Re: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: NWR_insanolord on April 17, 2010, 12:58:13 AM
I think any topic about mods getting hurt deserves consideration for the contest.
Title: Re: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 17, 2010, 01:37:48 AM
Topic is too serious and violent to be considered.
Title: Re: I got hit in the head with a hammer...
Post by: Shorty McNostril on April 17, 2010, 05:23:42 AM
When I was like ten, I was climbing a wooden ladder up a tree (the "rungs" were pieces of wood hammered into the tree itself) when I stepped on a loose rung, which fell out, followed by my heel, down to the ground. I basically impaled my heel with the rusty nail. The nail was stopped by the BONE itself (calcaneus).
It hurt, but the booster shot that followed made my arm sore for like three days, which also sucked.
RANDOM RANT
BONES OF THE FOOT
The "long bones" of the foot are the metatarsals. They articular at their distal ends with the phalanges (toe bones). Humans have an interested phalangeal formula: 2-3-3-3-3. At their proximal ends, the metatarsals meet four different bones. Digit I articulates with the medial cuneiform; Digits II & III with the intermediate cuneiform; and Digit IV with the lateral cuneiform. Digit V is special--it gets its own articulation with the cuboid. The cuboid is often impacted by stress fractures by people with bad posture.
The medial, intermediate, and lateral cuneiforms are affixed to the navicular bone. The navicular bone is attached to the main "hinge" of the ankle--the talus. The talus is what connects the foot bone to the leg bone.But what about the cuboid? It's attached to the giant calcaneus, or "heel bone." In all mammals, the heel bone functions as leverage for the Achilles' tendon. That tendon, in turn, is essentially responsible for muscle movement in the hind limb of mammals. Snap that tendon and it's all over.
I should note that, in almost all other mammals (except bears, racoons, and some fossil carnivorans), the foot is held digigrade--animals walk on their tippy-toes. This is the same in birds and non-avian dinosaurs...and most archosaurs, actually. The ankle structure in reptiles is far simpler than in mammals. In archosaurs (my specialty), there are two types:
Crocodile-normal: the ankle bones (calcaneum and astragalus) move somewhat independently of each other. There is a joint at the articulation between the ankle and the leg bones, and the ankle bones themselves, allowing the foot to "swivel" outward during locomotion.
Ornithodiran: The astragalus and calcaneum are a functional unit. In many taxa, they are fused together. The ornithodiran ankle is a simple hinge, allowing movement in one plane exclusively. In dinosaurs, the astragalus develops a prominent upward process that grows against the tibia, strengthening the ankle joint. In many birds, this process actually fuses to the tibia during ontogeny.
/SCIENCE LESSON
That was the worst rendition of "Dem Bones" I've ever heard. :thumbsdown;
