Becky Stern of Craft wrote about these
accident-explanatory slings.
I really could have used one of these after my knee surgery, except it would have had to play video of what the doctor found inside my knee! This would make a great screen printing project if you know someone with a broken arm, or if you're adept at one-armed screen printing. Perhaps these accident-explanatory slings will be an option at hospitals in the future. I'd like to see the "shark attack" or "you should see the other guy" editions; those were my two most common fallback stories while on crutches.
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I did this with an injury once. It was great. People would come up to me and say: "What happ- oh."
When I was five, I fractured my arm falling off my bike. I got so tired of adults asking what happened that my mom embroidered "My Bike Did It" onto my sling.
What a great idea! Amazing what a little marketing can do.
If I ever break an arm, this is the first thing I'm doing once I'm home again.
those are awesome!
too bad the last time I had to wear a sling, it was an ideopathic thing.
So, how about one that's just got a person with shrugged shoulders and a big question mark over the head for "I dunno, either"?
HA!
Or a guy lying on the sidewalk holding a bottle to his mouth!
How timely Mark! I'm in a sling now myself, so I created the proper graphic for it...
http://twitpic.com/4kdc2
Let's request one with a guy falling off a trampoline or a tree. That seems to account for half all the injuries of a girl I know of.
POLKA DANCING! come on. there's gotta be more then 1 person. plus you could design in lederhosen & the hats w/the little poofs on them.
LOL FUNNY;)
Do they have eye patches, as well?
Didn't I see this somewhere a few months ago?
A couple of years ago I managed to grind part of my face and knuckles off on concrete (skateboard went one way, I went the other. No biggie, but I miscalculated and faceplanted. bah!) The result was that people asked if I had been in a fight - luckily for me this was right when Pluto was de-planetized. When people asked, I'd put my scabby dukes up and say ... uh, I forget what, but I was temporarily funny!
Tip: if a young, sharp doctor puts tiny sutures in your face, don't go to an old, frustrated doctor to have them removed - far more painful than rubbing your face on concrete! Also, if you cut your scalp and have tie-able hair, ask at the ER if they can tie your hair to close the cut instead of trimming and suturing. They do it for kids, but it make sense for us grown ups also, and you don't need to have sutures removed in the future.
Extra weird - having what appears to be scrapes from fighting caused women to hit on me (I think - I'm pretty doltish on realizing that it's happening, but these seemed pretty obvious..)
no eye patches with a person walking into a door?
I want one! Where can I buy the skateboarding sling?