Pony-related injuries?

[LuckyTwirlerina]

Have you ever gotten injured because of a pony?

I have a scar on the web between my thumb and first finger from stabbing myself with scissors while trying to take off a pony's head. I've also made myself sick drinking nearly 2 litres of iced tea so I could use the plastic bottle to make new wings for my flutters.

Share your stories about hurting yourself dealing with your ponies!

[Stars]

I have got a lovely big scuff on my thumb knuckle and damaged nails from trying to get the metal grip off Snookums' and Tutti Frutti's tails today while de tailrusting them

[kaoskat]

I'm a customizer! I have lots of pony scars! The worst is probably the one on my thumb where I sliced it open with an exacto knife. Though the worst injury was probably when I was running to get one out of the oven after I'd forgotten about it. I slide on a blanket and crashed into the kitchen table and nearly killed myself!

[Pheasant]

I put a deep gash in my thumb about a month ago courtesy of an X-Acto knife while trying to remove a bait Majesty's thick neck ring.  When I finally stopped the bleeding, I was so frustrated with her that I sliced the neck ring clean off and didn't bother trying to save it.

I've pricked myself with x-acto knives multiple times while slicing off pony heads (that just sounds wrong) and cutting clay.

[cyberunicorn]

I nearly poked my eye out with the scissors when I was trying to cut the end off a needle for me rehearing tool. the scissors slipped off the end and flew up with out the needle snapping either I may add.

lesson learned do not be lazy to walk down stairs to get the cutters from the garage 

[Corona]

Worst I've done is aggravate my back and wrist issues from hunching over working on detailed painting.

Tengentially pony related but while weaving my G4 princess banjo straps I stayed in a studio with a big industrial fan. I ran into it and now I have an inch and a half scar on my shoulder from the grate slicing in.

[invaderhorizongreen]

I once bopped myself in the nose while trying to get a very stubborn  pony head off the body of said pony.

[Stormness_1]

I've cut and burnt myself many times... and I don't even customize!

[Tulips]

I've burnt myself pouring boiling water over a few ponies. Amazingly I haven't cut or stabbed myself over a pony yet, just over all my other projects lol

[rosietrot]

I feel redundant saying the same thing: burns from boiling water and ex-acto knife gash to the left hand, just like everyone else   It must be a Mark of the Pony Customizer (MPC? heh).  I wish I could think of one like the iced tea story.  That's my favorite. 

Wait, maybe it's good I don't have one that interesting that comes to mind.  I'm not about to go looking for one anytime soon either, but it will come.  And when it does, I will drag myself to my laptop to report.

[Honeycomb]

I have a pretty big scar on my left hand from cutting a G3's neck with a pocket knife. It looked really nasty and needed 6 stiches.

[AlmostApplejack]

I nearly made myself sick off of acetone fumes because I didn't know how powerful the fumes were and took off the paint off of a fakie in our little bathroom

[Ariadna]

I currently have a scab healing on my index finger on my left hand. I obtained it after trying to pry off a Buddy L pony's head with a butter knife. Yep, the somewhat blunt edge of a serrated butter knife sliced about 1/4 cm into my finger, because I wasn't being careful! If it were a sharp knife it would have been a much cleaner cut!

[Mintymints]

Not sure if this one counts, because it relates more to my lack of shelf building prowess, but I built an Ikea Expedit in my room beside my bed to display my G1 playsets (Lullaby Nursery and Show Stable, to be exact) and there were also several boxed ponies up there. Luckily, that's all I had put up that night, because the shelf fell apart onto me while I slept
No real injuries, other than a few big bruises and some cuts from the shelf pieces.

I find it more hilarious that I decided it was a good idea to KEEP that very shelf, and it now holds WAY more, but hasn't broken again.

[sweetapple]

I'm slightly terrified for you after reading that! xD I hope the shelf holds! A friend of mine had something very similar happen that ended in her needing stitches on her hand. Her shelf held a snowglobe!

As for me, I have a lovely V-shaped mark on my right hand from burning myself with the tip of the iron, trying to de-frizz my childhood Flower Dream's hair. It was about 2 years ago and the scar is thankfully fading, but still has a bit to go!