Tuesday Top Ten: Slightly (and no so) Painful Things
Every one has their own pain threshold, so some of these might make you just say, “Meh.”
[Full disclosure: I have never given birth, so I cannot say for certain where it would place on the list, but I’m pretty sure it trumps…well, anything I’ve experienced.]
Top Ten Slightly Painful (and not so) Things
10. Papercuts: In the days when people actually received mail, the mistake we all made over and over was sticking your finger into the poorly adheased* end and sliding it to open the envelope.
9. Sunburn: I don’t remember putting on sunscreen when I was young. Now, I always do…unless I don’t.
8. Stubbing the baby toe: How many times have I had to click that one back into place?
7. Hangnail: When left alone, it is quite benign, but we inevitably flick our finger over it and think “This time when I pull on it, I won’t feel a thing.”
Right…
6. Runner’s injuries: Usually localized in the lower extremities. Can range from the dreaded twisted ankle (“I didn’t know it could bent like that.”), to any of the leg muscles going “Poing!” during a run (Usually at the farthest point from home), to the Achilles deciding that you don’t really need to be able to walk normally.
5. Eyelash in the eye: This can stop you in your tracks as you try in vain to avoid looking like someone possessed.
4. Migraines: No joke here. It would be higher on the list but I needed funnier ones.
3. Hangovers: Thankfully I learned my lesson during my university days.
2. Bacon grease: Vegans never suffer from splattering grease burning their forearms, but is it worth it? You bet.
1. Bungee cord to the head: You secure one end. You stretch the other to attach much to far away. Yeah, you didn’t secure that end…
And the honorable mention goes to:
-Leon
*Not a word but you got it, right?
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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