Have you ever injured your face when falling off a bike?

[doubles]

I have not, I injured my legs and elbows.

There were pictures months ago of Bush falling off a bike but even then he didn't injure his face.

Was he eating a pretzel when this happened?

[FlashHarry]

1. I have!

When I was five. I lost control of my Schwinn and ended up in a rose bush. Scratched the hell out of my face! (Though, unlike the pResident, I hadn't consumed a fifth of tequila at the time.)

Come to think of it, I wrecked a bike on acid in college and drove it home. The next morning I woke up, and my sheets were crimson with blood. My face was battered. My elbows and knees were skinned. And I had dislocated my right shoulder. Don't do drugs, kids; they're dangerous to your health!

[madrchsod]

14. riding a bike on acid

now there is something you don`t hear about everyday...i would had like to seen that- but not your accident

[graham67]

2. Yep....

and I bit right through my tongue :(

[gold_bug]

47. that must be why Bush was wearing a mouth guard

I thought that was odd that he was wearing a mouth guard when riding a bike. Here's what the AP report said: Bush was wearing his bike helmet and a mouth guard when the mishap occurred.

[Vickers]

3. Yup, but I was drunk.

D'oh!

[Lex]

4. Nope.

I've had a few spills on my bike, and my elbows and palms and knees get bruised and skinned.

Never would you have face abrasions without your palms or elbows being involved, imho.

[WillParkinson]

Not me, but...

I did witness an accident where the biker went flying off the bike and landed, face first, on the pavement.

Of course, he was drunk, too.

[KoKo]

5. Wasn't it a scooter he was trying out for a birthday present for poppy

and not a bike? This story sounds hokey to me. But, then, I don't believe anything anymore. Kerry even said "I didn't know he rode a bike," so I'm not the only one questioning his bike ride with the "family doctor." hmmmmpht.

[Lugnut]

6. Nope

I still have scars on my elbows and knees though.

[dflprincess]

7. If you go over the handle bars

It's why bike helmets should be worn over the forehead. If you go over the handle bars the front of your head is apt to be the first thing that hits the pavement. Fortunately, in Bush's case, not wearing a helmet would not cause any more damage to his brain.

[aquart]

9. But that clearly didn't happen.

Not forehead, but nose and chin. Especially chin.

[glarius]

8. It does seem a bit strange how he keeps injuring his face!

coincidence???

[madrchsod]

10. i have scraped the crap out of my knee

and my daughter got a deep cut under her chin and some scrapes after a sidewalk jump went south..maybe bush was trying some dirt jumping....

[gumby]

11. It's the seizure thing again

Pretzel anyone?

C'mon there's a definite pattern here. Yes?

[No2W2004]

12. Yep,

When I was 10, I was coasting down a steep paved hill on my stingray-type bike, feet out in front, and somehow I got my foot in the spokes and was thrown over the handlebars. Had some nice scrapes. Next thing I remember, the other kids I was with thought it looked pretty cool!

[Sinistrous]

13. You bet. Busted my forehead to the tune of eight stitches.

and I have the scar to proove it.

[indepat]

54. Most of us lead with our foreheads, but GWB must lead with his chin

[Frances]

15. I think I read that his doctor was with him

Does his doctor usually accompany him when he exercises?

[masshole]

34. suspicious isn't it?

good thing 'Ol Doc Tubbs was there to patch up dubya.

[lanparty]

53. It's worse ....

Some of the articles states that he's also a "secret service agent".

My internal instinct tells me that Bush did something REALLY F'N STUPID. And this is just a cover story. Same thing with the pretzel.

[Wickerman]

16. When I was a kid, I was riding my sister's bike

fast down a hill. I hit a pothole and flipped over the handlebars right onto the wire basket that was over the front wheel. I managed to snap my front lip in the wires, and then pulled the bike over on top of me. I was a bloody, scarred mess. 20 stitches in my front lip made me the only kid in Kindergarten with a "mustache". I could put my finger through my lip. When my mother saw me do that legend has it she fainted. A very good GP sewed me up nicely, though, and no really bad scarring.

Wonder if Bush was riding a girls bike, too?

[El Supremo]

17. Yes, I broke off two of my front teeth.

But I was only twelve years old.

[Lorien]

18. Nope, neither falling from a bike or horse

and I've ridden-and fallen-from both a fair amount. I use to have a Hunter /Jumper that thought it was ever so funny to send me over the fence instead of jumping it as she was told. Injured my hands, wrists elbows, knees...but NEVER my face!

[bucknaked]

19. Back in my punk freestyle/bmx'er days...

I'd had some serious road-rash, but never endured facial injuries.

Natural instincts kick in... protect your face. I've had hang-ups and wipe-outs on the halfpipe that a skater-buddy of mine owned, that defied "...and he walks away" probability, and every time I went down the arms would come out, and my neck would extend up. Might have ended up with some serious wood burns, but no facial injuries.

Man, sometimes, can't believe how brave/stupid I was back then.

[Yupster]

20. When I was 14, I hit a car right in the side door

I jumped off the bike just before I hit it. The car was going about 30 MPH. It all happened in slow motion. I can still see it.

I was a bloody mess. The bike was bent like a pretzel. The sorry-ass lady stopped a block away, yelled if I was okay, and then drove off.

I told my mom the very improbable story that I ran into a man-sized boulder that she was familiar with. She appeared to accept that story, and even today, 30 years later I'd like to ask her if she really believed I ran into a rock. She probably wouldn't even remember it.

[Redneck Socialist]

21. Sure did

In elementary school I took a header over the handle bars, busted my left arm and scraped my face up pretty good. The worst part of the whole experience was when I got to the hospital the nurse was prepping me for a shot and got rubbing alcohol in one of my many and extensive road burns. Owwwwieeeee! x(

[dsc]

22. I haven't

but the student I tutor just did a few days ago. Thus it is possible.

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. My cousin pitched over her handlebars and broke her front teeth.

[Oddman]

24. After the Segway incident

you'd think this boob would learn . . . Oh shucks I'm a dope . . .

[doubles]

25. Now I remeber, it was a Segway!

[Sparkly]

26. That picture just does me in

Seems he's trying to look cute. "I fell down and got a widdle pwesidential boo boo!" I can't stand it.

[Oddman]

27. LO - effin - L!!!!

that's it!

[Poiuyt]

28. I did

but I wasn't wearing a mouth guard like Bush was.

[seabeyond]

29. i could see going over the front

and not getting hands out to stop the fall, ergo face is the one that stops it

[Gregorian]

30. Yeah.

I recently did a really stupid thing. I got a cool bike with disc brakes. And just fifty feet from the end of my ride, I did a wheelstand. Except my brakes were a little better than I thought. No lasting damage, but nearly broke my jaw. I'm a very experienced rider, and I have learned to use my arms to keep from messing up myself.

But the thing that really bothers me is that Governor Bush is our acting president, and he's getting more bike riding in than I am. That SUCKS.

By the way, I'm just about ready to depart for Canada. I shouldn't talk about it, because it might not happen. But I am actively making plans. But that's not Bush. I just don't like America. Never have. But knowing that even a third of the country still supports Bush, has me wanting to flee for my life. I'm sickened beyond my ability to take it any longer. OK, there.

[SOteric]

31. No, but a friend of mine did, - while wearing a helmet

in a driveway yet. No, he wasn't drunk and yes he's usually a balanced indivdial. Got his trouser leg caught in the chain and fell, cutting a deep gash in his face on one of the metal outcroppings of the bike. It looked nothing like Bush's injuries.

[Fescue4u]

32. Yes, badly injured

Went over the handle bars, broke my jaw, cut my face and lost a few teeth.

Spent a couple days in the hospital and a summer with my jaw wired shut. I was around 14 or so.

Bush is dingaling, but there is no conspiracy here.

[Solon]

33. Yep, when I was 14.

Riding down the road on one hill, and then started to pedal up another, pretty steep grade up another street. Bike chain slipped off, lost control and the handlebars slammed to the right. Flipped clear over my bike, tried to put hands up to protect my face, no time to do that though, hit the pavement with my knuckles and my chin and slid 20 feet up a hill. Had a nice abrasion on my chin and my knuckes bones were exposed, also a slight scratch on my nose, good thing I had a helmut on, or else my entire face would have been torn off. Also had a nice dent in it from a rock on the road. Still have the scars on my knuckles, messed up part is that the doc said it didn't need stitches, that it would have made the scarring worse. It hurt like hell, but thankfully no permanent damage and no broken bones.

[BiggJawn]

35. No. Took 4 stitches in my leg from the chainring...

...but my face is still pretty, you won't find a scar,
Which proves that I am the GREATEST, by far!

I have sliced my leg open, bruised my testicles, torn chunks out of my hands, had to pull soybean stems from my knee,left hide behind on the asphalt...

And if you include my motorcycle mishaps, add concussions, sprained and broken ankles, seperated shoulders.....

[Kinkistyle]

36. I can't even imagine flying over the handlebars.

I do bicycle touring, which is different from downhill mountain-biking. But just the thought of going over my handlebars and doing a faceplant scares the crap outta me, even with a helmet. I expect the force of that fall would cause some MAJOR friggin injuries.

[Art_from_Ark]

58. Actually, I did that last year

As you undoubtedly know, bicycle riding is permitted on most Japanese sidewalks, but the curb between the sidewalk and the street at an intersection can be pretty high. Last year, as I was approaching such a curb, I pulled up on my handlebars to make it easier to go over it, but without warning my front wheel came off. Next thing I knew, I was on the cement, with the bicycle on top of me. My right side was all banged up, including my knee, hip, elbow, and right side of my forehead. But at least my chin was OK.

I average about one bicycle accident a year in this country, mostly from muck that covers some sidewalks after a rain. Except for the accident described above, my injuries have been confined to legs, hips, elbows and shoulders.

[Robbien]

37. No. When I came home with my cuts and bruses, my sisters and brothers

just laughed at me.

It is funny, why shouldn't we laugh? Bush fell down and went boom.

[SharonAnn]

38. Yes. Split lip. Scrapes and bruises on the side of my face.

Scrapes and bruises on my wrist, arm and elbow.

Not pretty. Had a rough time explaining it at work on Monday. Found out later that one of the guys in the group who didn't come in till late morning and missed the explanation, thought I was thye victim of Domestic Violence.

[Lou_C]

39. Did the handle bars fall off of his bike?

His abrasions are from someone kicking his ass and he is full of shit because he never fell off of a bike.

[Eye and Monkey]

40. Yes, I was "doored". Someone opened a car door right into me.

Endo. Small scar under one eye. Brush-burn across nose. The helmet took the brunt of the impact.

Wear a helmet, it's better than brain damage.

[takebackthewh]

41. I hit the road with the side of my head once.

Does that count?

Wrecked my helmet. But I couldn't complain. It did its job; saved me from spilling my brain.

[Andy_Stephenson]

42. Was there a witness to the whole event?

if not...and there is no video...I don't for a second believe he fell off a bike. Is there video?

What a peutz we have in junior.

[arwalden]

43. I Had To Have A Nostril Reattached

Let that be a lesson to you: Never ride a bike without plastic handle grips.

The bike had bare metal handlebars... I took a tumble and my nose crashed right onto the sharp bare metal which gouged out my nostril. Just a bit of tattered flesh hanging there for the doctor to reattach. Fun!

The scar is barely visible now.

-- Allen

[DS1]

44. Yeah, and I think that's where I got a scar running down

the side of my face, but you'd need to be up close or have a good picture to see it.

I've also had the first layer of skin ripped off both my forearms, major abrasions on my legs, almost broke my back hitting a tree sideways, had the wind taken out of me, landed on my face plenty of times.

But I'd do it all again :evilgrin:

[DoNotRefill]

45. Not a bike...

but I once face-planted myself while surfing. The sand cut an orange-sized patch of my hair off, and if I hadn't had my bullwhip on, I'd have most likely drowned. As it was, I almost drowned anyway.

[fortyfeetunder]

46. I know how to fall off a bike

First thing (before helmets were around) I always protect my head in a fall from a bike. Now, my arms, and legs look unladylike with all the scars I've had over the years.

As for the Chimp, there is nothing in the head to protect....

[Kickin_Donkey]

48. Sure ...

I was in college, and I was riding a ten-speed down a steep hill ON A CURVE. I took it too fast and had to lock up the brakes. I went over the handlebars. I was knocked out for a few seconds. Luckily, I only got a minor scrape on my chin, which bled a little; other than that, I was no worse for the wear. Played basketball that night.

49. Yep. Threw a chain, the bike instantly stopped, I instantly didn't.

I went straight over the handlebars, where I ingeniously stopped my fall by slamming my forehead and cheeck into the icy sidewalk, saving the rest of my fully winterized and well padded body from a few, slight, horribly minor injuries.

I now have a scar that runs through my left eyebrow, but only shows up when I make an exagerated angry face. This works well when I'm setting out to frighten small children, like my young sons.

[Hekate]

50. My teenage son's entire face had to be rebuilt

That happened 10 years ago and I still get sick if I think about it too much, so I won't go into details. He and his friends were jumping a dry creek with their mountain bikes -- I don't know how many times they did this dumb stunt, but he said that halfway into his last jump he knew it had gone wrong. It was so bad the first adult on scene fainted. His father (my ex) fainted when he saw our kid in the ICU the next day.

Thank God for plastic surgeons -- I have no idea how Dr G made my son look like himself again, even with scars; then there was the dental work; this all took multiple passes and office visits after the initial hospitalization.

Thank God for my husband's insurance -- even if Blue Cross had a clerk argue with the surgeon's office, he finally got paid. Blue Cross wanted to reimburse this miracle worker at the same rate as for a breast reduction! During the many times I was at Dr G's office with my son I saw a lot of pretty, perky ladies and all I could think was I hope this guy makes a million bucks because he deserves every penny.

Dubya should make sure to wear his bike helmet, just like his mother told him.

Hekate

[Red State Rebel]

56. Wow! I'm glad they got him fixed up..its amazing what they can do.

Sounds like a scary time!

[billyskank]

51. I split my head open falling off my bike once

when I was a kid. It's possible. You don't have to be Dubya to manage that.

[Hubert Flottz]

52. I've had lots or bike wrecks and never did a face crawl in one!

I never wore a smirk protector either! We ought to buy the idiot a Harley!

[KG]

55. it's called a 'face plant'

right over the handle bars. fortunate for me i just got a mouth full of grass, but it was scary.

[doni_georgia]

57. Actually, I have, hit a rock, and went over the handle bars - ouch!

Most people I know who have had facial injuries on bikes have gone over the handlebars. My best friend from childhood knocked out her front teeth when her brakes locked up on her ten speed and she went over the handle bars. It does happen.

[tinanator]

59. woke up in the hospital once, got hit by a truck another time, lousy rider

not once did I injure my face