I just accidentally whacked myself in the most sensitive of male areas with my printer's USB cable

[Amerigo Vespucci]

I have to have the printer on the opposite wall of my office, so when I want to print, I have to pull out the USB cable and attach it to my PC.

But when I pulled up the cable tonight It sprang up like some unholy coiled spring from hell and the metal end whacked me square in the family jewels.

OUCH.

:cry:

I'm sensing there are a number of people on DU who will find this amusing and some form of Karma for my posts. They are WRONG.

:rofl:

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. It amazes me how a hit from something so innocent looking...

can cause such heartache!

Hope it passes soon...I feel your pain.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. dude, heartache?

you have some weird anatomy :D

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. Yeah, so far the heart checks out OK. The pain is mainly in the testicles.

That was my favorite song in My Fair Lady, too. THE IRONY!

:rofl:

[Flaxbee]

2. ya gotta be careful, yanking cords out of the wall.

I don't have those particular kinds of family jewels to worry about, but I damn near blinded myself doing that, yanking a vacuum cleaner cord out of the wall. It came at me super-fast and hit me on the cheekbone (nice bruise, too). I felt extremely stupid afterward for doing something like that.

Sorry 'bout that.

[Fumesucker]

3. How in the hell did a USB cable whack your ego?

;)

:hi:

[TroglodyteScholar]

12. I cannot believe someone beat me to this joke!

:yourock:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. Did it happen like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC1cNLOmurQ

[edbermac]

5. Wear a cup next time!

Surfing the net can be dangerous!

[Skittles]

6. scheduling Amerigo Vespucci for ass kicking

EGREGIOUS

[snagglepuss]

7. What 's the treatment plan? Heat pak? cold pak? Liniment? Herbal bath?

:freak:

[Odin2005]

8. OUCH!!!

:wow:

[JohnnyLib2]

9. "Trauma to the Groin" Haywood Banks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EJm_AQ_VQ

[old mark]

10. Try NOT to do that.....nt

[Orsino]

11. Right in the ego?

Ouch.

[TroglodyteScholar]

13. I love the fact that both of the people who made this joke are in Atlanta...

I started to post the same thing, but stopped when I saw it had already been said. I'm not from Atlanta, but I lived in Macon for about 10 years. What is it about us that made this joke come so naturally?? Maybe our Mommas raised us right? Hahah....

[AwakeAtLast]

16. Double cringe when you realize

you did NOT get it on video, therefore robbing you of the Grand Prize on "America's Funniest Videos". ;)

Seriously, sorry you had to go through that! :hug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

18. It would have been entertaining, too...

...I actually did say "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" when it happened.

:rofl:

[Iggo]

17. Heheheh...you said 'whack'...heheheh.

[pokerfan]

19. Yeah well, my cat swatted me there once

ProTip: When toweling yourself off, make sure the cat isn't perched on anything groin height, like the toilet.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. If they get their claws stuck in something they just keep yanking until they're free

Just sayin'...

:rofl:

[pokerfan]

23. Yeah, I used to think declawing was cruel... (nt)

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

21. Could have been worse

Some printers still use DB 25 parallel cables, which are much heavier.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. Yeah, I got off easy this time

:scared:

:rofl:

:toast: