This is a scar that I have on my right calf that I got while trying to ride my death machine of a bicycle home from a friends house. I got this bike for about $15 which I would now describe as, "suspiciously inexpensive" and, of course, it was so cheap for a reason. It was missing a pedal on one side, the chain was constantly detaching, and the handle bars would not stay stationary which isn't something I thought I'd have to think about when buying a bike but now I know. Anyway, I was riding my bike home and the chain pops out. Now usually this would be no big deal but I was coming down on my pedal and in an attempt to regain my balance I grabbed onto the handle bars which gave way pretty much immediately. The pedal rocketed around its usually cycle at an ungodly speed and the exposed metal bar that was made to hold the other pedal whipped around and pierced my leg in what I can only imagine is the lamest impalement story in the history of UT. Because of this I usually tell people who ask about it that I got it while I was doing a consultation for a dog training client, it works pretty much every time and my acquaintances can about their day thinking that I'm not a total idiot.
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