DevilsAdvocate
6th November 2010, 12:37 AM
We have all seen cartoons where some crazy critter bops another critter on the head with a mallet and a long, throbbing bump grows out of the bopped critter’s head. It is a carton standard, but we never seem to see such a thing in real life or even think about what sort of medical condition these cartoons are representing.
I happen to have just such an actual bump on my head, but I don’t know what it is. I do know what caused it.
I was about 9 o r10 years old. My mother took me and some other kids to swimming lessons at an area high school. One week, after the swimming lesson, we were particularly rambunctious. This was about 6 or 7 boys. As we got close tot the entrance of the school, we started snapping towels at each other. The entrance had about six doors across. The entrance used what I call “weather lock” doors (I don’t know the actual term) where it had 6 exterior doors, then a space of about 15 feet, followed by another 6 interior doors (so that interior heating/air conditioning is not lost). The exterior doors were always closed, but for some reason the interior doors were always kept open.
We were getting a bit wild. We were snapping towels at each other. I got a few kids good. Then they ganged up on me. I was running backwards to get away from them but still be able to snap back. They got the advantage and I was getting close to the doors, so I decide to turn and run out the doors. It turned out I was already at the doors.
When I turned to run, I ran head first right into a door frame. I hit my forehead hard. Everything went black, but it was probably just for few moments. I fell back, onto the ground, and went into convulsions and started flopping around. I remember my mother telling me to stop joking around. I wasn’t joking, but I couldn’t speak. Eventually (it seemed like forever, but was probably only a few seconds) some of the kids helped me up.
I don’t remember feeling any pain. I was a bit dazed, but didn’t feel injured. The next morning I had a nice lump on my forehead.
I still have that lump. It has never been a problem. It is about an inch tall and a half inch wide. It doesn’t stick out much. It happens to be right where my skull has a natural curve, so it blends in. Nobody has ever commented on it, even though I have a habit of rubbing it. People probably just think I’m in deep thought. Actually I’m thinking, “What is this bump on my head?”
So, after all these decades, I actually want to know:
What is this bump on my head? :confused:
I happen to have just such an actual bump on my head, but I don’t know what it is. I do know what caused it.
I was about 9 o r10 years old. My mother took me and some other kids to swimming lessons at an area high school. One week, after the swimming lesson, we were particularly rambunctious. This was about 6 or 7 boys. As we got close tot the entrance of the school, we started snapping towels at each other. The entrance had about six doors across. The entrance used what I call “weather lock” doors (I don’t know the actual term) where it had 6 exterior doors, then a space of about 15 feet, followed by another 6 interior doors (so that interior heating/air conditioning is not lost). The exterior doors were always closed, but for some reason the interior doors were always kept open.
We were getting a bit wild. We were snapping towels at each other. I got a few kids good. Then they ganged up on me. I was running backwards to get away from them but still be able to snap back. They got the advantage and I was getting close to the doors, so I decide to turn and run out the doors. It turned out I was already at the doors.
When I turned to run, I ran head first right into a door frame. I hit my forehead hard. Everything went black, but it was probably just for few moments. I fell back, onto the ground, and went into convulsions and started flopping around. I remember my mother telling me to stop joking around. I wasn’t joking, but I couldn’t speak. Eventually (it seemed like forever, but was probably only a few seconds) some of the kids helped me up.
I don’t remember feeling any pain. I was a bit dazed, but didn’t feel injured. The next morning I had a nice lump on my forehead.
I still have that lump. It has never been a problem. It is about an inch tall and a half inch wide. It doesn’t stick out much. It happens to be right where my skull has a natural curve, so it blends in. Nobody has ever commented on it, even though I have a habit of rubbing it. People probably just think I’m in deep thought. Actually I’m thinking, “What is this bump on my head?”
So, after all these decades, I actually want to know:
What is this bump on my head? :confused: