Stubbed Toe

Every damn time, but then, I have a potty mouth. However, according to science, swearing does increase pain tolerance. In a study done by Richard Stephens, 64 undergrads stuck their hands in ice cold water while saying a swear word of their choosing. Then they stuck their hands in ice water while saying a normal word. Turns out the participants lasted longer when they were allowed to swear. Interestingly, the women lasted the longest when they swore. No one yet knows why this is. But for those three people left on earth who don't swear; next time you stub your toe feel free to let the profanity spew forth! http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2009/07/swe aring_increases_pain_tolerance.php

Absolutely! Watching my father stub a toe, taught me to respect certain words before I knew their meanings.

I defy the most puritan of people to keep the expetives to "Oww" when you hit the leg of the bed in the middle of night, getting up to go to the toilet.

I've done it more than once, and the fierce profanity that comes out of my mouth at that moment in time is almost instinctive. If my late grandmother were still around, she wouldn't be able to find a bar of soap big enough to rinse my mouth out with.

I think this one warrants more of an "arrgh" than the use of a profanity unless of course you're so used to swearing that it becomes replaced naturally with a "curse" word. Personally I stick with the "arrgh!" on the few occasions I've stubbed my toe.

I always yell out a big 'fuck' when I stub my toe. I seem to do it all too frequently.

I think this is the natural reaction to a stubbed toe. Even a person who prides themselves on a clean mouth is likely to yell out something close to the limit of what their personal morals will allow.

Especially if it's the little one. I was listening to David Stein on the way home from work last night, and as he put it any time your little toe gets into a battle with the corner of the wall the corner of the wall wins. If you can bang your toe and not spew forth a curse word, you have far more control than I do.

It's almost impossible not to swear or at least scream something unintelligible when you stub your toe. Unexpected pain almost always causes some sort of vocal reaction before you have time to think about it.

I've dropped the F bomb over this...

ANYONE who can refrain from swearing after stubbing a toe should be canonized.

Stubbing a toe or hurting myself in other ways would probably bring on some cuss words. it seems to be a quick reaction from me. Not a good thing of course, does not help to ease the pain but i still would let a few curse words fly when injured.

It's absolute given that you must use profanity when you stub your toe, especially the little one. The pain causes your whole body to convulse when you are rolling around on the floor and therefore profanity is always necessary.

One incident (this will be R-rated at best) about 6 years ago, I was sitting in my recliner, my wife needed to vacuum, so I got up (barefoot), grabbed the back of the recliner (don't try this at home) and lifted and pulled the recliner to my right. Not quite high enough. The profanity dance that I did that night, to the shrieking laughter of my wife, who was immensely sympathetic but uncontrollably amused, left me absolutely speechless other than the blue streak. I iced it, I took Advli, I pounded the floor, I even tried more profanity, nothing helped. To this day, I still look twice before I sneak up on that recliner.

Hurting yourself, is really the only real reason I could see for cursing. I'd be using profanity too if I stubbed my toe.

I curse alot when I stub my toe, it hurts and it's painful.

Might elicit a curse from me, but at least the pain is over with quickly.

This probably draws a damn if I am in a good mood, and an F-Bomb if it's been a bad day.

Whenever you stub your toe swearing comes out automaticly (few exceptions). There has been countless occasions when I've stubbed my toe (I admit it I'm a klutz) and have sworn, in front of my parents and everything.

Stubbing one's toe hurts like heck. I think profanity automatically comes out, except in CTVFan's case.

Even though I don't cuss everytime I do this, I have cried a heck of alot....groan...

I've done this a good number of times. It would piss me off because it's always after I wake up. If ClassicTVFan ever stubs his toe on the edge of a mirror (like I have) and gets a rather large gash on his toe then he'd might understand why a person would swear. But he's like Ned Flanders, he could lose a thumb in a metal shear and just say, Gee Gosh Golly Darn while blood pours out the open wound.

Don't you people think before you react? Come on, I've NEVER cussed after stubbing a toe (even the little ones!) Some of my best created words and phrases have come out of personal injury. :)

No question about it. I've stubbed my toe a good many times, and some nasty words have came out of my mouth because of it.

Yep! I knew this was gonna be #1 before I even looked. And what's almost as bad is that second or so of waiting right after you stub it, just before the real pain hits.

Oh yeah, I swear everytime this happens.

I stubbed my toe last night--it's all bruised right now, and it hurts. Really bad. Someone asked why I was limping at work, and I told them that I stubbed my toe and it hurts like a b!@#$. I don't think there's any other way to describe how much it hurts.