While traveling by car thru the beautiful south island of New Zealand, my traveling partner and I stopped in a little town of about 300 people for the night. Checked into one of those small motor lodges.

The bathroom was kinda small, and after completing #2, I reached down to pull up my pants and get off the toilet at the same time. Unfortunately, the towel rack was really close to the toilet, and i somehow managed to knock my head against the end of the towel rack, making a loud noise. "No problem, just a bump on the head," I thought, until a huge stream of blood started dripping down my chin. Eventually I bled enough to soak a wash cloth. I had a large gash about an inch long across the top of my head. My travel partner phoned the hotel staff, who informed us that the nearest hospital was a 2 hour drive away. I started to think of all the bad things that could happen.... I turned out to be OK, but the worst part was explaining to the hotel staff exactly why the bathroom & toilet was all bloody. The next day everyone asked why I was wearing a bandage on my head. "Well, I bumped my head while getting of the toilet you know, just a minor scratch...."

So now after I go bald I'm going to have a huge Harry Potter like scar on the front of my head thanks to that stupid toilet somewhere in New Zealand. I think I'll change my story to "This one time in New Zealand I wanted to try bungy jumping...." instead!



[This message has been edited by csakamoto (edited Dec 13, 2003).]