How I Sprained My Thumb

People love stories. Since injuring my hand, I found that people request stories even more when they see someone wearing a cast.

My recent injury was mundane. My thumb caught on a blanket and declined to keep moving with the rest of my body, resulting in a sprain. It hurts, it is annoying, but it is tolerable. After informing a coworker of how it happened, he responded with "what a boring story!"

A bit miffed and a bit amused, I decided then that my story would change with each request. Below are two of my favorite on-the-fly stories I shared.

Ok, so I might have taken some inspiration from HG Wells' War of the Worlds for this particular story!

Next time you need a better story to spice up the mundane, you may also find inspriation from a beloved author's work. Though if you don't have the time to launch into a fully detailed narrative with your curious friend, here's some one-liners:

• Playing fetch with my pet dinosaur
• Arm wrestling championship, you should see the other guy
• Fell into a pit of enthusiastic puppies while wearing a tug-rope outfit for a costume party
• Trying to swat at a bug, but it took my fly swatter and chased me around the room!
• My nephew is a werewolf and got a little too excited when we played 'Hunter and Prey'
• My daughter didn't like it when I 'took her nose' and decided to forcefully take it back

Read more by Catie Baldridge