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At a gig last night whilst finishing off a routine at a table with In A Flash I sustained a rather nasty flash paper burn to my little finger.

Altogether....ahhhhhhh

I should have put the deck on the table rather than holding it in my hand, the flash paper opened out a bit and then slid on top of my finger as I lit it.

It constitutes my first magic injury.

I was wondering what other injuries people has sustained whilst performing or practicing?

I managed to drive a 2 of Clubs into my little finger once when doing a bullet deal. Not sure how it cut my finger though!

I also got hit by a car once while trying to do my famous 'Trying to stop a car with my spine' effect.....

Not technically practicing but I cut myself with a knife while making a gimmick. Also while practicing cigarette tricks I tried to throw a cigarette into my mouth and hit myself in the eye - not really an injury though.

Also not technicallt an injury but bloody painful never-the-less was the first attempt at needle thru arm when I decided not to shave my arm first. If you dont know how the effect works then please if you dont try it remove hair first! OUUuuuch

When i first bought flash paper afew years ago i was working on some productions using it and burned all the hairs off the back of my hand, What a smell

Ages ago I bought one of those electrically operated wands which fire pellets of flash paper and flash wool - very spectacular stuff. I bought the double firing version so that if one end didn't work I could turn it around and have a second chance. The first time I used it in an amateur dramatic production (don't ask!) I pressed the wrong button and fired the thing up my sleeve resulting in a singed arm, minor burns and a badly scorched shirt sleeve. I've never used the thing since!

I sliced my thumb open on an metal appearing Cane.

Not exactly an injury on me but my cousin and his mate came round to help me move and one of them said can you throw a card. So instead of doing work we were throwing cards about the house and i threw one and it hit the door and bounced back and hit my cousins mate in the eye. Luckily he was ok but here is a very good reason you shouldnt throw cards around.

I twisted my ankle on a deck of cards once

Came home from a night out, wearing silly heels. One of my decks must have fallen onto the floor which I trod on and turned my ankle.

Not really caused by magic, but the best I can do.

i bruised the center of my palm a nice purple while praticing the muscle pass one too many times in a day

i got quite a nasty paper cut whilst reading karl fulve's self-working paper magic...the irony stung more than the cut though...

iv got a pinch mark on my hand from the mosnter bertha from over a month ago and it is still there

I once got a pair of Micro 5's too close together... with my finger in the middle!

I twisted my ankle on a deck of cards once

Came home from a night out, wearing silly heels. One of my decks must have fallen onto the floor which I trod on and turned my ankle.

I've heard rumours that this has happened to Mandrake on more than one occasion Alledgedly

I've only hurt my pride.