Got a gash above my eyebrow from my scope...what to tell co-workers?

[tlatoani]

Goofed up and let the scope slam into my sunglasses (yes, protective) and my forehead. Got a nice gash right above my eyebrow. What can I tell my coworkers? I am in a new office and I don't want to tell them that I go shooting quite yet. No, I'm not embarrassed or anything, but it's a new office so I am not going to bring it up yet. Someday I'll try to convert a few. This is crazy Illinois and some of them are very liberal.

I just got a promotion so I'm trying to look good, and now I have a goofy scab on my forehead! I'm thinking one of my kids hit me with a football while I wasn't looking. Other ideas?

 

[shaggy430]

???

 

[twofifty]

Just say "You should see the other guy..."
and leave it at that.

 

[pbearperry]

Tell them you walked into the end of a pipe.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Tell them you got lippy with the wife?

 

[Loosedhorse]

You were shampooing a friend's cat when suddenly...

You can later use the vicious cat angle to explain to people why you decided you need a gun. When you feel the time is right, I mean.

 

[Redlg155]

Tell the truth and celebrate your manhood! Better yet, gnaw on some primal cut of meat..preferably with a bone, and recite the story of how you got your badge of courage shooting the .577 T Rex!

I would personally omit any mention of shooting a lesser caliber.

 

[WC145]

"I was looking through this key hole and...."

 

[Carter]

If you have kids, blame it on them. They are hurtful little buggers. Yet still lovable.

 

[16shells]

Tell them you ran into the corner of a fireplace mantle while rescuing a small child from a burning building. Or maybe while tackling the guy you saw stealing a purse from an elderly blind woman.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

Tell them a Cessna did it. They'll be too confused to notice it's the wrong shape.

 

[Hong Kong]

Tell em the truth. It was your first time firing a high power scoped rifle. With what you said about the office you win both ways. If they're gun friendly they'll be happy your getting into the sport. If they're anti gun, it will enforce their guns are evil ideas.

 

[Danb1215]

Tell them you over cooked the roast.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

A bar fight...ftw.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Tell them that you accidentaly got hit with a picket sign at a protest rally for more gun control.

 

[tlatoani]

LOL, you guys are funnier than I had realized!

 

[wankerjake]

I'd be more embarrassed (cause scope bite shouldn't happen) than worried about what they think of me for shooting. After all, it's completely legal and wholesome. I mean, if they don't like what you do in your free time then they can go kick rocks, right?

Anyway I'd blame it on my kids I guess if I was going to lie, but I think you're lying for the wrong reasons. Tuck that rifle into your shoulder bro, and get a full sight picture!

 

[Stumpknocker]

You were peacefully protesting at a Tea Party rally and some of Sarah Palin's goons jumped you. I mean c'mon, if you're gonna lie, might as well make it a whopper!

 

[The-Reaver]

My mommy always said " the truth will set you free "

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

Be honest. Tell them its one of the oldest clubs of them all. The "Order of the Half Moon"!

 

[1911fan]

Tell 'em it's a beer-drinking injury. You were speed drinking and the glass slipped!

ed

 

[Bigkrackers]

First rule of Fight Club: you don't talk about Fight Club.

 

[fallingbird]

You fell.

 

[357 Terms]

You were protesting with PETA in front of a KFC and someone hit you with a half eaten chicken.

 

[Purgatory]

A bar fight...ftw.

CS beat me to it.

See, this way they'll assume you're way too much of a drunk to take part in any activity as immoral as shooting firearms for cryin out loud.