The american meaning of hoe is different to the British, here its just a garden implement.
as long as it's not a rake to the face
been there, done that, don't wanna do it again
October 2017
yes, this really happens in real life, not just in cartoons, IF YOU'RE DUMB ENOUGH!
busy Saturday, lots of errands & some yard work. hastily leaned my rake against our fence. I remembered saying to myself don't leave it facing out like that, take the time to turn it around (but I didn't)
then much later, after tons of other stuff, just after dark, I was rushing again to finish up the yard work & hastily reached for a tarp & stepped on the rake, then WHACK!
right in my face (on the bridge of my cheek) just missing my eye
go ahead & laugh, it's OK, I was OK, albeit quite embarrassed. funny tho, that ppl didn't ask about the black eye. Lord only knows what they thought ...
hurt like an SOB! really dazed me! shocked, I immediately felt my face to see if my eye was intact. I saw the brown wooden handle just before it hit me, so my eye was open & looking right at it. wobbled inside & found a bag of frozen corn (which by the way, is not nearly as good as frozen peas) laid down & texted Wifey while holding the bag over 1/2 my face, which she didn't read. she got home & asked "what's wrong with you"? the bruise wasn't that bad (at the time) so she wasn't that shocked. I quickly realized my eye didn't need the frozen bag, cold eyeball! so I kept it lower. I think if I didn't work Sunday & rested with on/off ice packs as recommend for bruises like this, the bruising wouldn't have gotten so bad. but Wifey was like, "it's not bad, go to work" ... lol