Turns out a cotton swab can bring down a 300 pound man:
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 3 — The oddest injury of the season so far was sustained by linebacker Chase Blackburn, who was bumped by a reporter in the crowded postgame locker room Sunday as he cleaned his ear with a cotton swab.
The swab nearly ruptured Blackburn’s ear drum, and it was painful enough to drop Blackburn to the floor. He said he lost hearing in the ear, which bled, but doctors expect it to slowly return.
Blackburn is 6'3" and weighs 247 pounds. A cotton swab weighs maybe an ounce and varies in length; let's say the average is three inches.
But add a reporter to the mix and BAM!
It sounds (no pun intended) like it must've hurt something awful. I'm carrying cotton swabs with me from now on, just in case I get mugged.
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