Best Answer - Chosen by Asker I broke my collar bone falling out of a tree when I was eight, and broke my ankle badly in a car crash aged eighteen. The ankle's permanently swollen and I can predict wet weather with it - which isn't much compensation really! Other Answers (14) When I was about 5 or 6 I broke my collarbone wrestling in the park It seems I hit it on a tree stump. I couldn't sit myself up or anything for 2 months and had to wear something called a figure 8 brace for that time. It looks like a thick pair of suspenders and is really annoying to wear especially in the summer. Aged 9 - got run over - broken collarbone, arm, splintered hip and broken leg (both bones) not to mention other internal injuries Aged 13 - fell off horse - broken other collarbone Aged 39 - fell over whilst ice skating - broke elbows! Clumsy or what - now behaving more like my age, and touching wood, not broken anything for quite a few years now...! But hey, I had fun, the pain does not last forever and I would not go back and do it differently - ie I would not like a childhood wrapped in cotton wool, the only way to learn is through your own mistakes - and I certainly made a few of those... When I was eight, I wanted to get to the bus stop in time, so