My cousin stepped up onto the back of a sofa when she was about 10 years old. Her mother was darning socks (yea afew decades ago). She had been told to quit jumping around on the furniture. My aunt used the sofa as a pin cushion when darning while watching her soaps. Forgot about the needle and cousin lept onto the couch and rammed that darning needle through the middle of the foot right in front of the heal. The needle only had about 1 1/2' of thread on the end. Only a small bit of thread was sticking out. They pulled on the thread and only the thread came out. Yep to the ER and surgery to remove the needle. She had nerve damage and was never able to pursue her dancing career. Cousin was old enough to know better but to this day she blames everyone else if things don't go her way. Oh well!