Unwashed Village
General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: BlueCross on February 24, 2014, 06:08:46 PM
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So I decided to remedy that.
I don't mean 'mildly stupid' like mis-aligning the buttons on your shirt, or 'annoyingly stupid' like locking your keys in your car. No, I mean blindingly stupid.
Did I mention that I take great pride in how sharp I keep my knives? In case you missed the memo, I do.
This nice doggie toy I just bought for Sophie had a rather tough plastic tie-wrap holding on one of the tags. So did I grab some scissors or wire cutters? Of course not; why use those specifically designed items for the task at hand when I have a nice sharp knife which is handy for all kinds of fun things.
I'm struggling a bit with cutting the tie wrap (it was unusually thick) with my frighteningly sharp knife and I'm thinking this "This is really dumb. If you're not careful, you'll----".
Oops.
"I need a band-aid!!"
No. A band-aid would not suffice.
"I need a butterfly stitch!"
And, in the words of the urgent care clinic doctor "You were going to butterfly that??"
Anyway, I was surprised you could get nine stitches all in the last joint of your index finger.
It was a good thing the knife was pointed away from me or I would have given myself an appendectomy.
I'd supply pictures but this is a family forum. Sort of.
And on a more graphical note, I actually felt the knife hit the bone during my self-inflicted surgery. And I managed to nick my middle finger at the same time but that didn't even require a band-aid.
OK, stupid quota filled for the year.
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At least it was a "useful item" you were opening? I did a similar thing with a bottle of soda and didnt go to the hospital.
But glad to hear it's been appropriately stitched up and healing
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I'm glad you were smart enough to cut away from you, or it might have been much worse.
Glad to hear its healing though.
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A couple of rules that have kept me alive (so far):
1. ALWAYS cut away from you.
2. NEVER point a gun (any gun: 'real' gun, toy gun, whatever gun) at anyone ever even in jest.
2a corollary: NEVER allow anyone to point a gun (any gun) at you.
3. Avoid funny smelling or funny looking food.
4. Don't drunk when droving.
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3. Avoid funny smelling or funny looking food.
What is your stance on Lindburger cheese?
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3. Avoid funny smelling or funny looking food.
What is your stance on Lindburger cheese?
Ten foot poles come to mind.
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3. Avoid funny smelling or funny looking food.
What is your stance on Lindburger cheese?
Lindburger is a restaurant. Limburger is a cheese.
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Hoopy, please!
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I used to spend about a week cutting my fingers whenever I bought a new leatherman not on purpose just through stupidity and a reckless disregard for clean surfaces.
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Does your fingertip tingle?
'cause that's what mine does where there's nerve damage.
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Does your fingertip tingle?
'cause that's what mine does where there's nerve damage.
No, not really. I cut through the top of my finger, and I think there are fewer nerves there.
But the end joint of the finger has a nice purplish hue still. Very pretty.
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No stitches so far but more then a few minor bloody scratches.
Weasel with a full tang stainless steel scimitar may be incredibly stupid yet :D
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Putting some thought into it, I realized I have cut myself more often then not while either working on cars, or on guns, or other sundry mechanical items rather then with knives, or other traditionaly sharp objects and that seems rather silly in retrospect. I suppose I'm lucky at finding edges where their shouldn't be edges. Lol that or I'm just far more careful with edged items after almost removing my thumb back in the day :lol:
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There was once a time where most of the computer repairs that came out of PC world in Aberdeen were genetically traceable to me, the cases were so sharp I ended up having multiple cuts and I'm sure there were spots I didn't see.
Oddly the best cases were patriot ones, thick steel, rounded edges and just nice to work on, that attention to detail was crucial in a product that spent more time on my repair bench than the owners desk.
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You know, every computer case I've ever dealt with is full of sharp edges aswell! Always wondered if I was just "lucky" on that front :laugh:
Its like they sharpen them!
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I gave up on buying cheap cases, spending the £20 it cost to step up from a case you could use in a knife fight was more than worth it to me.
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agreed, a good computer case is worth it, even if its more expensive. If I ever get around to having a real computer put together again I don't plan on skimping on the case this time.
Although..... computer case death match sounds awesome.
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I have to agree with you Desolo that does sound entertaining.
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Now if only we could have office workers fighting with computer cases while the old star trek kirk battle music was going in the background it would be PERFECT. :laugh:
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Just invite IT most will have the music as a ring tone. They can also bring a supply of maces, better known as ball mice that they use to play mouse conkers.
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Anyone else ever seen "The IT Crowd"? This would have made a perfect episode of that :laugh:
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Some of the funniest TV I've ever seen and pretty representative of working in IT. It's generally a little more busy in a real IT department though, this week has been crazy busy at work.
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Due to the magic of hulu/netflix I never would have known of that shows existence, gotta admit I would imagine moss as the one swingling the mouse-flail about :laugh:
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I once did something similar, except I didn't point the knife away from myself.
I tried to cut through one of those security tags on a DVD case, using a table knife, it slipped and rammed into my stomach. It was pretty blunt, so it just bounced off but still, I'm pretty glad that I didn't use anything sharper or else it would have ended in tears...
And lots of blood...
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Always point the knife towards your eye, how else will you see it if it slips.
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Having lived a life in a family where if a knife isn't sharp, one sharpens the ever loving piss out of it, we were taught to be as careful as possible, but of course accidents happen.
But one does have to wonder: how many times has a kitchen knife with a REALLY bad edge actually saved someone from getting slashed? Lol. Cause I've seen it happen much as hanged man has.
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I grew up with table knives that had a bit of serration on the blades, tiny tiny little teeth, no slip with any sharp knife regardless of how deep has ever hurt like the jagged abrazo-cuts those things gave.
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Ahhh the micro serreated knives.... those are handy, never had any around in my younger days.
Those seem to be becoming more common lately. I've never seen anyone (or been able to figure out how some one would) sharpen those.... yet they never seem to need it.
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But one does have to wonder: how many times has a kitchen knife with a REALLY bad edge actually saved someone from getting slashed? Lol. Cause I've seen it happen much as hanged man has.
The problem with that thinking is dull knives are more apt to cause accidents because it requires more force to get them to do what you want them to.
And a cut from a sharp knife, while more apt to go deep, is going to be cleaner. Which means it'll be easier to treat and easier to prevent infection in (so it's cleaner in that sense of the word as well).
I'd rather have a razor sharp knife than a dull one any day.
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Yes, I was lucky (sort of) that my knife was really sharp. None of the flesh tore or ripped away; just a straight, clean (and deep) cut. Healed nicely and I'll have a great looking scar which, I admit, would have looked better slashing down my cheek rather than on my left index finger but hey... I'll go with what I got.
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Hoppy, that second paragraph read like an extract from the 'stabbers handbook: a technical explanation of stabbing techniques and consequences', good work.
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*strut*