Did those happen while visiting blue states?
:D

So, you have one finger that's missing a piece? Cool! I had a film teacher who was missing a couple of fingers. (Bottle rocket accident.) It was kind of funky when you shook his hand. But I always thought it looked neat.

Ralphie's uncle just cut off four of his fingers. They reattached them. They're all kinda facing funky directions though. (Table saw.)

Where did the other finger get to?


You sound more and more like a member of my farming family. I have many cousins that have had odd, dismembering injuries caused by farm equipment, guns and other thing I don't come in contact with very often. My Great Grandfaterh had both legs cut off after slipping on gravel and sliding under train wheels. He bled to death.

Ooh, did they let you keep the finger piece, Leo?
That would be cool.

I also forgot to mention that Ralphie's dad had his finger cut off while camping when he was a kid. (Firewood chopping accident.) They were in the middle of nowhere so his father sewed his finger back on with fishing line. How intense is that? Yikes.

My nose....once on the back of a girls head (no, I will not provide details), twice by my currently 12 year old daughter when she inadvertantly head butted me, twice as a basketball player, and twice in practice as a basketball coach.

I'm not missing that much of my finger. Not really noticable. It's the middle finger on my right hand. Most of the pad is gone and it required a skin graft (happened when I was 15), so in dry weather it can crack and bleed and be a pain in the butt.

Table saw? Ick.. I still remember in shop class in 7th grade the song "Shake Hands with Danger" on the safety video on he first day.

"Shake hands with danger
Buckle up and say hello
He shook hands with danger
That's why they call him three-finger Joe."

Truth? It'll gross you out. I did it while working in a meat market of a grocery store while in HS. Who knows who ended up ingesting it in a bite of hamburger.

I know this is bad, but my office is wondering why I am laughing so hard...
:D

I'm planning on painting closets this weekend, maybe starting on a bathroom or two. Not so much potential for limb severage, but perhaps I'll manage to fall off the ladder and break something.

Love it. Reminds me of my favorite Burma-Shave ad:

He lit a match
to check the tank.
That's why they call him
"Skinless Frank"
Burma Shave

Dagburn.
I missed my 3000th post.
Oh well.
:D

Damn! 3000!