*slip* OW!!!

[lordlundar]

So, I did something stupid last night. I was going to cut up some English cucumbers to prep them for a small salad for this morning. Slight problem, they are individually shrink-wrapped. So I get my knife wiggled in under the wrapping pretty deep.

Did I mention it is a chef's knife?

Did I mention it is a new and very sharp chef's knife.

Needless to say, when the blade got in enough to actually cut the plastic, it did so very quickly.

Too quickly in fact. No resistance caused the knife to go really quick. Into the side of my thumb about an 1/8" deep.

I have it bandaged now and some antiseptic on it (Zam-buk. If you can find it, buy it!) so it's mostly sealed and healing. Still hurts though.

[tropicsgoddess]

Owwww that's gotta hurt.

[lordlundar]

yar, and tonight I went and nearly burned my other hand.

Allow me to explain. We were having steak tonight for supper (really good ones too) and I wanted to cook them over our fire pit. We had an abundance of firewood (see here why) so I got cooking. I let the wood get to embers for cooking and put out potatoes on (diced with margarine and seasonings, yum!) and cooked those over the coals. Before I dealt with the meat, I put some more wood on with the same intent of cooking over the embers. Impatience did me in.

My family was getting hungry so I had to put the meat on while the wood was still burning. First two went on fine, but the last one I tried to put on from the wrong angle. Where the wood was still burning.

Singed the hair on my hand pretty well. Thank goodness for active pain receptors and a quick reflex.


For the life of me I can't figure it out. I am NOT this clumsy.

[gremcint]

For the life of me I can't figure it out. I am NOT this clumsy.

Ever seen final destination?