"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2013-11-24 9:32 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:36:18 -0800, "Pico Rico"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> "Booz Allen" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Chopped Fingers casserole With Chef Giada De Laurentiis
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/24...ger-on-live-tv
>>>>>
>>>>> gobble gobble
>>>>
>>>> pass out? stitches? What a wuss.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Everything except discussing the cut was edited out by the time I
>>> watched it.
>>>
>>
>> I saw before and after pictures. The after picture was a finger with a
>> little bandage on it. The before picture showed the cut. Sure, I've cut
>> myself like that. Sure, it bled pretty good. (sure I felt stoopid) But
>> pass out? Stitches? What a wuss.
>>
>
> The last time I had a nasty cut I should have had stitches but I went to
> late. When I showed up the ER after noon the next day the nurse chastised
> me for not coming sooner, asking what made me think I didn't need stitches
> right away. I told her the truth. I had had two Manhattans so I could not
> drive, and I had a leg on lamb on the BBQ and I didn't want to waste it. I
> had put a nice tight bandage on it and the bleeding was under control. The
> doctor could not stitch it because it was too late. He put some sort of
> bandage on it and it healed better and with less scarring than if I had
> had stitches.

I don't understand the facination with stitches for most cuts.

>
>
> How do you try not to faint? It's not something most people can control.

yes, but the cause of the fainting determines the wuss factor.