One time on Usenet, Dave Smith > said:
> Little Malice wrote:
>
> > Argh! I sliced into the side of my left middle finger Saturday,
> > using a dull knife (my first mistake) to cut up a green pepper.
> > And it still hurts and I can't type worth a damn. There, I've
> > whined it out of my system... ;-)
>
> The last time I gave blood the nurse kept asking if I was okay. I
> told her that I had lost more blood cooking dinner. Last summer I
> cut myself right to the bone on my left index finger. The next
> afternoon when I meandered down to the ER to get it stitched the
> nurse gave me a blast for not coming in the night before. I has a
> leg of lamb on the BBQ and a bottle of wine open, and they were
> more tempting that sitting in the ER for a few hours on a nice
> summer night. They ended up not stitching it because it was too
> late. I just kept it tightly bandaged and I think it healed better
> than a similar booboo that was stitched.

Oooh, dude! This is giving me the willies just reading about
it. You remind me of my Dad -- he won't go to the hospital unless
someone drags him there. :-)

> If you think cuts are bad, wait until you get a nasty burn.

Unfortunately, I've had a few nasty 2nd degree burns, although
my biggest one wasn't cooking related...

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"Little Malice" is Jani in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~