"maxine in ri" > wrote in message
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> My DH, the energizer bunny, was home alone Saturday afternoon while DD
> was at the mall (where else do teens ever go?) and I was checking up
> on my Mom's house.
>
> We come back, and DD walks in the door after a trip to the hardware
> store, with a large bandage on his ring finger.
>
> "Y'know that kitchen knife I keep really, really, sharp?" he asks me
> after I just stared at his bandaged digit.
>
> More staring, so he continues "Well, I was slicing up some salad
> stuff, and it slipped. Good thing we live one block from the
> emergency clinic. By the way, the doctor told me not to get this wet,
> so you get to do the dishes."
>
> I had no problem with this, glad that my nearly beloved still has all
> his fingers. For his shower (don't get it wet, said the doctor) we
> wrapped his hand in a gallon storage bag.
>
> He did try to clean things up, but the places where blood flies when
> someone is panicking, are ingenious. Took me 2 hours to find it all
> and wipe it down.
>
> The stitches come out today. I'm debating what to do with the table
> saw downstairs....
>
> maxine in ri
>

You should go on TLC.com and look at those life lessons statuettes they sell
(yes, they really do have them for sale, it's not just a prop for the
commericial) and get him the one with the guy and two bandaged stumps. A
'nice' little reminder for the next gift giving occassion.
-ginny