This is our household paper cutter.
This is my left thumb.
After 25 years of warnings to avoid each other, they finally just couldn't stay apart anymore. (Photo was the morning after.)
There I was innocently helping prepare our wedding announcements with Julie when I felt sudden and painful slice on my poor digit. I held onto it in my fist, afraid to look at the damage (honestly, I think the sight of a mangled body part is worse for me than actually feeling it), then finally examined it. A decent portion of my thumb was nearly severed, holding on by just one little edge. It didn't seem serious enough to seek medical attention, so I just clipped the fingernail off, folded the flap of skin back into place and put a good number of band-aids over it until it stopped bleeding. Really, in the end, I was more worried about the blood on my khaki shorts, which Julie was able to skillfully remove. I also hope that it's back to normal before mid-August, and that the nail grows back naturally.
I still can't find the newer, sliding paper-cutter, but I have a newfound respect for this one. You think it's an old, dull blade, but it still does its job.
This is my left thumb.
After 25 years of warnings to avoid each other, they finally just couldn't stay apart anymore. (Photo was the morning after.)
There I was innocently helping prepare our wedding announcements with Julie when I felt sudden and painful slice on my poor digit. I held onto it in my fist, afraid to look at the damage (honestly, I think the sight of a mangled body part is worse for me than actually feeling it), then finally examined it. A decent portion of my thumb was nearly severed, holding on by just one little edge. It didn't seem serious enough to seek medical attention, so I just clipped the fingernail off, folded the flap of skin back into place and put a good number of band-aids over it until it stopped bleeding. Really, in the end, I was more worried about the blood on my khaki shorts, which Julie was able to skillfully remove. I also hope that it's back to normal before mid-August, and that the nail grows back naturally.
I still can't find the newer, sliding paper-cutter, but I have a newfound respect for this one. You think it's an old, dull blade, but it still does its job.
You are gross for showing us your thumb. Mom needs a new cutter.
ReplyDeleteRespect the cuttah.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe this didn't happen to one of us sooner! That thing has been around my whole life. And it's still going strong, obviously. (Those slider ones are nonsense, though. Jonny bought me a cutter for Christmas a few years ago, similar to Mom's, but the blade is not so butcher-knife-like.)
ReplyDeleteGood work getting the blood out of the shorts, Julie. That is not easy!
eek! im glad thats not myyyy thumb! thanks for showing it though.. i love the gory things in life..you know me :)
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