[Houdini]

I just chopped the tip of my left thumb off (3mm of flesh under the skin) w/ a Chinese chopper!

Ha ha!

B O S S !! 

[GCW]

I'm sorry mate, but I find that quite amusing.  But only 'cos it's you 

[Houdini]

Don't  worry, I'm in high spirits also.  Zee frau not so, he he!



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[GCW]

What has a picture of your cock in a hat got to do with anything?   

I've had various cuts and burns.  Nothing hugely amusing I'm afraid.

[LucyB]

'Him indoors' once chopped some fiery chillis, then forgot about it, got in the shower and washed his bits....

 

[tommytwotone]

Yowser.

My favorite is chopping chillis and then taking my contacts out. That smarts a bit.

[Houdini]

Always found hashish on the tips plus contact removal tough.

[Paul B]

'Him indoors' once chopped some fiery chillis, then forgot about it, got in the shower and washed his bits....

 

 

[dave]

I once badly cut my thumb opening a tin of corned beef.

[lagerstarfish]

'Him indoors' once chopped some fiery chillis, then forgot about it, got in the shower and washed his bits....

 

I did a similar thing. 1999 in a gite near Font. Crumbled up some dried chillies whilst cooking. After putting the food on to cook, I went for a wee. A few minutes later a warm sensation on my "old man" was become more and more uncomfortable. I realised straight away what I had done and jumped into the shower - this didn't work, the burning kept getting worse; in fact I was making it worse due to all the chili acid still on my fingers - the warm water seemed to hurt it even more. I had proper red, angry looking burn marks which were starting to scare me. I next tried standing with my burning organ in a glass of cold water - it still hurt a lot and was still getting worse. Finally, as I was thinking about getting proper medical help and trying to work out how to explain the situation in french, the then Mrs Starfish managed to fight through the floods of tears that were accompanying her howls of laughter and suggest that I use a pot of yogurt to sooth the pain - so I ended up standing there naked (from being in the shower) with my genitals submerged in a pot of yogurt (Danone Activia, plain), but so relieved that the very scary burning pain was finally going away that I didn't mind the pointing and screaming/laughing that I was subjected to for the next hour or so.
I haven't made the same mistake since.

[Houdini]

Best cooking injury must be disturbing the logs underneath a pan of fat n' bangers 30 years ago in Cub Scouts; it toppled on my hand affording said appendage a delightful Stay Puft Marshmallow Man look.

I've done the chilli thang too, though I was savvy enough to get it in a glass of milk pronto.  Hot water must've killed.

Yet to inspect the mess under the thumbs dressing . . .   Maybe tonite.  Felt kinda strange throwing a bit of nail and flesh in the bin . . .

[Jaspersharpe]

Yowser.

My favorite is chopping chillis and then taking my contacts out. That smarts a bit.

Fuck me. The memory of that pain still makes me shudder. 

[SA Chris]

Yowser.

My favorite is chopping chillis and then taking my contacts out. That smarts a bit.

Bin there done that. How many people have scars on their arms and hands from brning them when takign stuff out the oven?

Something in dairy products (the lactose maybe?) neutralises whatever it is in chillis and curries that makes them hot? Why you put yoghurt in curries and drink lhassi. ( I think I learned that form an Iain Banks Novel?)

[Houdini]

Never considered just how useful my thumb was till now.  Using a fork is a chore 

[Jaspersharpe]

Never considered just how useful my thumb was till now.  Using a fork is a chore 

Now you know how we evolved from the apes. 

[lagerstarfish]

Never considered just how useful my thumb was till now.  Using a fork is a chore 

Is there a separate Powerball league for similarly injured heroes?

[Houdini]

Sending it west:  The guy on this vid was also injured by a Chinese chopper.  It's not work safe, it's not home safe.  It's fucking horrific.  He was a thief who got caught on the job.

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RE: Powerball, nah it's me left thumb tip.  It's fine, not a A & E job.  A mentally handicapped league might be a good idea though . . .  I chop my fingers regularly . . .  

[Houdini]

Seriously Doc's.

How does one treat a slicing injury?  Just removed the wadding from it, obviously it tore the scabby interface & my hand is above my head to stop it bleeding.  Yes, it 'kin hurt.  I'm keeping it in the open-air for a bit till all the blood has coagulated then I'll dress it again.  But what do you put on it?  I really didn't enjoy taking the last dressing off, even after soaking.

[Houdini]

I've got expensive antibiotic gel (Tyrosaur - cetylpyridiniumchlorid) which I'll smear on the fresh dressing.  I'd really like to keep the wound dry, but the gel will make it juicy again 

[slackline]

But what do you put on it?

fatdoc's Stump cream 

More seriously, that doesn't look or sound comfortable, hope it heals soon.  My bro did something similar a few years back, not sure if he lopped off quite so much, but it was sizeable chunk missing from his finger tip.  Didn't get as deep as the bone, and it all grew back (eventually).

And that video is très nasty

[Houdini]

Wish I had an E1 11 . . .

[Houdini]

Sitting here now, looking at the blood on a wound slowly coagulate . . .   Oskar the hamster in his cage but feet away . . .  Thinking about all the hamsters that we used at University (their blood, taken from the sub-ocular sinus with a hypodermic syringe - sometimes they never recovered) so that I could do research into the action of a liver fluke on the process of fibrinolysis:  breaking down blot clots . . .  Maybe this is karma?

[lagerstarfish]

I've got expensive antibiotic gel (Tyrosaur - cetylpyridiniumchlorid) which I'll smear on the fresh dressing.  I'd really like to keep the wound dry, but the gel will make it juicy again 

When I lost a big chunk of hand in Thailand (falling off a cliff into the sea trying to escape from curious sea snakes whilst fishing on my own miles from anywhere) I bought some antiseptic powder that kept the wound dry and free from infection - don't know what it was called, but it did the trick.

[Jaspersharpe]

When I lost a big chunk of hand in Thailand (falling off a cliff into the sea trying to escape from curious sea snakes whilst fishing on my own miles from anywhere)

Sorry mate but to me that's an even funnier mental image than the cock in yoghurt story. 

[Houdini]

Sea snakes have the most potent venom on Earth. 

Yes I know the powder.  I've just smeared over the clot w/ antibacterial gel.  It's weird comparing thumbs...  I nearly chopped the fucking thing off!  Ha!

 

(Note to self, drinky poos after cooking not before)

[lagerstarfish]

When I lost a big chunk of hand in Thailand (falling off a cliff into the sea trying to escape from curious sea snakes whilst fishing on my own miles from anywhere)

Sorry mate but to me that's an even funnier mental image than the cock in yoghurt story. 

I will probably told you that story before, but most likley we were both very drunk etc.

[Jaspersharpe]

Expect so. The good thing is you can tell me it again and neither of us will remember. 

[lagerstarfish]

Wish I had an E1 11 . . .

do I win £5 ?

[Houdini]

You get to kiss it better    Tis but a scratch!

[lagerstarfish]

I've seen worse injuries from playing video games 

[Houdini]

Shut up!  Shut up!  It's the angle of photo!  Shut up!   It's very ouch!  

[SA Chris]

If you haven't got antiseptic powder, use chalk. It's known for its healing properties

[Houdini]

I'm off to the apoteke! 

[lagerstarfish]

I'm off to the apoteke! 

What?! In your condition! By your self? Is that wise?

Who's a brave little soldier? 

[Houdini]

You're right, what was I thinking?!

*calls ambulance*

[lagerstarfish]

If the ambulance crew won't take the risk of having you in their vehicle, I can lend you the money for a taxi.

[Houdini]

No need.

I'm writing this from an air ambulance.  Never been in a chopper before!  Woooooo Woirlyboids!   I'm booked in to see a world famous plastic surgeon in Lichtenstein.  He's confident he can save the hand!

[lagerstarfish]

He is a man, barely alive. We can rebuild him. We have the technology!

[Houdini]

Looks great, hope it's good on crimps 

[lagerstarfish]

There is always the option of a toe graft...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Eel-bites-off-divers-thumbgets-replaced-by-toe

The first 3 mins are pretty dull, but the rest is very relevant

[Houdini]

Man that is just *shudder* yuk!

[lagerstarfish]

How is it now? 

[Bubba]

'Him indoors' once chopped some fiery chillis, then forgot about it, got in the shower and washed his bits....

I've been there - was cooking some Thai for my parents when i nipped upstairs for a piss. Used wrong hand. Bad idea.

I spent the next 20 mins crouched in the bath with a wet flannel around my todge and Ms Bubba spraying my member with the cold showerhead whilst my parents roared with laughter downstairs....

That's a nasty finger Houd, get well soon!

[meatball]

I've had a very similar incident with ralgex. Spent the next 5 hours in hostpital. Bubba, i know where your comming from!!

[Houdini]

Oh the thumb is fine!  In the end it was a cunning combination of antibacterial powder and good old elastoplast that did the job. 

Cheers for the powder tip.  When I chopped myself infront of Fraudini I was all:  Pah, it's just a scratch! (Rather like the Knight in Holy Grail who is quadra-stumped.)  So I just wrapped it in some stuff from the medicine cabinet (and got on w/ the cooking) unfortunately this was absorbent wadding and had to be soaked then ripped-off *bites fist* next day    So great!

Means I can't go swimming though    Really must learn to chop stuff properly and w/ something smaller than a cleaver.  It's quite lucky really as it's very sharp and w/ the force I chop w/ it would've taken the bone . . .

Another plus is that Fraudini doesn't moan about my wine drinking and asks if it feels any better today.  I intend to milk this fully, in fact I'm off to the wine shop immediately 

[adam p]

Not cooking injury, but kitchen......wiping work surface after a hangover fry up on sailing boat last summer.

I managed to rip out my thumb nail, spent the next three days dosed to my eyeballs on paramol (to be recommended) and beer, with thumb bandaged, taped and shoved firmly into sailing glove to staunch blood....

this was taken ten days later after tape holding it down fell off during a nasty sprag went wrong...that hurt too...

...was going to post a thumbnail {yeah, i know} but hey here's the full size pics

[Paz]

Have you still got it adam - you could invert your thumb and draw eyes and a nose on your  tip and put on a fucked up puppet show.

Houdini I scraped off my whole fingertip (off Satin) once.  I think you want to go to a nurse/ doctor, but it sound like that's what you've done.  To be honest that's just more helpful than essential.  If it doesn't get infected and you keep it clean, then like Tom Hanks said in Dragnet `Kids, it'll grow back'.

Chilli eyes, yes, you only make that mistake once.  The most amusing cooking injury I ever did was when I tried to impatiently separate out a pair of frozen beef burgers by stabbing the gap with a sharp knife.  the knife went through one of the burgers and into the palm of my hand. Then get this, it went out again, then back in again, so it was like stitched into my hand!  Thankfully it was only a skin deep injury.

[adam p]

Have you still got it adam - you could invert your thumb and draw eyes and a nose on your  tip and put on a fucked up puppet show.

hahaha, would've been be great! next time...and i post the pic....

once got frustrated trying to remove the stone from a less than ripe avocado with a blunt spoon.....so sensibly got a big knife instead to lever it out....managed to jab down, skim round the stone and veer off at speed straight through the webbing between first and second fingers of avocado-holding hand....went down about three quarters of a centimetre....hurt like f&*% but managed to get plenty of ghoulish kicks showing people before nurse stuck the stitches in....

[Houdini]

That thumb pic is just horrid!  I bet that hurt so very fucking much.   It grew back OK?

Paz - No, I nursed myself.  No Doctors.  Doctors cost €30 a visit for me and I know how to put a plaster on.

[adam p]

yeah, cut it right back and a new one grew underneath and the old bit fell off....all fine now...freakishly, several girls in the office, once they'd got over the ugliness, seemed to take an ongoing interest in its demise and regrowth...

[Houdini]

Ha!


I did it again tonite!


Kept my nail this time.  So great!

*note to self - listen to your previous note to selfs*

[slackline]

Ha!


I did it again tonite!


Kept my nail this time.  So great!

*note to self - listen to your previous note to selfs*

How's the original healing up?

[Houdini]

Sliced the same spot, but left a flapper this time.  Glued it down straight away; it might stay there if I'm lucky.

[Jaspersharpe]

It's a good job you're not actually doing any climbing at the moment. With that in mind, should you not be posting on cocktalk? 

[Houdini]

I've done 4 years work in the last decade, Sunbeam.   

[Jaspersharpe]

I'm sure that statement would get some interesting outraged replies there. How come you aren't climbing anyhow? Is it just the lack of local facilities or are you not Rad and Syked?

Is that number going to keep increasing until my reply makes no sense at all?

[Houdini]

Both.

[philo]

in font i opened a carton of orange with a knife (to cut the top)
slipped a little bit and managed to take a slice of finger with it.
painful for the rest of the trip unless i was crimping and pressuring it hah!

[Jaspersharpe]

A good reason to crimp hard, all the time, as if one was needed.