Light bulb moment

[threadwalker]

My burns are small and on the right index finger and thumb (amazing how much pain a small burn can generate! It felt like entire thumb and finger last night). They have turned into a mix of ooky blisters and melted/scarred flesh in the pattern of the ring of the skewer (neat!). I keep fiddling with the non-blister part... it's "weird"...

But I have GREAT news: Reasons why being burned/scarred on your fingers is a "win":

1. Constant Boo Boo kisses from the family!

2. Unique finger prints. No one will ever be able to pin the crime on me. (likewise, I will need to get some false finger tips for any life of crime I was thinking of)

3. With enough scarring, I'll have asbestos fingers... I'll be able to pick things up from the hot grill without fear!!!

4. After the scars settle down, I'll never need another thimble for hand work!

Go me!

Edit
More neat:
when I line up the injuries from both fingers, they meet because they were holding the same skewer. I can feel the pulse in both at the same time... It's totally weird and spoooky!!!!! So I'm walking around gently placing them together and smirking like a weirdo. heh... who knew it would be so entertaining!

Comments

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

Man, you really did it good, didn't you?

[barone-antonio.livejournal.com]

Hate to rain on your parade... as to #2, remember, it only takes a partial print to ID someone via finger prints. As such, I'd put aside those plans to become a cat-burglar!!! As for the Boo Boo kisses... that's still a "win."

I am constantly amazed that it takes me so long to realize that something is burning my hand. I remember being quicker on the draw when I was younger, but now, I seem to constantly be at risk in terms of cooking. Guess I'm getting old.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

darn.. there goes my mid-life crisis and my plan to steal an RV and someone else's credit cards to hit the road and irresponsibly buy fabric fraudulently....

I'll just have to have the regular ol' mid-life crisis with my own credit cards and my Volvo.

as for "getting old"... maybe you're just immune to the little pains in life because you're that much tougher... it takes more to get through to you. Which totally works for me, too. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Getting old... you're telling me.

[barone-antonio.livejournal.com]

Do we really have time for a mid-life crisis? I'm thinking... NOT! Life is too busy and we have too many responsibilities, passions and interests.

By the way, after fighting in last weekend's war, I really need to work on conditioning. In terms of the heat, I was exhausted. As one gets older, one must become smarter! In this case... smarter means, getting into condition before you decide to mix it up in the afternoon heat.

Re: Getting old... you're telling me.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

good plan. As you get older, the consequences of shocking your body with physical exertion can be a lot more severe. Must plan and take care of your health.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. You managed to burn yourself on one of the most sensitive spots of your body. You always were an over-achiever. :-)

I burned my finger on a stove once, very badly. It didn't hurt because the nerves were killed right away, but it sure smelled delicious. Roasted long pig, yum.

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! I did that once when I was 10. I picked up the wrong end of a fireplace poker that had just been used. My hand turned black and got very disgusting before it started to heal. I was so embarrassed that I'd done something so stupid, that I didn't tell my mom until it was quite infected. Very, very gross! ..and yes, it did smell like roasted meat at first. Not so nice later though.

[catagon3.livejournal.com]

The time I didn't want to tell my mom I'd hurt myself doing something stupid was when I stuck the post-BBQ skewer into my foot. I was 5 and I decided to tell her my little brother did it "because he's too little to get in trouble for it". It's the first time I can remember reasoning something out.

I can't believe you managed to hide it that long!

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

It was inside the palm of my hand, and I was the one in charge of the house while she earned the living, so she really gave me orders more than asking questions, other than "Why isn't this or that job done?".

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

It doesn't take many years to learn how to be embarrassed. I'm always ashamed of the people who do that sort of thing to children (deliberately embarrass them) just for fun. (Think Art Linkletter and Kids Say the Darnedest Things.)

[catagon3.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that. Don't do it the night before a midterm. Very painful to be writing for two hours while trying to avoid the blisters.

Hope the skewer had yummy food on it!

[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

Please to be telling more of the stuff you think about and don't usually tell anyone? Often highly amusing, and certainly validating to at least my own weirdnesses. =)

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

Don't go for #3 - you wouldn't be able to tell if you have a needle in your hand without looking, which would make handwork really, really difficult.

Enjoy the kisses from family and heal up nicely instead.