My pedal building is going to go slow. Got myself an injury.

[OD is Glorious]

I was chopping frozen tater tots in half with a knife. Don’t ask why I was doing that. Anyway, I cut the entire tip of my thumb off down to the bone. Just got out of the ER. I imagine if I was a farmer I would’ve just rubbed some dirt on it.

The guy said it’s probably gonna die and fall off, but he threw six stitches in it anyway.

 

[owlexifry]

yeah that's a bummer.

but for a bit of perspective, it would appear you've built more pedals in the last three months than i did in all of 2025.

you'll catch up in no time

 

[joelorigo]

Sorry about that. Hopefully it will heal up nicely.

 

[Aentons]

I gotta ask... frozen,really?

 

[falco_femoralis]

Ouch. That sucks. Take Tylenol + Advil together. Good luck when you go to wash it.

 

[BuddytheReow]

I had a similar incident with a table saw (no tater tots, though). Fortunately for me the piece of thumb grew back. The next week is going to suck realizing how much stuff you do with your thumb. Hope it heals quickly.

 

[HamishR]

I had two uncles who had lost fingers to table saws. I have a saw stop table saw. I don't wanna lose any fingers. Although if it could shave off some arthritis I wouldn't mind.

 

[tegendemuur]

I was chopping frozen tater tots in half with a knife. Don’t ask why I was doing that. Anyway, I cut the entire tip of my thumb off down to the bone. Just got out of the ER. I imagine if I was a farmer I would’ve just rubbed some dirt on it.

The guy said it’s probably gonna die and fall off, but he threw six stitches in it anyway.

Your grandkids are not gonna be all that impressed by this scar story of grandpa.

 

[OD is Glorious]

I had two uncles who had lost fingers to table saws. I have a saw stop table saw. I don't wanna lose any fingers. Although if it could shave off some arthritis I wouldn't mind.

Oddly enough I cut this thumb to the bone on a table saw back in 1982.

 

[OD is Glorious]

I got pictures but I did not want to stun anyone. lol

 

[HamishR]

Your grandkids are not gonna be all that impressed by this scar story of grandpa.

The good thing about scars is that you can make up any story you like about them. No, tater tots don't sound very impressive. But fighting off a great white does.

 

[pricklyrobot]

 

[Feral Feline]

Wishing you a Speedy recovery.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

Skin is a remarkable organ. Yup, it's considered an organ. I have a picture somewhere when I slipped on a dog chew bone in the dark while running to the bathroom and landed on a decorative heavy glass square vase filled with fake flowers with my forearm. About quarter of an inch deep and three inches long.

Had to hold it really tight to prevent bleeding (squirting) out until the next door neighbor arrived with a tourniquet.

Cool scar!!! But it healed nicely.

Decorations replaced with faux ceramic...

I NEVER go into a dark room anymore.

 

[OD is Glorious]

Skin is a remarkable organ. Yup, it's considered an organ. I have a picture somewhere when I slipped on a dog chew bone in the dark while running to the bathroom and landed on a decorative heavy glass square vase filled with fake flowers with my forearm. About quarter of an inch deep and three inches long.

Had to hold it really tight to prevent bleeding (squirting) out until the next door neighbor arrived with a tourniquet.

Cool scar!!! But it healed nicely.

Decorations replaced with faux ceramic...

I NEVER go into a dark room anymore.

It is remarkable. We try to avoid things that are dangerous like but if we put it on our skin it is getting in our body. Glad your injury healed up. Mine happened Wednesday and I refused to look at it until today. It surprised me that it did not look dead. They are going to check it out tomorrow.

 

[HamishR]

Skin is a remarkable organ. Yup, it's considered an organ. I have a picture somewhere when I slipped on a dog chew bone in the dark while running to the bathroom and landed on a decorative heavy glass square vase filled with fake flowers with my forearm. About quarter of an inch deep and three inches long.

Had to hold it really tight to prevent bleeding (squirting) out until the next door neighbor arrived with a tourniquet.

Cool scar!!! But it healed nicely.

Decorations replaced with faux ceramic...

I NEVER go into a dark room anymore.

That used to be something I did daily as a photographer shooting on film. My darkroom is now a storeroom. I don't miss spending hours in a darkroom!

 

[RetiredUnit1]

That used to be something I did daily as a photographer shooting on film. My darkroom is now a storeroom. I don't miss spending hours in a darkroom!

I finally threw away my color enlarger last year…

 

[itstimtime]

I work at a bar and sliced the corner of my left thumb while cutting fruit. Hope you heal up soon!

 

[tegendemuur]

It is remarkable. We try to avoid things that are dangerous like but if we put it on our skin it is getting in our body. Glad your injury healed up. Mine happened Wednesday and I refused to look at it until today. It surprised me that it did not look dead. They are going to check it out tomorrow.

And? And? And?

 

[tegendemuur]

I wasn't allowed to use box cutters anymore during craft class in elementary school. Kept cutting myself. That never really changed... I never outgrew clumsiness. Must be why I like slapstick so much. Relatable.

With dodgeball being frowned upon these days, I suppose learning how to not cut yourself isn't being taught at schools these days either? Mothers who let their kids help out in the kitchen cutting veggies and such are devilish child haters.