Oh man Nib, finger stories.
End of the day, tired, and i was trimmin shrubs with a commercial two sided clipper. It slipped, and clipped the top off my left ring finger. Figured they could sew it up at emergi care. They gave me a bottle of saline,told me to find the top and take it to the hospital. Couldn't find it in all the clippings so went home to get help from my wife to look for it. Very quietly i said," no big deal, i cut the top of my finger off and need help finding it." She looked like someone threw a pail of white paint on her face. Both of us looked with no luck.
Ended up with a skin graft and you would hardly know.
