My stupid accident of the week, hopefully for the WHOLE YEAR!!!

[FishermanTim]

I was oiling the hinges of my trust old swiss army knife, and I forgot that I had opened up the smaller of the two knife blades.
As I proceeded to oil the scissors and pliers, they sprung into the locked "open" position, causing the body of the knife and the small blade to jump forward. The smaller blade, not bing the one I use, was still "factory sharp" and proceeded to slice though the meat of my middle finger.

Bottom line: 6 stitches and 2 weeks of NO Fishing.

What kills me was that I was prepping the knife so I could head out for some afternoon/evening kayak fishing. Now I have to wait a couple of weeks. Fortunately, I missed doing any damage to the nerves & tendons.

Now I have to live this down at the next family get together.

[justplugit]

Don't beat yourself up about it FT, your not stupid, stuff happens to all of us.

[Raven]

yep a similar thing happened to me with a brand new swiss knife
minus the stitches....tho

one evening , i hurried to the office to get a pen or pencil to write with
because i needed to copy something down on friggan TV

as i left the office still in a hurry my big toe accidentally hooked around an unframed sheet of mirror glass...and slid right up the edge....and i didn't feel a thing

i had drank around 4 beers by then (11:00 pm) when i drank allot...
and at first I thought something had spilled on the kitchen floor
hearing squish, squish,until i looked back and saw red foot prints...

i felt like a real Bozo at the ER -> since i cut it to the bone.