Sitting in the emergency room right now (Yet another update with more pics!)

[jman19]

That never stopped anyone from posting here before.

Some of the best posts on this forum were probably made under the influence...

 

[MJinZ]

How are you typing this.

 

[dfuze]

I don't know what's more shocking, that it happened or that you are posting during the process.

Seriously, good luck, I hope they can reattach it for you.

 

[BoomerD]

I know someone who lost a finger and they sewed it back on. You should be fine if you put it on ice and went right away; especially if the knife was sharp and it was a clean cut. I broke my finger this month so it seems like this is not a good month for fingers.

I put a semicolon in there Boomer. I good?

No, a semi-colon isn't proper in that usage. A comma would have been correct.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm

Use a semicolon [ ; ]

* to help sort out a monster list:
There were citizens from Bangor, Maine; Hartford, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Newport, Rhode Island.
OR
We had four professors on our committee: Peter Wursthorn, Professor of Mathematics; Ronald Pepin, Professor of English; Cynthia Greenblatt, Professor of Education; and Nada Light, Professor of Nursing.

* to separate closely related independent clauses:
My grandmother seldom goes to bed this early; she's afraid she'll miss out on something.

The semicolon allows the writer to imply a relationship between nicely balanced ideas without actually stating that relationship. (Instead of saying because my grandmother is afraid she'll miss out on something, we have implied the because. Thus the reader is involved in the development of an idea—a clever, subliminal way of engaging the reader's attention.)

It is rare, but certainly possible, that you will want a semicolon to separate two independent clauses even when those two independent clauses are connected by a coordinating conjunction. This is especially true when the independent clauses are complex or lengthy and when there are commas within those independent clauses. You might consider breaking those two independent clauses into separate sentences when this happens.


For a semi-colon to be correct, both parts of the sentence so joined should be complete sentences, capable of standing on their own.




Since the OP has posted pics...I can say that it's not as funny as originally thought...well, not quite as funny anyway. (gotta hurt like a motherfucker!)

 

[dfuze]

From what I heard (glad I didn't experience it) you don't really "feel" it until the adrenaline wears off. Hope they give you plenty of painkillers when it does wear off.

Curious, what are you going to do about the cat? Lock it in a room when using sharp knives?

 

[Imp]

Good luck...

Almost glad that mom only ever allowed us to use serated steak knives that couldn't cut anything unless you really want to. Honestly, I can run them across my hand, lightly, with no fear of a scratch.

 

[HumblePie]

I am posting from my phone and it certainly hurts like a motherfucker.

 

[Schfifty Five]

ew...did not need to see that pic haha.

 

[KK]

I'd think I'd find a nice wheelie bin for that stupid cat.

 

[Pliablemoose]

+1 for not posting a "Should I go to the ER thread"

Sorry about your finger, cats hate us and plot our deaths daily

 

[zCypher]

I'd think I'd find a nice wheelie bin for that stupid cat.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Ok seriously. OP needs Hardcore Member title change stat!

 

[BoomerD]

Ok seriously. OP needs Hardcore Member title change stat!

Nah...hardcore would have been grabbing the Super Glue and sticking it back on himself...

 

[highland145]

Just read the thread start to finish and I have tears running down my face.


Oh,sorry about your finger, Humble. Was it a ceramic knife?

 

[Slew Foot]

Stupid cat.

Hope your hand heals well, if not, try playing baseball.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Brown

 

[dfuze]

When are you scheduled for surgery?

 

[brxndxn]

I once was cutting a coconut in half (a huge one) with a surgical steel insanely sharp dive knife.. (stupid.. I know.. I was like 14 or so) It was on a dock. All of a sudden, a pelican landed right behind me and clapped its beak. It probby wanted food..

It startled the freaking crap out of me and I ripped the dive knife out of the coconut and pulled the serrated edge across my hand.. Still have a 1" scar.. it cut about 1'4" deep.. gross.. Worst I've ever been cut.

But you.. you cut your own finger off.. craziness..

Hope it heals okay!

 

[IronWing]

Still have a 1" scar.. it cut about 1'4" deep.. gross.. Worst I've ever been cut.

You must be a pretty big fella. Ouch.

 

[BoomerD]

Have we been syringered? It's been 4 hours since the OP's last post...

Originally Posted by brxndxn
Still have a 1" scar.. it cut about 1'4" deep.. gross.. Worst I've ever been cut.

You must be a pretty big fella. Ouch.

ROFL...

 

[HumblePie]

When are you scheduled for surgery?

Monday morning at 8am.


I've had a friend here today helping me out and I've been napping most of the day on pain meds.

Here are the knives I own.

The one I was using was the 5th one up from the bottom I think. Very sharp knives. It was such a clean cut that it looked exactly like a cross-section like for a microscope or the image from an MRI.

It has definitely not been a fun day for me.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Jealous of that knife collection, brah.

 

[thescreensavers]

man your lucky you cut it all the way through or you would be bleeding tons more.

So they have your finger on ice or something? I dont get why they dont attach it right away.

 

[Number1]

Was it painful when you first cut it?
Will you regain feelings in the tip?
Anyway, good luck.

 

[Jeff7]

better hope a John Wayne Bobbit isn't in the same O.R....or you might get a penis finger

That'd make it interesting if he'd offer to finger-fuck someone in the future.

I can't believe it's not sex!®

 

[edro]

http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php