So that's what fingernails are for...
I nearly chopped off one of my fingers while cutting onion tonight. :X
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On Mon 8th Sep 2008 @ 23:56, Katy said:
other uses include:
1. painting pretty colours
2. bogey extraction
3. scratching
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 00:13, Nellie said:
I have a pretty brutal scar and a loss of feeling in the tip of my left index finger from attempting to chop my finger off while cutting onions. My fingernails didn't even factor into the equation. You got lucky!
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 00:26, Aaron said:
4. Biting while nervous/bored
Please be careful in the future. I've almost had that happen to me and it scared me for a while.
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 00:45, Kaytlin said:
*envisions hand with long fingernails, one of them chopped off bluntly*
Well, that is one circumstance they can come in handy!
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 01:27, Stephanie said:
who needs biology when you can learn the functions of bodily systems in every day near-disasters?
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 01:57, Teesee said:
I did the same thing once (except it was cutting an apple and it was using a butter knife) - it still managed to chop off the good part of my nail off though.
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 03:35, Vickie said:
Or maybe we're just not meant to cut onions! :O
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 04:15, Caasi said:
I did this once too. Was pretty dumb considering I was using my husbands brand new chefs knife. Damn thing is able to cut through bone so I was pretty lucky. Now I just use the vegetable or paring knives
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 08:19, Jabed said:
Nope, they are for stapling and punching holes through, don't try it, bloody painful!
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 09:05, Mari said:
We were almost telling the tale of nine-fingered Jem and the peculiar-shaped onion in the food...
</botched LOTR reference>
Seriously, you got lucky.
I've stapled through the pad of my thumb before. That'll ruin your day.
On Tue 9th Sep 2008 @ 12:22, Mumblies said:
I too stapled my finger not long back, with an electric nail gun (Ouchie) so you have my sympathy Jem. To add to the comment "So that's what nails are for..." I think the answer has to be "To poke your eyes out with if you dare to make fun of my poor cut finger" hehe
On Wed 10th Sep 2008 @ 08:05, Dave said:
Eeesh, gives you that sickly feeling when you know you've almost cut something off, eh?! At least you're okay, though.
We recently bought an Onion Chopper which is a rather strange machine, but does the job okay. Alternatively just use a food processor (this requires less effort).
On Wed 10th Sep 2008 @ 14:47, Dizzy said:
That's creepy! O_O;;;
On Wed 10th Sep 2008 @ 15:47, Maggie said:
Hehe.. lol, I was actually expecting not such a short entry.. it amused me.
I cut two of my fingers a couple of weeks back.. damn, it hurt! And wouldn't stop bleeding!! T_T
Fingernails are indeed quite handy~
On Wed 10th Sep 2008 @ 16:58, Erin said:
Yikes. Being domesticated is totally dangerous work.
On Thu 18th Sep 2008 @ 01:05, Chris said:
I knew they had some purpose...
If only I had discovered it before biting all mine to stumps!