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So that’s what fingernails are for…

I nearly chopped off one of my fingers while cutting onion tonight. :X

Sep 8th, 08 @ 22:37 · Funny

16 comments on “So that’s what fingernails are for…”

On September 8th, 08 @ 11:56 pm, Katy wrote:
other uses include:

1. painting pretty colours
2. bogey extraction
3. scratching
On September 9th, 08 @ 12:13 am, Nellie wrote:
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 September 9th, 08 @ 12:26 am, Aaron wrote:
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 September 9th, 08 @ 12:45 am, Kaytlin wrote:
*envisions hand with long fingernails, one of them chopped off bluntly*
Well, that is one circumstance they can come in handy!
On September 9th, 08 @ 1:27 am, Stephanie wrote:
who needs biology when you can learn the functions of bodily systems in every day near-disasters?
On September 9th, 08 @ 1:57 am, Teesee wrote:
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 September 9th, 08 @ 3:35 am, Vickie wrote:
Or maybe we’re just not meant to cut onions! :O
On September 9th, 08 @ 4:15 am, Caasi wrote:
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 September 9th, 08 @ 8:19 am, Jabed wrote:
Nope, they are for stapling and punching holes through, don’t try it, bloody painful!
On September 9th, 08 @ 9:05 am, Mari wrote:
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 September 9th, 08 @ 12:22 pm, Mumblies wrote:
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 September 10th, 08 @ 8:05 am, Dave wrote:
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 September 10th, 08 @ 2:47 pm, Dizzy wrote:
That’s creepy! O_O;;;
On September 10th, 08 @ 3:47 pm, Maggie wrote:
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 September 10th, 08 @ 4:58 pm, Erin wrote:
Yikes. Being domesticated is totally dangerous work.
On September 18th, 08 @ 1:05 am, Chris wrote:
I knew they had some purpose…
If only I had discovered it before biting all mine to stumps!

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