mrquackers

Yoshi and I had an interesting Monday night...

The plan was simple: String the Christmas tree we'd bought Sunday with lights. When I checked the stand, though, it didn't appear the tree had taken in too much water. The store had cut it for us, but I figured it must have resealed itself with sap. "No problem: I'll just cut the end off again," I said.

After hauling the tree outside and removing it from the stand, I took two inches off the bottom - then got too clever for my own good. We'd had to remove several branches to get it to fit in the stand, so I figured I'd trim the 'nubs' that were left there and the tree would absorb even more water. Good idea. Bad execution.

Halfway into the first cut, the saw - a rusty, dirty bow saw, I should add - slipped and I ended up sawing my hand, right at the knuckles at the base of my fingers. A grisly three-plus inch gash that cut quite deep and jagged. One trip to the ER, five stiches, one Tetnus shot and a prescription for 30 Percocet later, I was back at home. The lights never got strung.

There's a whole laugh-out-loud story in this about the ER itself, but typing is kind of painful now and that would make this post dangerously long, so I'll pose a question instead.

Am I the only holiday klutz out there? Or has anyone else inadvertantly sent themselves to the hospital from trying to get in the spirit?

-Quackers (who used to type a WHOLE lot faster)

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