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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
Thu May 24, 2012, 10:03 AM May 2012

Boys are gross! [View all]

I swear I feel light-headed just remembering this.

I came home last night to hubby with his middle and ring fingers taped together; an "anatomical splint" as he called it. Apparently a co-worker failed to secure a heavy piece of some doo-hickey and if rolled over and broke his middle finger. No, the damned fool didn't go to the hospital. Yes, the damned fool stayed and finished working for the day.

After the evening dishes were done I was in the living room when I heard him bellow in pain. I ran to the kitchen to see him holding his hand and blinking tears from his eyes. He had bumped his hand. I looked down and saw the finger (urp) skewed to the side (urp). Just then he grabbed it and pulled it back into place with a grunt and a wimper. I swear I heard bone on bone.

(urp)

The room started to spin and he had to catch me before I hit the floor. He put me on the couch and chuckled at my squeamishness as he wiped the tear from his eye. I wouldn't let him tough me with *that hand* for the rest of the night and he had great sport teasing me with it. Now the damned fool is off to work this morning as if nothing happened.

Boys are gross.

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Boys are gross! [View all] Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 OP
Gross, but brave! HappyMe May 2012 #1
Welcome to my world! Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #3
Aah, army medic! HappyMe May 2012 #6
Brave? My wife prefers the term "stupid fuckhead". HopeHoops May 2012 #4
I think I just realized why machismo is bad Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #8
It's amazing we make it past the age of ten. HopeHoops May 2012 #10
lol! HappyMe May 2012 #9
Shortly after I met her, I challenged a 6' Norwegian who ran 6 miles a day to a race. HopeHoops May 2012 #12
The room started to spin and he had to catch me before I hit the floor. seabeyond May 2012 #2
That's pretty urp-able as well. You know something? I'm a big baby and Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #5
Nothing wrong with that. HappyMe May 2012 #14
[guyperspective]Its just a finger.[/guyperspective] aikoaiko May 2012 #7
My daughter got into trouble in fourth grade when she brought this book in. rug May 2012 #11
And it starts early, too! pipi_k May 2012 #13
Check to make sure his tetanus shots are up to date - sounds like hedgehog May 2012 #15
no puncture, no tetanus quakerboy May 2012 #21
I'm thinking ahead to the next time he has an "incident"! hedgehog May 2012 #22
around here we are pretty much the OPPOSITE of your stereotype (seriously, you almost fainted?) Kali May 2012 #16
" barely swat flies" what a hoot. i broke more windows trying to kill flies seabeyond May 2012 #25
I'd badange myself up with rags and duct tape and keep on working. Kaleva May 2012 #17
I had a high school football coach,,,, benld74 May 2012 #18
Um, sorry, but that is absolutely idiotic from a legal standpoint. Denninmi May 2012 #19
now, now, don't mess up a good fantasy with facts and common sense. Tuesday Afternoon May 2012 #26
This. Brickbat May 2012 #29
no it's girls that are gross! mysuzuki2 May 2012 #20
This thread makes me question my manhood quakerboy May 2012 #23
my husband is gross in an entirely different way fizzgig May 2012 #24
You play football, you see all kinds of weird things happen to fingers WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #27
I asked him about this Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #28
Now he's going to have to ask you to pull a different finger. retread May 2012 #30
Finger? Bah. Chan790 May 2012 #31
Ouch! blueamy66 May 2012 #32
Aww fingers break all the time, if they were important we wouldn't have so many of them. 4th law of robotics May 2012 #33
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