Damn hedge clippers

**\m/** · 25th July 2011, 00:11

That's what I meant, just could'nt be bothered searching.

**Banditbandit** · 25th July 2011, 09:30

Originally Posted by nathanwhite

So I was out trimming the hedges for my parents as a part of the new and updated conditions of my staying with them for free. I had just finished when I started looking at the blades of the trimmer....So shiny...I know I shouldn't...... can I just touch....THWACK!

Ow.

Come up to the deck, ask mum for a bandaid. She comes up, takes one look and runs off, returning a few minutes later with a pile of first aid kits. A lot of blood antiseptic cream and family members holding my arm to stop possible movement later, my right index finger is wrapped in enough bandages to make a mummy jealous and about as mobile as fat uncle fred.

First thing I think about?

"damn there goes half my braking fingers...."

However, my glove still fits over the bandages (just) and I'll be going out tomorrow regardless.

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Originally Posted by White trash

You fucken what?! That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Lol.

Are you mildly autistic?

Yeah ... some people should not be allowed out of bed without a care giver ...

**Winston001** · 25th July 2011, 11:35

Originally Posted by The End

Not for the faint of heart

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242261

Oooohhhh I feel vaguely sick. Very graphic.

**Daffyd** · 25th July 2011, 11:45

In the words of the Irish horse manure salesman, "O'Shit!"

**Swoop** · 25th July 2011, 12:52

Originally Posted by nathanwhite

...the blades of the trimmer....So shiny...I know I shouldn't...... can I just touch....THWACK!

I'm betting that you were not wearing a flouro vest.

That would have saved you.

**vifferman** · 26th July 2011, 18:57

I can't remember where I read it, but somewhere I read about this guy who'd just finished mowing his lawn, and noticed that the hedge needed trimming. He looked at the hedge, looked at the mower, then picked it up to mow the hedge. Took off both middle fingers of each hand. While he was in the A&E, someone else came in with exactly the same thing.
The nurses couldn't believe the coincidence and sked him how it happoened. He said, "I was driving home and saw this guy pick up his mower to trim his hedge. I thought, "Man - that's a great idea, and did the same thing when I got home..."