# Accidents happen -- I slit my wrist last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798 "2000-12-30T16:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/1 "2000-12-30T16:02:07Z")
Yes, I slit my wrist. A nice inch and a half gash down the middle of my left wrist. Don’t freak out though, I didn’t do it on purpose: my pocket knife slipped while I was trying to open a package I got in the mail. As blood started gushing out, I panicked a little before collecting myself and wrapping my arm tightly with a t-shirt. The dumbest thing I did though (aside from cutting with the knife towards my body instead of away from it - it’s amazing how many of the things you learn in Boy Scouts slip your mind until it’s too late) was making the decision to drive myself to the emergency room, which was only 10 minutes away. I figured by the time I called them and the ambulance arrived, I could drive myself there. And the truth is, I _could_ drive myself to the hospital before an ambulance made it to my apartment. But I learned last night, driving yourself while bleeding profusely from your wrist is not wise. I learned this as I was already on my way though. I never claimed to be very fast on the up-take. So I’m hauling ass to the hospital when - that’s right,you guessed it - I get pulled over for speeding. I wait in the car while the cop runs my plates and when he finally sticks his big cop head in my window, I show him my arm and he takes me to the hospital in the cop car, leaving my car on the side of the highway. So I get stitches and everything’s ok, except I don’t have a car, cuz mine is on the highway. I call my mom and have to get the pitying, disapproving looks when she picks me up from the hospital. For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been diagnosed with depression and so my parents’ first concern was that I had done this to myself and tried to cover it up with the story about opening a package. Despite my protests that it was an accident, I don’t think they really believed me until they followed me home and saw the box wrapped in packing tape and twine with my pocket knife on the floor beside it. You could almost smell the relief in the room. Now I’m at work, where a number of co-workers also know I’m on medication for depression, and here I am walking around with stitches on my wrist. If I get one more pitying glance I may be forced to take someone’s eyes out. I am so tired of explaining it was an ACCIDENT! ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/2 "2000-12-30T16:05:08Z")
Poor **Crunchy**! At least tell us the cop didn’t give you a ticket, right? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/3 "2000-12-30T16:16:24Z")
goodness. please tell me that, what was in the package was worth all the hooplaa. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/4 "2000-12-30T16:16:47Z")
LOL! No, **scratch** , I didn’t get a ticket. He about freaked out when he saw my arm though and I had to listen to him lecture about what if I’d passed out from blood loss while driving during the ride to the hospital. He had a point; driving myself wasn’t smart, but while I’m bleeding like that I really don’t want to hear a lecture. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/5 "2000-12-30T16:17:34Z")
Ouch!!! ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/6 "2000-12-30T16:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rocking chair \* > \*\*goodness. please tell me that, what was in the package was worth all the hooplaa. \*\* Oh, I guess I forgot to mention what that was. It was my Christmas present from my grandfather in California: a Playstation 2!!! So since I have in other threads offered to whore myself out for a PS2, I’ll take a few stiches for it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/7 "2000-12-30T16:19:02Z")
Man, I got a paper cut opening a Christmas present, and I thought I had it bad. You should use it to your advantage though. When your co-workers give you those pitying glances, just stare at them maniacally, and say, “If I can do this to myself, just think of what I could do to you.” And then get them to do all your reports for you. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/8 "2000-12-30T16:30:35Z")
Ouch! I’m not sure that stitches are worth it, if your wrist is all messed up, how will you have proper control for playing with your new toy? I think you should have cut your leg instead 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/9 "2000-12-30T16:39:46Z")
Ow, Crunchy! I’m glad you’re okay! So, will the stitches & bandages interfere with your enjoyment of your new toy? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/10 "2000-12-30T16:41:37Z")
Whoops. Guess I should have read **Mauvaise’s** entire post before being asking my question, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/11 "2000-12-30T16:43:16Z")
Actually, the bandages and stitches on my wrist aren’t hampering my enjoyment of the PS2 in the least. What’s preventing me from enjoying it is the fact that I now have a PS2 with _no PS2 games to play_. I also don’t have the money right now to buy any new games (end of month, rent’s due and all). So I’m just left to play the regular PS1 games until I get some extra money to buy PS2 games. I could always rent some DVDs to watch I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/12 "2000-12-30T16:47:03Z")
I hope it doesn’t hurt too much, or you have good drugs for it if it does. Have fun playing with your Playstation. At some of the video rental places in our town, you can get some fairly good used games (luck of the draw as to whether any of them actually interest you). Maybe you could check out video rental places. And have a Happy New Year! ----:)/ ----///\\ ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/13 "2000-12-30T16:54:53Z")
That seems cruel to give someone a PS2, but no game with which to play it. Gift-giving etiquette should (if it doesn’t) demand included at least one cool game with a gift like that. Spider Woman had a good suggestion though, I know the Blockbusters in my area have a pretty good selection of PS2 games, as do the Hollywood Videos. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/14 "2000-12-30T16:58:50Z")
Pretty funny that you mention the boyscout thing. My hubby was in the scouts as a child and then in the army, and wouldn’t you know it a few months back he was cutting some material for a roof and did the same thing you did. Lucky for him the foreman drove him to the doctor cause he did pass out on the way! And you can bet that there isn’t a roofer on any crew that hasn’t given him shit about cutting the wrong way, or passing out. Although he swears up and down he had to cut that way because of the angle of the cut he had to make. Here’s a kiss for your ouchie, hope it feels better now. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/15 "2000-12-30T17:14:56Z")
The thread title scared me, ya lousy bum. 😉 Enjoy your PS2. Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/16 "2000-12-30T17:18:21Z")
The thread title alone scared the absolute shit out of me frog! I was realllllly scared, do you have any idea how much that whole Idea scares me?! Whew, I’m calming down, whew… Jesus… ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/17 "2000-12-30T17:18:45Z")
Thanks **Spider Woman** and **Mauvaise** , but I’ve given up on renting games. Either the games are all scratched up and don’t play properly from previous renters being idiots with them, or you don’t get the little instruction book and have to figure out what to do and what buttons to push as you play (I HATE that!). So I’ll just wait till I get some cash and a copy of Electronic Gaming Monthly or Playstation Magazine and then go game shopping. Or maybe I’ll wait and get some cash and buy a football or baseball game. I’ve never been disappointed with football or baseball games. In the meantime, I’m gonna run out after work and rent the DVD of the Matrix or something. 😃 And **Mauvaise** - I’m surprised my grandfather even knew to get me a PS2, my mother must have asked if he could find any in LA. I’m betting he didn’t even realize it doesn’t come with a game. Besides, I don’t know if he got it for the retail price of $300 or some inflated e-bay price of $700 or more, so I’ll buy my own games and not complain. I’ll also have to mark down when his birthday is and get him something _really_ good. My favorite part of the gift was the little note saying (don’t tell your sister, her present isn’t as good) - I always knew he liked me best. 😉 Of course then I found out he sent my sister tickets to see _Cabaret_ on Broadway. (My dad works for TWA, so he knows getting there and back is no trouble for her.) My sister, my brother-ib-law and my mom are going to go up, see the show, spend the night and come back the next morning. Jim has no interest in the theater, so he’s going to stay with the baby in the hotel while my mom and sister see the play. In the card that held the tickets is written “Don’t tell your brother, his present isn’t as good.” So much for Grampa liking me best. **Audrey** - Sorry for scaring ya! **Kricket** - My dad and brother-in-law are already giving me shit for it. The way things work around here, if you do something stupid (like when I electrocuted myself at my sister’s house and fell in the cat litter box, if you haven’t heard about that, I can dig up a link somewhere), but you’re ok afterwards, it’s open season on you for weeks. PS. - No it doesn’t hurt as long as I don’t bend my wrist or make a fist (no, that’s NOT what I meant by making a fist, you sickos! I meant as long as I don’t grip things too tightly - and don’t get giggly over that statement either you pervs! Besides, I’m right-handed, so there’s no effect on being able to do _that_. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/18 "2000-12-30T17:20:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by rocking chair \* > > \*\*goodness. please tell me that, what was in the package was worth all the hooplaa. \*\* > > Oh, I guess I forgot to mention what that was. It was my Christmas present from my grandfather in California: a Playstation 2!!! So since I have in other threads offered to whore myself out for a PS2, I’ll take a few stiches for it. 😉 \*\* A PS2? Sounds worth it. Hope you heal fast so you can get around to playing the thing! ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/19 "2000-12-30T17:21:10Z")
Sorry **Totoro**. Hey mods, so I don’t freak anyone else out with that thread title, can we change it to “I accidentally slit my wrist”? I should have thought about that, sorry. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Philosopher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798/20 "2000-12-30T17:21:51Z")
aw, poor crunchy 😃 not really an incredibly lucky chain of events, eh? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidents-happen-i-slit-my-wrist-last-night/47798.md?page=2)