# I didn't think this was possible. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213 "2009-12-31T18:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/1 "2009-12-31T18:58:52Z")
I just got a rather nasty papercut. From _cardboard_. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/2 "2009-12-31T19:04:31Z")
Cardboard cuts HURT. They suck. I know, because I’ve received a few. :o ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/3 "2009-12-31T19:13:43Z")
What kind of cardboard? Like heavyweight corrugated type cardboard? Or more like posterboard? Manila folders are my personal nemesis. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/4 "2009-12-31T19:28:39Z")
I meant [this](http://imghost.indiamart.com/data/G/4/MY-1061796/3ply-Corrugated-Sheets_250x250.jpg)sort of cardboard. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/5 "2009-12-31T19:29:38Z")
Paper cuts related. I had a friend who got his eyeball cut by a piece of paper. We were all worried, but he came through with his vision intact. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/6 "2009-12-31T19:30:28Z")
Heh…cardboard can give vicious, saw-like cuts, especially if you’ve just freshly sliced it with a boxcutter or other thin blade. It also leaves annoying little bits of fiber in the wound, so make sure you flush it vigorously before bandaging it. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/7 "2009-12-31T19:58:17Z")
I used to work retail, which means unpacking shipments and such - cardboard cuts are _awful_ and constant. You can get a damned deep cut from a cardboard box. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/8 "2009-12-31T20:18:04Z")
Cardboard is bad, almost evil. As a former picture framer I’ve been cut by the inside, beveled edge of mats, and by glass, and by dull razor blades. The only thing worse than a cardboard cut are invisible glass splinters. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/9 "2009-12-31T20:19:37Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I just got a rather nasty papercut. > > From _cardboard_. I once got a deep, bloody, flapping papercut… From _corn on the cob._ Well, from the husk. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/10 "2009-12-31T21:08:58Z")
When it comes to cardboard cuts I might have you all beat - I work in a corrugated box factory. My hands have toughened up a lot, but I still get cuts rather frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/11 "2009-12-31T21:18:33Z")
My two least favorite papercuts are from cardboard and masonite. When dealing with those two types, I’m not at all averse to wearing gloves and welding leathers to prevent cuts. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/12 "2009-12-31T22:06:52Z")
> [@wunderkammer](#): > > I once got a deep, bloody, flapping papercut… > > From _corn on the cob._ Well, from the husk. I take back my OP. You win. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/13 "2009-12-31T22:41:26Z")
The corrugated cardboard is bad enough. The brown tape with adhesive that gets whetted and sealed across the flaps is the worst. Never slide a body part against it’s side it when it’s totally dry, because it cuts like a razor. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/14 "2010-01-01T05:50:55Z")
I used to get cuts like that all the time when I unloaded a truck for a retail store. The worst is when you have cardboard cuts and no skin keft on your fingertips from putting hundreds of price stickers on what comes in the boxes. ---
**Author:** ![InkBlot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@InkBlot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InkBlot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/15 "2010-01-01T05:59:59Z")
I was horribly embarassed the other day to have gotten a paper cut [opening this.](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/3262048324_eaa710685c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/16 "2010-01-01T06:05:43Z")
We use these [Marble Look](http://www.sabert.com/platters.shtml) platters at work for catering, they give really really nasty cuts. Ya know those cuts you get from time to time that are somewhat deep but the cut is so clean you don’t even realize it happened until you see the blood, those kinds of cuts. Youch, they hurt like hell. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/17 "2010-01-01T06:47:53Z")
Christmas Eve, I got a gaping bleeding slashed open wound from opening a white cardboard shirt box from Penneys. Whom do I sue? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/18 "2010-01-01T07:40:02Z")
Paper cuts suck. New file folder cuts are my personal nemesis; they are painful and can be deep as well as unexpected. However, having to do lots of mailouts in my current administrative position, I now have to be very wary of getting paper cuts from envelopes on my lips and/or tongue. Yes, I know I should use a moistener thing, but honestly, I’m much faster licking and sealing the old-fashioned way. Papercuts on the lips, they suck muchly. Office work is dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/19 "2010-01-01T15:41:13Z")
This one time, I got cut by dental floss, a yogurt container, and a microwave. All in the same week. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213/20 "2010-01-01T20:45:23Z")
A couple of weeks ago I got a paper cut first thing in the morning from taking my package of instant oatmeal out of the box - sliced me up real good. I did not expect that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-think-this-was-possible/523213.md?page=2)