# I pierced my pinky today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266 "2015-07-04T19:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/1 "2015-07-04T19:28:28Z")
So, I’m going to turn 54 later this month and I decided I need to get back to being a trend setter/hipster so I pierced my pinky today. I just can’t decide if I should get a ring or a stud. Ok, maybe it wasn’t entirely intentional. I have this really cool meat tenderizer thing with 48 razor sharp blades. I used it the other night and washed it. It comes apart for washing which of course means it needs to be put back together at some point. That point was this morning. For some reason, while reloading the blades they stuck a little bit. So, what would any guy do… I smacked it a bit. Well, it worked but somehow one (thank god it was only one) of the blades went cleanly through the tip of my left pinky (to the side of the nail). The blade was so sharp I barely felt it, but boy did it bleed. My wife doesn’t deal well with blood so she ran out of the kitchen leaving me to try to grab a paper towel one handed to keep it from bleeding more all the while splattering more and more blood over the kitchen. So, I’ve got a little hole through my pinky… seems like since I’ve already got the hard part done I should go all the way and add some jewelry. My wife and kids don’t seem to agree for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/2 "2015-07-04T20:05:42Z")
So your pinky’s a little tender now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/3 "2015-07-04T20:23:09Z")
So all that is left to do is drill through the nail? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/4 "2015-07-04T21:03:02Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > So your pinky’s a little tender now? 😃 Well, if more blades went through it may have been able to cut it with a fork. As it is… it didn’t hurt at first, but now it is tender as hell. I really thought I had all of my fingers out of the way… what’s an 8th of an inch between friends. No need to drill the nail… went just to the side. Into the pad, and then out the back just to the side of the bone and nail. I’m sure I could quite literally put a stud or ring through the hole I poked. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/5 "2015-07-04T23:08:31Z")
Had a tetanus shot recently? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/6 "2015-07-04T23:10:55Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I’m sure I could quite literally put a stud or ring through the hole I poked. I may have shared this story here before. My mom used to do some commercial sewing and she had this leather machine that could probably sew leather to a cinderblock. One day she was trying to clear a thread jam and didn’t get all of her fingers out of the way. She had a neat little round hole clean through her index finger on her left hand. She could’ve put an earring through it if the post was long enough. It didn’t even bleed, the needle was still hot enough that it cauterized the hole. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/7 "2015-07-05T03:53:51Z")
I was always taught to pierce a potato ( **Spud** ) before cooking it. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/8 "2015-07-05T13:25:50Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I was always taught to pierce a potato ( **Spud** ) before cooking it. I will not be turning my back on you. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/9 "2015-07-05T14:09:45Z")
Just put some string or dental floss through it now. You can pick the jewelry later. So really, your wife runs off when your bleeding like a stuck pig? That’s gotta be useful in some future arguments. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/10 "2015-07-05T14:23:14Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > So really, your wife runs off when your bleeding like a stuck pig? That’s gotta be useful in some future arguments. Where has this advise been all of my life? I’ve been married for 28 years and to think that some of those seemingly never ending frustrating arguments could have ended quickly by just pulling out my pocket knife and a quick jab in the thigh… BRILLIANT! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/11 "2015-07-05T14:46:01Z")
She’s heading for the safe deposit box for the insurance polic(y)ies, because some day, you know, she’ll be right. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/12 "2015-07-05T18:40:19Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Where has this advise been all of my life? I’ve been married for 28 years and to think that some of those seemingly never ending frustrating arguments could have ended quickly by just pulling out my pocket knife and a quick jab in the thigh… BRILLIANT! I dunno – some of those argument ending cutting remarks have been known to fester. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/13 "2015-07-05T20:09:01Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I will not be turning my back on you. :mad: Not to fear. I don’t actually eat potatoes. You’re safe with me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/14 "2015-07-05T20:21:28Z")
I saw the title. I told myself that I didn’t want to know what happened. I told myself that I was going to be sorry. I opened the thread. I’m sorry. OWOWOWOW!!! I think you should go with a closed ring. I’d think that a stud on your pinky would get stuck on things all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266/15 "2015-07-06T00:32:25Z")
Cool man!