# Look what I stepped on today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378 "2002-06-22T03:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/1 "2002-06-22T03:29:05Z")
This morning I went out to my garden to count my baby 'maters, like I do every day. But today I got _lucky_ and stepped on [this](http://auction1.inetu.net/member/kathysq/hook.jpg). It managed to bypass my flip-flop, and jab into my instep. I didn’t need stitches, but had to get a tetnis \ shot. I bled like a stuck pig, so it probably won’t get infected. [whine] :: it hurts. ☹ :: [/whine] Any ideas what this thing is? It’s metal and the picture is double the actual size. When my husband plowed the garden, he found all kinds of junk (batteries, spark plugs, glass, bolts), I thought we had cleared it all out. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/2 "2002-06-22T04:15:46Z")
Well, if you have tons of junk, it could be just about anything. It looks a bit like a rake tine (although it is a little bit pointed for that). Thinking smaller, it could be a hand cultivator tine. Those come in hundreds of different shapes, from something that resembles tiny angle-iron to actual claws. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/3 "2002-06-22T06:11:20Z")
I have no idea what that is, but I just felt a sympathy pain in my foot when I looked at it. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/4 "2002-06-22T07:43:22Z")
Owwtch! My sympath HQ. My guess is rake or pitchfork tine as well. Hope your back two-stepping soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/5 "2002-06-22T14:22:09Z")
The good news is that tetanus shot is good for a couple of years. (10, I believe.) So at least you won’t have to go through that again for a bit. But, I totally feel your pain. I stepped on a piece of rusty chicken wire once. MY GOD! THE PAIN! I have a nice little hole in the bottom of my foot from it, too. Best wishes on getting well soon. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/6 "2002-06-22T14:28:41Z")
yyyyyeeeeeeoooooouuuuttttccchhhh! that is one nasty thing. i think this calls for you to sit down, keep your foot up, and have some one bring you ben and jerry’s and ice tea for a goooood long time. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/7 "2002-06-24T22:55:41Z")
My foot feels better, but now I have a hole where i’m not supposed to. I dug around and found another piece of the thing that’s about 8" long. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/8 "2002-06-24T23:45:16Z")
OW! Sunuvabeech! That just LOOKS painful, I can only imagine how it felt. Need a foot rub? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/9 "2002-06-25T03:53:20Z")
Maxy you’re so sweet. Actually a rub wouldn’t feel too good right now, but you can kiss it, and make it all better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/10 "2002-06-25T04:03:28Z")
YEEEEOOWWWWCH!:eek: On examining the picture, I can authoratively state that what you have there is a claw from one of the giant titanium Saber-tooth Grizzlies that roamed the states a few years ago… until they were hunted to extinction shortly after the beginning of the industrial revolution. The search for raw materials claimed many victims. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/11 "2002-06-25T06:55:31Z")
:eek: :eek: :eek: Damn, that would hurt. I have a sharp pain in the instep of my foot just looking at that. I would have to go with the rake/picthfork tine on that. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/12 "2002-06-26T01:05:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hillbilly queen \* > \*\*Maxy you’re so sweet. Actually a rub wouldn’t feel too good right now, but you can kiss it, and make it all better. 🙂 \*\* hmmmm…you got any other boo-boos that need tending to? Rrrrowr!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-stepped-on-today/115378/13 "2002-06-26T04:44:50Z")
Looks like the end of a tine of a pitch fork to me. Sorry!