But the really sharp knife I was using doesn’t know that.
I sliced to the bone of my left middle finger last night. I don’t know what I was thinking, holding the avocado in my hand like that. Five stitches later and I’m not able to do the dishes for a week. 
The strange thing is I almost threw up over the blood this time. I’ve cut myself before and seen plenty of blood, but never felt faint or felt like throwing up like I did last night.
I think I might retch a little if I felt the knife hit bone!
Hope your recovery is a quick one.
Ouch! Sorry to hear that. I’ve never managed to do that, but I’ve come pretty close.
Can I still lick your finger though? Cuz it smells like guacamole.
Ewwwwww!
Thanks for the well wishes. I think you’re right that it was the feeling of hitting bone that did it. :eek: Even just thinking of the feeling/sound today is skeeving me out!
Avocados, the Comedy Fruit. They’ll keep you in stitches!
Yeah, that’s a rather visceral shock to the system, feeling and hearing that.
Love the thread title. I looked and actually said out loud, “what the…?”
I am very sorry to hear about your accident. 
But my interest was piqued when I read “finger” and “avocado” together in the title, as my mind immediately flashed to an article I read long, long ago in Texas Monthly, which listed the humble avocado as the favorite fruit among Texas prison inmates for sexual gratification. Really. And I am glad there was nothing like that involved here.
The monsoon season always gets me to feeling a little frisky, I think.
When I saw the thread title, I did guess that he was making guac and accidentally cut himself. But I wasn’t expecting all the way to the bone.
She. 
Will no one think of the avocado?!
We didn’t end up eating it, either. Poor avocado.
Yes, now you know how the poor avocado feels.
Reminds me of what I did a few years ago. Sliced all the way into that fleshy area between the thumb and index finger . . . with a cat food can lid. 9 stitches and a tetanus shot. Of course the cats were just sitting there wondering why I was taking so long with their food.
Hope you have someone to wash dishes for you . . . or a supply of paper plates.
Ok. I give up. What is your finger then?
Hope you have an easy recovery.
I have a husband to do the dishes, thankfully. I was able to do a few plates one-handed this morning though.
Deep finger cuts are the worst.
You can’t take the whole hand out of commission–so you fumble around like a dork trying to do something as simple as making a sandwich. Plus I’m a wuss when it comes to seeing my own blood.
I had a coworker that sliced(to the bone) his first, middle, and ring fingers on his left hand in the office kitchen. He rinsed the fingers and his pocket knife, slathered the wound with a coworkers lip balm(is there a worse substance to put on a wound than used lip balm?) to save a 10 min. walk to his car for a first aid kit, and then wrapped it with lots of napkins and duct tape.
They were good as new a couple months later(minus the whole having-sensation-thing).
Make sure you put some lime juice on that cut so it doesn’t turn brown.
Rule #1 - work with sharp knives. A cut with a dull one is so much worse. Mmm…avocados are natures’ butter. I hope you heal well.
It was a VERY sharp knife, hence the cut right to the bone. It was a nice, clean cut, but on an angle, so it was a big flap of meat and fat and ugh.
did it happen when you were cutting the avocado or when you smacked the knifle blade right into the pit? It’s smacking into the pit that always gives me pause.
Look on the bright side: Imagine if your finger actually *was *an avocado! Then you really might never play the piano again.