# Stupidity takes its pound of flesh **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133 "2001-08-06T16:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/21 "2001-08-06T18:37:28Z")
::sigh:: This is getting overly dramatic. This is the only major injury I’ve sustained on the farm. As I’ve said an urban lifestyle has it’s own risks, and I got injured far worse with more frequency playing high school football and other sports. As I’ve also said, farmer’s and other working class people risk far more everyday, and suffer much worse injuries. Yes, there’s been a couple of scary accidents living on the farm, and a couple of near misses. I don’t know about you guys, but seriously, look over your lives. What kind of dangers have you been exposed to over the last 8 years or so? These are the risks of life. Spiritus Mundi: Pot, kettle, black, buds. I may have done some foolish and dangerous things, but I would never have tried to disarm a mugger. This was an accident, they happen. Yours was playing Russian Roulette. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/22 "2001-08-06T19:27:46Z")
Point taken. But you have to remember, I was young, foolish, and immortal then. I’m only foolish now. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/23 "2001-08-06T19:33:21Z")
[sub]besides, it was a cute little boning knife and I wanted it for my collection.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/24 "2001-08-06T19:35:05Z")
Forgive me for asking **Scylla** but wasn’t it you, about a year ago, who asked if he should try to straighten a load bearing barn wall with a combination of hand winch and chain? Glad you came out of this last one in essentially one piece. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/25 "2001-08-06T19:45:44Z")
Quicksilver: Yeah, that was a near miss, there. And I didn’t ask. I tried it, but it wasn’t such a hot idea. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/26 "2001-08-06T19:57:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > I tried it, but it wasn’t such a hot idea. Do tell. By the way, does your life insurance agent know you do these things? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/27 "2001-08-06T20:07:02Z")
Glad you’re OK! This time you have a great story and a cool scar to go along with it! ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/28 "2001-08-06T20:11:37Z")
Quicksilver: That threads around here somewhere. A pit one if I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/29 "2001-08-06T20:52:10Z")
Are you sure you’re not a 'toon out of Roger Rabbit? Glad you came through as well as you did. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/30 "2001-08-07T02:40:09Z")
Just wanna throw in my “Glad you’re okay, man.” I was having images of glancing blows off the temple, turning/flinching in the split second before something bounces off the spot your eye was a second before, getting pounded in the nuts…there’s a reason you’re supposed to wear eye-protection around tools and stuff, pro or not. Not to preach, but damn, ounce of prevention and all that. Glad to hear you’ll be okay, **Scylla**. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/31 "2001-08-07T19:56:46Z")
It feels like I have Rice Krispies stuck on my arm and shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/32 "2001-08-07T20:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*It feels like I have Rice Krispies stuck on my arm and shoulder. \*\* With or without milk? ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/33 "2001-08-07T21:47:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*It feels like I have Rice Krispies stuck on my arm and shoulder. \*\* But does it _sound_ like you have Rice Krispies[sup]TM[/sup] stuck on your arm and shoulder? Glad you survived. Place wouldn’t be the same without all your dastardly plots and such. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/34 "2001-08-08T17:19:41Z")
1. Glad to hear you’re feeling ok. 2. I now feel better about my trip to the E.R. last night–I decided to try and install an a/c by myself–it slipped and put a 2 inch gash in my wrist–7 stitches. 3. Nomahhhhh!!! (ok, that’s a Red Sox reference but I’m feeling good about their season, despite last night’s loss to Oakland) ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133/35 "2001-08-08T17:40:58Z")
Scylla! Oh dear, dear Scylla… How horrible… I’m glad you’re ok, though, and that you didn’t end up killing yourself… Ouch… From someone who has had lots of stitches and broken bones, those things are bloody painful. Hope you’ll feel better soon! Oh, and be careful - soap, shampoo, hot water and stitches just don’t mix. Really. Elly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-takes-its-pound-of-flesh/75133.md?page=1)