# The Easter Toe **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094 "2010-04-06T00:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 7, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/41 "2010-04-07T20:13:06Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I love any **Scylla** story that features the fat little Penthouse-reading dwarf. Sure, but I feel a little bit cheated. A post that starts with the concepts of ‘Toe’ and ‘Mower’ really should deliver. I’m glad **Scylla** still has his toe (though not as much as he is), but a little embellishment (or even a lot) would be ok. Monday afternoon I was trying to fix the throttle linkage on a gas powered tiller. I was able to run the engine just fine with my hand on the carburetor linkage, but using the throttle control on the handle killed it. So I bent over to take a closer look and my forehead hits the very hot muffler. Now, it’s a minor burn, maybe a 1 inch long, 1/4" wide red mark on my forehead, but if I were to write a thread about it you would be reading about what burning skull smells like. A thread about a man, a mower, and his toe and it turns out he hasn’t even lost his nail (yet)? Lame. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/42 "2010-04-07T23:00:51Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > _Langue de chien, langue de médecin !_ Good Og, is that an actual saying? Or did you just make it up? (Please say you made it up. Lie, if you must.) ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/43 "2010-04-08T00:23:02Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Sure, but I feel a little bit cheated. A post that starts with the concepts of ‘Toe’ and ‘Mower’ really should deliver. I’m glad **Scylla** still has his toe (though not as much as he is), but a little embellishment (or even a lot) would be ok. > > Monday afternoon I was trying to fix the throttle linkage on a gas powered tiller. I was able to run the engine just fine with my hand on the carburetor linkage, but using the throttle control on the handle killed it. So I bent over to take a closer look and my forehead hits the very hot muffler. Now, it’s a minor burn, maybe a 1 inch long, 1/4" wide red mark on my forehead, but if I were to write a thread about it you would be reading about what burning skull smells like. > > A thread about a man, a mower, and his toe and it turns out he hasn’t even lost his nail (yet)? Lame. > > 😃 You asked for it. I just emailed you a toe pic. As gnarly as it is remember that this is five days later. (don’t plan on eating after looking at it.) ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/44 "2010-04-08T00:46:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > A digital camera? Ok I just got that. As your designated nemesis on these boards, I nonetheless must bow down and acknowledge your brilliance. Well done, sir. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/45 "2010-04-08T01:07:06Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > Good Og, is that an actual saying? Or did you just make it up? (Please say you made it up. Lie, if you must.) Despite my patchy and timeworn background in French I wondered the same thing, and apparently it is. It may be different in France, but I’ve met few doctors whose tongues I’d want on me either, so that really doesn’t weigh in the dog’s favor. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/46 "2010-04-08T06:50:54Z")
Well, you know what a dog’s tongue has been licking, and you know that a doctor isn’t capable of doing that (to himself), so you have to wonder just what the doctor’s tongue _has_ been licking. I guess if the doctor has just been licking a dog’s genitals, it would be okay to have him lick your injured bits. But somehow I can’t see asking my doctor if he’s been licking a dog’s genitals. YMMV, of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/47 "2010-04-08T09:23:28Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > Good Og, is that an actual saying? Or did you just make it up? (Please say you made it up. Lie, if you must.) It is, indeed. It has of course this poetic exaggeration common to most proverbs. ETA : it is used in [this song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFhy9Om0EP0) ([lyrics](http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/carnivalincoal/vivaladiva.html#9)). ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/48 "2010-04-08T12:45:34Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > [Job’s Comforter]Really should have worn safety boots, shouldn’t you?[/JC] My employer for the past 11 years buys me new steel-toed safety boots every year. After the first year, when I received my second new pair, my first pair was retired to home duty, and I started wearing them when doing chores around the house. At the time, I would not have bought my own steel-toed boots just for home use, but these days - especially after reading stories like the OP - I think I probably would (if my employer didn’t already keep me covered). ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/49 "2010-04-08T12:46:18Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Oh man. That toetally sucks ☹ You nailed it. This OP made me laugh like a loon while simultaneously grimacing. I know toes hurt. (When I was much younger I was messing around outside my house and for some reason decided to place an empty Coke can on top of the low brick wall around my garden and then see how far I could punt it. As you can probably foresee, I misjudged the height of the wall and slammed my toe into the top of the bricks. When I stopped hopping round and examined my big toe, it was about a quarter of an inch shorter than its erstwhile twin, and the nail was bent upwards by 90 degrees about halfway down its length.) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/50 "2010-04-08T14:44:11Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > You asked for it. I just emailed you a toe pic. As gnarly as it is remember that this is five days later. > > (don’t plan on eating after looking at it.) Ugh. Just rub a little salt on it - that always helps. I lose a nail due to injuries like that about once every ten years - that’s often enough. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094/51 "2010-04-09T01:59:20Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Ok I just got that. As your designated nemesis on these boards, I nonetheless must bow down and acknowledge your brilliance. > > Well done, sir. Well done. In your protracted absence, I actually received applications for the position of designated nemisis. When interviewing, they would ask who held the position before, and I say “ **Scylla** ” “You mean the crazy motherfucker who waterboarded himself! What is the \*matter \*with you people?..” Ah, well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-toe/535094.md?page=2)