Andy, now I'm beginning to worry about you ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Be careful!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

When I was 13, we were visiting my Uncle who always kept his little Case pocketknife razor sharp. One of his sons was being a PIA, so he told his other son to go cut a switch from a willow tree and for me to go with him. After he cut a switch, my cousin went to hand it to me for approval. As I reached for it, he decided to trim the leaves off the switch and slid the blade down the branch, slicing two of my fingers. We snuck into the house where I went to wash off the cut and get some band-aids, not realizing that I was dripping blood on the floors. When my Mom noticed the "spotted floors" she immediately realized somebody got cut (she really was wise to me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/paperbag.gif" alt="" />). She took one look at my hand, wrapped it in a cold-soaked washcloth, and off to the hospital we went. My middle finger was just deeply cut, but my index finger had the tendon severed and just wouldn't work right! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> After it was deadened, I watched the surgeon sew the tendon, then the rest of the fingers via the reflector. It took quite a while for them to heal, and I graduated 8th grade with a large splint on my finger. Lesson learned!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Bottom line - BE CAREFUL WITH KNIVES !!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/paperbag.gif" alt="" />