What do most people have 10 of?
FINGERS &TOES.
Now, why in the world would I blog about 10 fingers and toes?
During one of my knitting nights at a friend's home, the husband (not mine but the hostess's) was mowing the lawn outside. All was well, we were chatting, knitting, going over the latest magazines and books and all of a sudden we heard: "CLANG CLANG, CLANKETY CLANG...MMMMMMMMM" from the lawn mower.
The hostess jumped up quickly and ran out the door. Needless to say - I was confused.
But all was well.
Why did she jump up and run outside?
Well, it turns out that several years ago, her husband was outside mowing the lawn and cut off some of his toes (I forget how many - but a good chunk of them). Because their yard has some bumps and small hills - the lawn mower was angled so that it got caught on a bump and he had kept walking and snip snip snip. Bye-bye toes.
I've never seen his feet before - so I was impressed that he was managing without some (if not all) of his toes. But my friend advised me that they found them, put them on ice - rushed to the hospital and the doctor smiled and said, "Well! You're the first one this year!"
Thankfully because they were quick and the toes were on ice - they were able to re-attach them properly.
I guess it's common here in Finland to lose some pedi-digits!
(And yes, he was wearing sneakers and socks - the lawn mower cut right through the layers!)
FINGERS &TOES.
Now, why in the world would I blog about 10 fingers and toes?
During one of my knitting nights at a friend's home, the husband (not mine but the hostess's) was mowing the lawn outside. All was well, we were chatting, knitting, going over the latest magazines and books and all of a sudden we heard: "CLANG CLANG, CLANKETY CLANG...MMMMMMMMM" from the lawn mower.
The hostess jumped up quickly and ran out the door. Needless to say - I was confused.
But all was well.
Why did she jump up and run outside?
Well, it turns out that several years ago, her husband was outside mowing the lawn and cut off some of his toes (I forget how many - but a good chunk of them). Because their yard has some bumps and small hills - the lawn mower was angled so that it got caught on a bump and he had kept walking and snip snip snip. Bye-bye toes.
I've never seen his feet before - so I was impressed that he was managing without some (if not all) of his toes. But my friend advised me that they found them, put them on ice - rushed to the hospital and the doctor smiled and said, "Well! You're the first one this year!"
Thankfully because they were quick and the toes were on ice - they were able to re-attach them properly.
I guess it's common here in Finland to lose some pedi-digits!
(And yes, he was wearing sneakers and socks - the lawn mower cut right through the layers!)
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