Bought me a spiffy kopis style Cold Steel machete.
Hacked at an unwanted tree limb in the back yard, because that's why I bought the thing. It effortlessly sliced right through the limb and because it didn't slow down even a bit, I wasn't prepared to stop it before it hit my poorly placed foot.
In a flip flop...
This could have been so much worse!
Hi, my name is Thag and I am stupid.
I almost did that starting a chainsaw a few years back, give it a big yank and it fired up cutting thru the laces and the tongue of my boot but didn't cut flesh.
ReplyDeleteShut it off and put it away and haven't touched or used one since. I figure I used up all my chainsaw luck in that one moment and the next oopsie will be a big one. (not that I was over fond of using one to begin with, no matter what it always seemed like work.)
Glad you didn't amputate anything important!