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I didn't need those fingers anyway

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Not a true Darwin contender, but if he keeps this up: My friend worked in the wood shop on our base. He was always doing favors for other shops. That fateful day, a buddy had come over with some metal "tape" that they use on aircraft. It's metal and super super adhesive. Well, the guy needed quite a few pieces cut and intstead of doing it by hand, he figured my friend could make quick work of it by running it through his rather large table saw. The first few went through without a problem, but then the adhesive gummed up the works, snagged it out of my friend's hands, wadded it up into a large ball and then flung it back at him. It hit him in the crotch. His buddy, looked at him in shock and said "Dude, that had to hurt." My friend turned and held his had up...a bloody mess with a finger missing and 2 dangling by a thread...and said, if you thought that looked like it hurt, how about this?

Submitted on 05/10/2011

Submitted by: Christine Malone
Reference: Personal account from close friend

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Using a circular wood saw to cut adhesive-backed metal tape? Sounds like a contender in the making to me if he keeps this sort of thing up... Thanks, Christine!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I think there's a reason they cut that tape by hand....

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I didn't need those fingers anyway

2011 Reader Submission Pending Acceptance

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