Shelli + Wusthof slicing knife + hubby's half-eaten birthday cake + lifelong tendency to illustrate points in gesture-rich, melodramatic ways + tile countertop + re-enactment of Psycho stabbing scene + knife-thru-cake-to-counter impact = broken knife tip + high-speed knife tip ricochet, leading to gaping flesh wound requiring wee hour ER visit + five stitches + unending sheepishness over idiotic inadvertent self-infliction of work-limiting injury.
Not the easiest thing to type, cut, draw, or sew with... {sigh}
Apparently, if rammed point-down against hard surfaces,
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I am trying to re-enact how you got this injury if you are right handed and slicing the cake with your right hand.
I wasn't "slicing" the cake as much as STABBING it melodramatically!!! The tip of the knife broke off when it contacted the tile countertop -- about two inches of it. I'm not really sure what happened next because it was such a clean and quick injury it escaped my notice in the midst of all that arm-flailing. But what I think happened was either that (a) the rip ricocheted back into the fleshy part of my hand or (b) the tip snapped off and sorta "bent" at the breaking point, flipping upward just as my hand was finishing the downward stroke. It was only when I felt the warm *drip*drip*drip of blood running down my pinky finger that I realized something was amiss. My first notice of this knife wound was the huge pool of blood at my feet. Ewww... totally.
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