I just realized that I could soak my foot and surf the internet at the same time, although maybe I shouldn't do that because I'd probably end up dumping my laptop in the tub.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Mar 20, 2007 4:34:53 am PDT #7934 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
sarameg - Mar 20, 2007 4:53:24 am PDT #7935 of 10001
shrift, buy a bucket.
AmyLiz, I had my glass shard migrating about my foot for about 4 months before I finally complained to mom about my foot hurting and she took me to the doctor. Don't wade in Lake Calhoun! (Of course, this was 20 years ago or so...)
Amy - Mar 20, 2007 4:56:01 am PDT #7936 of 10001
Because books.
AmyLiz, I had my glass shard migrating about my foot for about 4 months
Migrating! Yikes. My glass stayed firmly in my toe, but boy howdy, did it hurt after three months.
Nutty - Mar 20, 2007 4:58:37 am PDT #7937 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have thick enough calluses on my feet that I caught a shard of a glass I'd dropped, and walked around on it (not bleeding) for an hour, and then scratched the top of my left foot with the bottom of my right foot, and drew blood on my left foot with the shard.
A very WTF-y moment.
(The shard came out with tweezers, once I was alerted to its presence.
sarameg - Mar 20, 2007 5:00:41 am PDT #7938 of 10001
It wasn't a sharp pain, just sort of a dull ache when I ran or otherwise tweaked the tissue where the glass was. It only moved about an inch and a half or so. (I had big feet, even at 11 or however old I was then.)
Theodosia - Mar 20, 2007 5:01:37 am PDT #7939 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Down at the beach in the late 60s it wasn't unusual to go around barefoot all day long, especially if you were a teenager. So my cousin was complaining that his foot hurt all day -- it wasn't until that evening when he had his foot propped up on a coffee table that my aunt noticed he had a flat-headed tack embedded in his sole....
Kathy A - Mar 20, 2007 5:03:58 am PDT #7940 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Since I've started swimming, I keep finding bits of skin on the bottom of my feet below the toes and on the heels just shredding from the rest of the sole, bleeding quite badly if they get ripped away (I've taken to cutting them with clippers). Using flip-flops to walk from the locker room to the pool isn't helping, so I figure it's happening on the rough surface of the pool itself (maybe when I push off from the sides of the pool).
Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2007 5:12:25 am PDT #7941 of 10001
brillig
In non-glass/blood/physical harm news,
The chief copy editor of the New York Times answers readers questions
The serial comma is addressed
Laura - Mar 20, 2007 5:16:41 am PDT #7942 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
So my cousin was complaining that his foot hurt all day -- it wasn't until that evening when he had his foot propped up on a coffee table that my aunt noticed he had a flat-headed tack embedded in his sole....
This was me in my teens. We would crush cigarettes with our feet. Didn't matter. Now my baby soft feet cry at every tiny thing.
Off to read about serial commas,,, (just can't help myself)
Laura - Mar 20, 2007 5:21:00 am PDT #7943 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Serial, not comma
Most newspapers eschew the serial comma. That usage may be based in the days when each character was a separate piece of type, and eliminating a comma here and there could save lead, time and space.
That makes sense. The nuns taught me never; people here make me put them in anyway. I'm a sheep.