... I know this, you read about it all the time. They are so hot they start fires, apparently.
So, you'd think I'd know better than to touch one, wouldn't you ?
So, you'd think I'd know better than to touch one, wouldn't you ?
And yet, this very afternoon, I'm not sure why or what I was thinking (probably not thinking) I touched one with my right pointer finger. My mouse clicking finger. My laptop touchy mouse gliding finger. A finger apparently crucial to the sandwich eating process.
I touched it o so briefly and my goodness it was hot, HOT, HOT.
swore, yes I did. I swore very, very loudly. I believe the diagram below helps to illustrate just how loud I swore.
And now I have an impressive blister and some shiny red skin right on the tip of my poor finger. Arse.
I touched it o so briefly and my goodness it was hot, HOT, HOT.
swore, yes I did. I swore very, very loudly. I believe the diagram below helps to illustrate just how loud I swore.
And now I have an impressive blister and some shiny red skin right on the tip of my poor finger. Arse.
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So "arse" is angrier than "pants." Just working on my dingo lingo.
By the way contractors drive trucks, not lorries.
I thought dumb stuff like that was _my_ specialty. Welcome to the club.
Owee!
I can't make out any details on the image, but I'm guessing that the injury occurred at one end of the house and your scream was heard all the way down at the other end?
Hope you put something cool to cold on it right away.
Cookie, out tradies (contractors) drive utes or trucks. Only the English drive lorries, and I suspect they are only driven by lorry drivers too. Wheee.
Arse is way crosser than pants, well done!
Zoomie, glad to be in it:)
Lee - you got it in one, and yes, my finger was thrust under cold water and then pressed against a frozen chicken (in plastic!)
Tradies. Cute.
Utes. Cutes.
(Note to self: angry = cross)
Cookie, Angry = angry
Cross = a bit angry but not ropeable or anything.
Mad = insane (as in all over the place like a mad woman's breakfast)And only SOME tradies are cute, some are very, very unattractive indeed :)
I can confirm lorries, although we have trucks, which are small lorries.
And "Cherry Bollocks" is much angrier than arse. (well it is for me)
And arse is much better to use than ass
Cheers ;o)
Ms. Mouse: use zinc oxide (diaper rash paste, or butt paste) on that burn. The stuff is freaking miraculous.
Hi -
I love language!
Cross over here is the same as your cross over there.
Mad can be either insane or angry, made clear by context! Mad is also associated with anger in children, or a sort of petulance. It can be softer than anger.
We also have thick. As in "Don't you get thick (angry) with me young lady!" Used that way I think it's very regional (New England). Because thick also means dense or dull witted= "thick headed".
If arse is angrier than pants, then perhaps pants is like shoot or darn? I had never heard/seen pants used as a sort of expletive before you.
Re: the halogen bulb & subsequent burn. I'd recommend an antibiotic ointment.
And e I was surprised by your use of zinc oxide. But there is an OTC product called Calmoseptine which is recommended for certain types of wound care and irritated skin. The active ingredients are zinc oxide & menthol - plus lots of other things including calamine. Thanks!
You never know what you'll learn visiting DMM's blog!
;o)
- Lee
Lee - we use pants for anything that is generally rubbish, such a film that fails to deliver.
I like the use of "getting thick" it has that sort of angry connotation. ;o)
Ooo, I like the thick for cross, we just use it for the dullards.
I used cold water on the burn, and left it be, blister is now all gone!
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