what an interesting pattern
In the first year of my degree I spent most of my time burning fabrics to see what they looked like.

One day I decided that a soldering iron would be a good implement to use. That went well until i picked up the soldering iron by the wrong end.

The pain was bearable until I got home. After my thumb and forefinger swelled up to monsterous blistery proportions I discovered I had an interesting polka dot pattern burnt into my thumb.

Being petrified of hospitals I decided that the best thing to do was to keep it under cold water for as long as possible. This lead to me walking to boots in the city centre with my fingers in a cup of water.

After buying savlon, dressings and freeze gel i went home and spent the next several days applying all three until the swelling went down. Luckily all went well other than having no fingerprints for a week or two.
(beckybuttons, Fri 21 Dec 2007, 0:17, 1 reply)

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My friend once dropped his soldering iron and did the automatic thing which was to catch it, cue a pernament scar across his palm. I still mock him.
(Charlietron Still can't think of anything witty to put here, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 23:00, closed)