Excuses, excuses

[CliffR]

Chopped the tip of my left-hand third finger off last night while cooking. My wife is suggesting I did it on purpose to avoid going to the monthly jam tomorrow night. Last time I called off because it was raining, time before that I had food poisoning. As excuses go, this I think is my best so far.

[pamosmusic]

Go and just listen

[digger]

Ouch!!

Didn't Tony Iommi do something similar? Perhaps a Black Sabbath tribute band is in your future?

[Jimmy blue note]

Django Reinhardt guitar method?

[CliffR]

Thanks all! Just to be clear, it's really a minor injury, but enough to make using my third finger too painful at the moment. Dinner was good, though

Yeah, my wife and I will probably go and just listen.

For this afternoon, I'm going to use the Django method to at least practice my stuff slowly.

[Christian Miller]

Chopped the tip of my left-hand third finger off last night while cooking. My wife is suggesting I did it on purpose to avoid going to the monthly jam tomorrow night. Last time I called off because it was raining, time before that I had food poisoning. As excuses go, this I think is my best so far.

Cripes! Hope you recover quickly?

[Mick-7]

When around sharp knives and objects, I fantasize that I am a world famous virtuoso who has a multi-million dollar insurance policy on his hands, that carries a high deductible. This seems to have been effective but, alas, it has not improved my playing, even though my good friend Walter Mitty swore to me it would. But take care of that digitus medius manus, it's not easy to replace.

[garybaldy]

Thanks for no pics - I can't stand the sight of blood, especially on finger tips!
I wish you a speedy recovery.

[CliffR]

Cripes! Hope you recover quickly?

Thanks, but it really is minor. Must be a circle less than half a centimetre in diameter that I removed.

[RJVB]

I did something similar about the 1st time used a new 23cm kiritsuke knife. Turns out that counting on your nails as a buffer against cuts isn't really that sufficient if 1) you play an instrument that requires keeping the nails of your non-dominant hand short and 2) your knife is *really* sharp.
The bit I cut off was much smaller than Cliff's but it included a sliver of nail.

I've since learned to use my knuckles to keep the cutting edge away from my fingertips ... and promptly cut my right hand with the knife's heel. Twice

I don't think I've often been kept from playing by this kind of injury btw; it's surprising how little invasive a properly applied bandaid can be.

[Woody Sound]

When around sharp knives and objects, I fantasize that I am a world famous virtuoso who has a multi-million dollar insurance policy on his hands, that carries a high deductible.

[Woody Sound]

[lawson-stone]

Chopped the tip of my left-hand third finger off last night while cooking. My wife is suggesting I did it on purpose to avoid going to the monthly jam tomorrow night. Last time I called off because it was raining, time before that I had food poisoning. As excuses go, this I think is my best so far.

Look on the bright side: when it heals, you'll have fantastic scarring that will prevent fingertip pain while playing!