Friday Evening
Last night was not what one calls a good night. First of all I cut myself shaving just below the lip at around five pm. And it kept bleeding, and bleeding and bleeding. An hour later when having dinner at the Noodle House it was still going. And I had ordered chicken noodle soup. Now it turned into chicken noodle blood soup, which really was as unappetising as it looked.
Then went into the movies. However around 10 minutes intop the movie, I start to feel ill. Seriously ill (probably all the blood in my stomach). So I have to head home, abandoning Accident Girl in the movie theatre.
Finally start to feel better around 2 am when I get to sleep. However have to wake up at 5 am to make a 6.50 am flight to Christchurch. At least cut has stopped bleeding.
July 22nd, 2006 at 2:45 pm
God wants you to have a beard.
I haven’t cut myself shaving since leaving the army and do not miss it one bit.
July 22nd, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Find one of your mates who works in the medical field and get them to flog you a couple of the glass vials of expired adrenalin (they throw them out anyway when they are expired) Keep one in your shaving kit. When you cut yourself next time just crack open the vial, splash the adrenalin on the cut and the bleeding stops instantly. All real jokers should know this. Maybe I should start a “handy hints” page!
July 22nd, 2006 at 3:25 pm
David, unless you are a Neanderthal and have to shave twice a day, you should shave in the morning. At that time of day, if you cut yourself, it is likely to stop bleeding faster because your body has done a full repair over night, also you can more readily pass yourself off as Norman Gunston on the breakfast shift than you can over wine for dinner. Shaving in the morning means you cover more of the day freshly shaved, whereas shaving at night means you shave and then not long later are zzzz.
July 22nd, 2006 at 4:06 pm
I normally shave once per day in the morning and that is fine. However as I was going out, I decided to leave it until later on Friday.
July 22nd, 2006 at 5:27 pm
Next time you can’t stop the bleeding, and you’ve run out of expired adrenalin, try castor sugar. It really works, I’ve tried it!
July 22nd, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Next time you can’t stop the bleeding, and you’ve run out of expired adrenalin, try castor sugar. It really works, I’ve tried it!
July 22nd, 2006 at 5:43 pm
And NOT getting close to your face with a razer sharp err… razor remains the most cost effective and fool poof method of making sure there are no gushers at the dinner/breakfast table.
July 22nd, 2006 at 6:18 pm
I normally shave once per day in the morning and that is fine. However as I was going out, I decided to leave it until later on Friday.
July 22nd, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Buy a styptic pencil – they work.
July 23rd, 2006 at 2:38 am
Adrenaline can stop peripheral bleeding by constricting the blood vessels. But the effect is so powerful it can (and has) caused vascular damage and gangrene.
You have been warned!
July 23rd, 2006 at 10:10 am
I normally shave once per day in the morning and that is fine. However as I was going out, I decided to leave it until later on Friday.
July 23rd, 2006 at 10:45 am
mikeybill is correct. A styptic pencil will save your ass (well, your face) if you have to leave the house and you just cut yourself shaving. This sucker will stop the bleeding from razor nicks and cuts quickly. A styptic pencil can be a lifesaver if you have to put on a dress shirt or turtle-neck right after you shave.
There are two small prices to pay. First, it costs a couple of bucks which is no big deal. Second, it stings.
Active ingredient – Aluminum Sulfate
July 23rd, 2006 at 1:49 pm
I normally shave once per day in the morning and that is fine. However as I was going out, I decided to leave it until later on Friday.
July 23rd, 2006 at 2:04 pm
I shave about once every three or four days, the cows don,t care the wife doesn’t mind and shaving is also good for getting cowshit off your face.
July 23rd, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Yet more evidence that you are in fact a member of the Undead! Now you drink blood!! Sheesh, you are just making this too easy DPF.
July 23rd, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Span – further proof is I used to have a crush on Anya on Buffy.
July 23rd, 2006 at 3:49 pm
I’m sure I will comprehend what that means once I have actually watched Buffy (which is next on the list once I have watched the extras from Firefly).
I should start keeping a list of these confessions of yours. I’m starting to think they are unsubtle cries for help.
November 23rd, 2006 at 3:53 am
Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept… Walter