The Pony reported another on-the-job injury last week. There was the wrist sprain, the cat-scratch, and the step in the yard-hole... and now THE THUMB SLICE.
"I was over in Bill-Paying Town, delivering on that road by the water park and the hospital and grandma's nursing home. Look! On the ball of my thumb. A tag on the mail had come loose, and I sliced my thumb. You'll never guess where I was delivering at the time. THE HOSPITAL!"
"Heh, heh. I guess that might be irony. I certainly hope you didn't get blood on the mail!"
"NO! I hear that SO MUCH! DON'T GET BLOOD ON THE MAIL! Of course I'm careful about that."
Thank the Gummi Mary there's no guillotine factory in the area...
4 comments:
Perhaps The Pony could wear some strong leather gloves when handling the mail, or those chainmail gloves that butchers wear when operating the vertical slicer.
River,
I think Farmer H actually has some of those chain mail gloves, since his former company manufactured saw blades for butchers, and had some accessories.
I think The Pony will need those fingertipless gloves for winter. Hopefully he won't end up fingertipless himself.
Was this slice on the thumb a serious paper cut? Or, are these tags placed on mail made of slivered glass? Sharp-edged metal? Please educate me.
Sioux,
It LOOKED like a paper cut, yet The Pony specifically said it was from a tag. And he said it was on the MAIL, not on a package. Which is good to know, I guess, since nobody wants a slivered-glass tag on their package...
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