Author Topic: "Nurse, could you hand me a paper clip, please?" (Read 1535 times)

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 05, 2004, 10:48:46 AM »

Leslie
What type of .25 was it that you dropped?

Leslie · « **Reply #16 on:** February 05, 2004, 06:02:40 PM »

GTO, it was not a regular handgun. I would class it as a "souvenir" or curio more than anything else. It was a pen gun originally from Pakistan. The ammo I used was from years ago. Modern .25 ammo will not chamber in it.

I had the bright idea of wanting to see what it would do, and attempted to fire it into some phone books stacked on the floor. It slipped from my hand and went off when it landed on the floor. I may have placed my foot on it or kicked it away as it fell.

So I didn't get the Darwin award that day, but came close. I'm very fortunate it wasn't worse.

Les

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2004, 06:19:49 PM »

Yeah, a could have been worse. Hey live and learn right?

john9001 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2004, 07:03:24 PM »

rules for handling loaded firearms

1) do not point firearm at anything you do not want to kill.

2) do not drop loaded firearms.

3) do not let liberals "play" with loaded firearm.

4) act like all firearms are loaded.

Dingbat · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2004, 03:36:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Flossy
When my husband trapped his thumb in the car door last year, he eventually went to the hospital on advice of our local health centre. I was with him and was amazed to see two nurses approach his cubicle with a trolley, on which was a small meths burner. As we watched they straightened out a paperclip and heated it in the flame before pressing it onto his thumb-nail to punch a hole through and release the blood trapped beneath it. They explained that they used a paper-clip because of the flat end which did not pierce the flesh beneath the nail!

Been there done that... The relief is worth the strange looks...