goofy camping trick

[wiininkwe]

Well, this isn't a SPUT, just a ST.  When we were camping over the 4th of July holiday, I took some wipes from Repel, that have mosquito repellent in them.  (BTW, they work really well)  They come in a container like baby wipes, pop up and you pull them off.  I had used one, and was going to close the lid, but the next wipe was sticking out a little too far, and I was afraid that it would dry out.   So, I used my index finger to push the wipe back down into the container.   Bad move.  Somehow my finger suddenly went all the way into the container thru the little slot and was caught there.  These darn things are like a chinese handcuffs that we used to get at the carnival!   It's cut with 3 slits across each other, and once my finger got down into that hole, it couldn't get back out again.  All the little pointy ends were poking into my finger, and it was very tight, and did it ever hurt!   I started by saying, "OW!"   But then it seemed that the pointy things got tighter, and I said "OW OW OW !!!"   DH and our friends thought I was fooling around, waving the container around on my pointer finger like an idiot, til all of a sudden DH said "Are you serious?!"   By that time I was saying "OW OW OW *&#$^%@*^%$#^*&OW OWWWWWWW!!!!   My finger was turning purple and it took DH and friend Ed about 15 minutes to gently fold back the little pointy ends so my finger could slide back out.   I even have little scars on my finger where they stuck into me.   Be careful with wipes containers, don't ever stick your finger in there!
T

[jpreiser]

I did the same thing on the  pop up  baby wipes. i then discovered the top comes off and I was able to gently pry my finger out, boy those things "kill" the fingers....

[Acts 2:38 girl]

Didn't your Momma ever teach you not to stick your finger in sharp holes?  

[tlhdoc]

I think I would have cut it off, if it was taking them so long. :eyecrazy:

[Miss-Teri]

That is one of DH's favorite "stupid tricks by Teri".  He loves to share the story about when I went to use the baby wipes on our middle child when she was tiny, and there is that warning on the box that clearly says, "Do not push fingers through opening", but I was having trouble getting the new wipe out so I did just that.  

I feel for you - hurts like crazy, and the more you pull the more it hurts!

That story is second to the story about when I was gardening and the packet of vegetable seeds said, "Plant in full sun".  I decided that meant I shouldn't plant it in the evening as it must need a sunny jump-start to get it to grow correctly.  Shortly after that one, someone at DH's work (bless him for sharing that story...), sent him home with a "doughnut seed" for me.  It was a Cheerio and had instructions for planting in full sunlight.  

*sigh*

[wiininkwe]

Yep, I just looked and this container has the same warning on it.  I never would have thought of it, but I guess this must happen frequently.   As for your other trick, you and I must be somehow related, as DH has quite a list of things that he just can't wait to tell friends about, all equally silly.    But, to be fair, it made sense at the time!
T

[Miss-Teri]

But, to be fair, it made sense at the time!
T

THAT is a fact!  

[Wild Wild Qwest]

LOL! I think I'll stick to the aerosol version.