I carelessly badly burned the top of my right middle finger today when I somehow placed it right into the molten icing of a freshly toasted Pop Tart. I'm going to have a huge scar on my hand from a POP TART?! I have sports scars all over, my leg, neck, forearm, eyebrow, and this one is by far the un-manliest scar I've ever heard of.
In short, beware of Pop Tarts, and other like pouch foods such as burritos, hot pockets, and knishes.
Anyone else have a supremely lame burn/scar/injury you'd like to share and make me feel less stupid?
one of the best things to put on a burn is sliced raw potato. (1st or 2nd degree) I know it sounds bizarre -- but it works. Over the years due to TIG and O/A welding, I've incurred some horrific burns due to the torch itself or after while touching red/white hot metal. Trick was learned from people I know in the glass blowing industry. I have very minimal scar tissue thankfully to this alone since using.
If it's a 3rd degree / black torched skin burn, the above works for awhile. But get the fire / trauma burn victim medical paste to help heal faster and make sure the wound is properly cleaned. (which an be mind numbingly painful thing to do)
Quote from: MotoCreations on February 06, 2010, 06:55:28 PM
one of the best things to put on a burn is sliced raw potato. (1st or 2nd degree) I know it sounds bizarre -- but it works. Over the years due to TIG and O/A welding, I've incurred some horrific burns due to the torch itself or after while touching red/white hot metal. Trick was learned from people I know in the glass blowing industry. I have very minimal scar tissue thankfully to this alone since using.
My trick was to stop touching white hot metal ;D
Quote from: MrIncredible on February 06, 2010, 07:30:30 PM
My trick was to stop touching white hot metal ;D
Shit, yeah.
Wait till it's at least yellow. [roll]
Quote from: NoisyDante on February 06, 2010, 06:36:52 PM
Anyone else have a supremely lame burn/scar/injury you'd like to share and make me feel less stupid?
nope cant say that i do, all my scars are very manly and each one has a very tragic but happy story to it. like the time i jumped in a burning school bus that was sinking to the bottom of a lake to rescue a lol boy from drowning. i was only wearing shorts at the time and the hot exhaust pipe touched my inner right calf... now i have a nice oval scar that will always remind me of the time i jumped in a river to rescue a lil girl from drowning [thumbsup]
Quote from: MotoCreations on February 06, 2010, 06:55:28 PM
But get the fire / trauma burn victim medical paste to help heal faster and make sure the wound is properly cleaned. (which an be mind numbingly painful thing to do)
Silvadene.
A tea bag soaked in cold water will also make the hurting stop.
Don't know why. A paper towel soaked in cold water doesn't work. Add tea leaves and all's well.
I say just roll with it and make up some knock out, saved the world story that will impress the ladies. [thumbsup] I think it was Travis Pastrana that said "chicks dig scars."
Quote from: Monsterlover on February 07, 2010, 09:12:52 AM
A tea bag soaked in cold water will also make the hurting stop.
Don't know why. A paper towel soaked in cold water doesn't work. Add tea leaves and all's well.
Tea leaves have caffeine, a vaso constrictor that helps reduce swelling.
Quote from: NAKID on February 07, 2010, 09:36:01 AM
Tea leaves have caffeine, a vaso constrictor that helps reduce swelling.
tastes food too!!! [laugh]
Quote from: Monsterlover on February 07, 2010, 09:12:52 AM
A tea bag soaked in cold water will also make the hurting stop.
When I try that it just gets all crinkly, not to mention smaller. :D
Quote from: Speedbag on February 07, 2010, 09:56:04 AM
When I try that it just gets all crinkly, not to mention smaller. :D
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
In high school I knocked my pencil off of my drafting table. When I stood up after getting my pencil the corner of the table hit me in the middle of my back and I lifted the table an inch or so off the ground with my back. I still have a 2 inch wide scar in my back from the corner of that table.
the worst scar i have is actually a keloid from a boil i got when i was around 14.
i actually have a couple of those. people always ask what happened and expect some strange story because they stick out so far. ohh well.
I burned the roof of my mouth on a pizza roll the other night.
make the beast with two backsing hurt
THe worst burn ive ever had was from my bike. my left ankle fell right on the header where it exists from the eactual heads. so i guess thats the hottest part. I was on there for no more than 2 seconds. I couldnt walk right for 3 months.
Quote from: NAKID on February 07, 2010, 09:36:01 AM
Tea leaves have caffeine, a vaso constrictor that helps reduce swelling.
That addresses the swelling, what makes the pain go away?
One of the first things we'd teach new smiths around the forge (right after the proper way to hold a hammer that's going to rebound off the anvil with a whole lot more zip than any nail-driver) is the rule about wearing natural fibers only, and what all the various burning smells mean: burning cotton means you're leaning up against something you shouldn't, burning wood means you've put a tool too close to the fire, burning leather means you've grabbed something way too hot and need to drop it NOW along with your glove. The latter has saved my fingers dozens of times; once you feel the heat, it's too late.
Smell hamburger on the grill? That's gonna leave a mark. And like the above, you smell the burn several seconds before you feel it...
Most embarrassing burn I ever got was the first time I used a TIG welder in high school metal shop. After suiting up in leather to learn the stick welders, I was enjoying the novelty of using relatively thin gloves and a helmet. I didn't realize until hours later that I had an open collar shirt on and had a bright red, blistered triangle of seared skin right at the base of my neck.
In the days before mig welders were commonplace in the auto body industry we brazed or welded panels on.
Once while laying on the floor under a car I reached for a new piece of wire...passing my wrist through the flame.
It was ugly for a long time.
I raise animals that require lightbulbs that run at ridiculous temperatures and emit high levels of uv light, as they're designed to simulate sunlight. There are a bunch of name brand bulbs that do this, but there are speciality businesses that sell the powerful stuff online. I managed to brush my forearm against one of these super bulbs for only a nanosecond. The resulting burn looked like something out of a Toxic Avenger movie. Radiation burn...woo...
...was the pop tart delicious?
Quote from: Monsterlover on February 07, 2010, 11:19:28 AM
That addresses the swelling, what makes the pain go away?
Reducing the swelling does a lot for killing the pain...
Quote from: hadesducati848 on February 06, 2010, 09:01:13 PM
nope cant say that i do, all my scars are very manly and each one has a very tragic but happy story to it. like the time i jumped in a burning school bus that was sinking to the bottom of a lake to rescue a lol boy from drowning. i was only wearing shorts at the time and the hot exhaust pipe touched my inner right calf... now i have a nice oval scar that will always remind me of the time i jumped in a river to rescue a lil girl from drowning [thumbsup]
[laugh]
Your story about saving the boy/girl from the lake/river reminds me of the time I rescued 50 miners that were trapped after a tornado caused a jetliner to crash into a frieght train that jumped the tracks and rammed deep into a flooded coal mine.
I got my dumbest burn by grabbing a hot exhaust header while needlessly adjusting the carbs on a little honda I'd been riding hard. It's difficult to explain a scorched palm. No manly scar but the hair never grew back.
Quote from: Johnny OrganDonor on February 07, 2010, 12:38:46 PM
I got my dumbest burn by grabbing a hot exhaust header while needlessly adjusting the carbs on a little honda I'd been riding hard. It's difficult to explain a scorched palm. No manly scar but the hair never grew back.
You used to have hair on your palm? ???
Quote from: erkishhorde on February 07, 2010, 02:15:48 PM
You used to have hair on your palm? ???
Doesn't everyone?
........but then my eyesight is pretty bad. 8)
Quote from: NAKID on February 07, 2010, 07:41:29 AM
Silvadene.
that stuff is amazing. used it when i ripped my knee open. got scars, but minimal for seeing my knee cap. bf used it when he was a teenager. lit himself on fire via wood burning furnace. burnt his arm n face, but he only has one tiny scar.
i have a two inch scar across my left cheek/upper lip from a pneumatic potato cannon failure...
and some new stuff on my fingers from today
I took an iron, and placed it next to my face to see if it was on. It was. One slight hand twitch later, I have a neat little spot on my jaw where a beard won't grow. Guess what shape it's in? That's right, hot iron... complete with little steam hole where beard DOES grow.
I still feel like a tool after doing this. It was damned near 4 years ago. [bang] [bang]
Iron to face FTW!!! [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Pop Tarts are very manly.
Quote from: Dieter on February 07, 2010, 11:46:51 AM
...was the pop tart delicious?
I was so pissed I threw that one out, ate the other though, and was reminded why I have but one Pop Tart a year on average. Twas the cherry variety.
I do have that Silvadene around here, I'm also going to try NewSkin soon. My brother's fiance also said to use Mederma eventually to minimize the scarring.
I don't think I'm so upset about the prospect of another scar, but for the fact that it was from a breakfast pastry, and even if I tell people I got it while saving toddlers from a burning orphanage, I'll still know the sad, pathetic truth.
When I was about 14 or so, I spilled a drop of solder while working on my RC car. My reflex was to catch the drop with my thighs. Burned two perfect circles deep as mirror images right above my knee cap. Was wearing shorts at the time. My mom totally thought they were cigarette burns. I caught all kinds of hell. That was back in the day when it was "cool" to have cig burn or bowl burn scars......
+1 to TriangleForge on leathers. If you are hot enough to feel a burning sensation under gloves or your apron while welding, drop what is burning you AND drop the leather as more heat will continue to come, even after removing the heat source.
In HS welding shop, kids would heat silver money and throw it on the shop floor. Knew several kids with George Washington brands. You learned very quickly in that class not to pick up anything you didn't drop yourself.......
Quote from: NAKID on February 07, 2010, 11:48:54 AM
Reducing the swelling does a lot for killing the pain...
Today ML has learned something
:D
One summer when I was in high school, I was putting a gas-powered weed whacker on the back of my Uncle Buster's dumptruck, my right forearm pressed against the exhaust outlet.
I had a rectangular burn with reversed ECHO in relief all summer... [roll]
In the 6th grade (1966) I went to a summer camp near Gunnison, CO and our cabin went on a horse back over night campout. The next morning we were cooking breakfast over the campfire with our kiddie mess kits. The camp dog had tagged along and decided he wanted the bacon I was cooking and knocked the pan out of my grip and spashed scalding bacon drippings all over my left hand. Hmmmm, bacon! [bacon] Damn dog f#@ked up my summer camp big time!! I went on to lead a semi normal life. [laugh] The dog was never seen again... [evil]
Quote from: fastwin on February 08, 2010, 01:10:26 PMThe dog was never seen again... [evil]
How'd it taste? ;)
It wasn't me but back in boy scouts we were all around the campfire one night and
making a pretty big fire. One dipstick put a small tree in the fire with the needles and it blazed up
all real nice. he then thought it would be a good idea to run and jump over it.
He tripped right before the fire and fell into if hands first into the middle of it.
He buggered up his hands pretty bad.
I didn't get burned but was sitting gas welding something together years ago and got a couple
spatters. I kept working and noticed my crotch getting warm. hmmmmm
I stop and pull my goggles off and look down to see 4 in flames coming off my lap.
Do I smack it out? No thank god, I had the sense to stand up and brush it out rather than beat
my johnson. :)
i found a pic of my manly burn.
if you guys want me to post pics of it.... its pretty manly.
Let's see it, then I'll post up my manly mountain biking injury. It's not for the squeemish.
Anybody want to see the pic of my leg again?
Quote from: NAKID on February 10, 2010, 10:04:45 AM
Anybody want to see the pic of my leg again?
Your leg is so five minutes ago.
It's time for something new-can you get an arm stuck in a propeller or something?
Sorry, selling the boat. Won't be getting anything stuck in that...
Quote from: MrIncredible on February 10, 2010, 10:10:04 AM
It's time for something new-can you get an arm stuck in a propeller or something?
Indian Sunburn. [cheeky]
Quote from: NAKID on February 10, 2010, 10:11:08 AM
Sorry, selling the boat. Won't be getting anything stuck in that...
I thought you were in the navy?
Yeah, but I'm not keeping this boat in storage for 3 years while I'm in Japan.
The screws on the BIG BOAT I'm going to are about 45' under water...
Quote from: NAKID on February 10, 2010, 10:04:45 AM
Anybody want to see the pic of my leg again?
Just found one of the pics you posted, good god man!
Link?
i want to see.
http://kuixihe.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=276 (http://kuixihe.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=276)
Quote from: NAKID on February 10, 2010, 11:17:36 AM
Yeah, but I'm not keeping this boat in storage for 3 years while I'm in Japan.
The screws on the BIG BOAT I'm going to are about 45' under water...
It's a ship at that point ;)
Quote from: Monsterlover on February 10, 2010, 01:20:50 PM
Link?
NAKID's extremely manly injury:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j135/JoshFan1980a/For%20Sara%20and%20others/Christopher/Surgery%20pics/bwg092206067.jpg (http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j135/JoshFan1980a/For%20Sara%20and%20others/Christopher/Surgery%20pics/bwg092206067.jpg)
ill post mine later this evening (unless I drunkenly forget)
Quote from: NAKID on February 10, 2010, 11:17:36 AM
Yeah, but I'm not keeping this boat in storage for 3 years while I'm in Japan.
The screws on the BIG BOAT I'm going to are about 45' under water...
I'm pretty sure if we all work together...
we can hold you under at that depth. ;D
[laugh]
Lots of love in here tonight.
Quote from: NoisyDante on February 10, 2010, 02:16:43 PM
NAKID's extremely manly injury:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j135/JoshFan1980a/For%20Sara%20and%20others/Christopher/Surgery%20pics/bwg092206067.jpg (http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j135/JoshFan1980a/For%20Sara%20and%20others/Christopher/Surgery%20pics/bwg092206067.jpg)
ill post mine later this evening (unless I drunkenly forget)
[puke]
nice one!
that is NOT a burn injury!!!!!
Was that when you got the S2R800 totaled or is that unrelated surgery.
Im not going to lie, maybe im canablisitic but that piece of meat hanging out looks like a good ny strip.
Yup, that was the S2R800 wreck.
About the muscle, that was my first thought too. Have you ever smelled flesh being cauterized? It always makes me hungry...
Quote from: ducpainter on February 10, 2010, 02:24:32 PM
I'm pretty sure if we all work together...
we can hold you under at that depth. ;D
I'm a diver, no "we" needed . . . [thumbsup]
Quote from: NAKID on February 10, 2010, 04:15:07 PM
Yup, that was the S2R800 wreck.
About the muscle, that was my first thought too. Have you ever smelled flesh being cauterized? It always makes me hungry...
Damn! How did that happen? Other than just a moto wreck. Were you wearing leathers/boots?
Was wearing full riding attire. Don't you remember the story Dave, me and a semi meeting in an intersection...
vaguely remember you being hurt. Don't remember the details. That is a hell of an injury though, i bet that didn't tickle.
I think I remember HeMan's burn. I think he treated it with Chinese herbal stuff.
I got 2nd and 3rd degree burns on my arm from the engine and muffler of my XR-75 I ended up stuck under after a failed jump. I put Silvadene on it for at least a month, maybe longer. It took forever to grow all the skin back. I still have nasty scars over 25 years later.
Scott
I have a number of stupid/manly scars, including the open compund to the right forearm from the boat trailer winch handle, the one on my left wrist from when some idiot threw ammunition into a beach fire we were sitting in front of, and the circular saw that I rested on my left thigh as it wound down, forgetting that I was holding the guard open with my thumb. . .
My most stupid/unmanly scar is from trying to eat hot soup in bed. 2nd degree on the chest, right over the breastbone.
Quote from: Bun-bun on March 12, 2010, 02:38:10 PM
My most stupid/unmanly scar is from trying to eat hot soup in bed. 2nd degree on the chest, right over the breastbone.
I believe the amount of unmanliness depends on the type of soup it was . . . what kind was it?
Now I want soup . . . . where can I get lobster bisque in LA?
Quote from: NoisyDante on February 06, 2010, 06:36:52 PM
Anyone else have a supremely lame burn/scar/injury you'd like to share and make me feel less stupid?
When I was a teenager I had these awful blisters on my hand.....still some scarring
also never come home hungry and drunk and attempt to microwave a twinkie and eat it...
Quote from: RAT900 on March 17, 2010, 03:22:25 AM
When I was a teenager I had these awful blisters on my hand.....still some scarring
also never come home hungry and drunk and attempt to microwave a twinkie and eat it...
i've eaten a deep fried twinkie and it was a bad idea for more than one reason.
btw, nice seeign you again :)
Quote from: KnightofNi on March 17, 2010, 03:59:42 AM
i've eaten a deep fried twinkie and it was a bad idea for more than one reason.
btw, nice seeign you again :)
Hey Ni how the hell are you!!....that deep fried Twinkie sounds absolutely like Down South Sunday at the Flea Market sorta cooking...right up there with funnel cake and pork cracklin's
The microwave variant was deceptively molten...my mouth and lips had more blisters than a hooker's during Fleet week [thumbsup]
Quote from: RAT900 on March 17, 2010, 04:06:53 AM
Hey Ni how the hell are you!!....that deep fried Twinkie sounds absolutely like Down South Sunday at the Flea Market sorta cooking...right up there with funnel cake and pork cracklin's
The microwave variant was deceptively molten...my mouth and lips had more blisters than a hooker's during Fleet week [thumbsup]
believe it or not, i had it in las vegas.
and the wonderfully tasty creme filling had turned to something closer to molten lead in the fryer.
after burningit's way through my mouth and throat it resolidified in my stomach.
i nearly puked on a stripper thanks to that twinkie. [laugh]
Quote from: RAT900 on March 17, 2010, 04:06:53 AM
Hey Ni how the hell are you!!....that deep fried Twinkie sounds absolutely like Down South Sunday at the Flea Market sorta cooking...right up there with funnel cake and pork cracklin's
There's a fish and chips shop run by a British ex-pat in Brooklyn, NY that makes deep fried Twinkies. And pretty much everything else. I can't even imagine eating a Twinkie any more, deep fried or not. Man, the crap I ate growing up...
Scott
Quote from: RAT900 on March 17, 2010, 03:22:25 AM
never come home hungry and drunk and attempt to microwave a twinkie and eat it...
That is sage advice
Quote from: scott_araujo on March 17, 2010, 07:05:15 AM
There's a fish and chips shop run by a British ex-pat in Brooklyn, NY that makes deep fried Twinkies. And pretty much everything else. I can't even imagine eating a Twinkie any more, deep fried or not. Man, the crap I ate growing up...
Scott
That would be The Chip Shop, http://www.chipshopnyc.com (http://www.chipshopnyc.com) totally authentic fish and chips. I think the only thing that guy can't deep fry is a Hershey's Kiss.
Quote from: howie on March 17, 2010, 05:43:54 PM
I think the only thing that guy can't deep fry is a Hershey's Kiss.
Dare him to. He'll find a way. Guaranteed. [thumbsup]
My friend just sent us a onesie for my son from there. He can't deep fry M&M's, apparently they just melt away into nothing in the fryer.
Scott
Reminds me of another burn I got when trying to make a massive fried blooming onion. The onion fell out of the tongs and splashed into the pot of hot oil. It spilled a great deal onto the top of my hand in the shape of a cross, looked like a crazy ritualized branding for awhile. Healed fine though.