Attack... of the vicious tomaaaaytoes!

[magid]

As of an hour ago, I'd had a productive evening, but then I made my mistake. The cupboards being relatively bare, I decided to use the can of Campbell's vegetarian vegetable soup I bought in a fit of excitement that it was kosher (some months ago). It even had a pop-top lid, so I didn't need a can opener!

I would've been better off using the can opener. I started to open the lid, and it immediately managed to pop back in such a way that it gashed my middle finger. Not one of those little paper-cut-y things where it takes a moment to even register, but a definite "oh, damn why did I do that" cut, with the obligatory dash to the bathroom to bleed in greater comfort (or at least, with less chance of bleeding over the food or kitchen implements). I rinsed it off, impressed at how much blood was coming out, and wrapped it up, applying pressure and holding it up. I read my friendsfriends page while doing it, to distract myself from the not-cooking I was doing. Back into the bathroom to take the tissues off... and it was still gushing when the pressure was removed. Gah! I cleaned up the sink, and rewrapped the finger. Eventually, almost 30 minutes after I cut it, it stopped bleeding, though the skin under the cut looks rather drained of the red stuff. It's not a big cut, either, just a u-shape inconveniently located near one fingertip.

The soup was pretty mediocre, too.

Comments

[fj.livejournal.com]

Are you dead yet?

What about now?




Now?

just vicious, not killer

[magid.livejournal.com]

Not dead yet.

Still not dead.


Nope, not dead.


I think I'll go for a walk. [/wheezy old-man voice]

[queue.livejournal.com]

You should send an email to Campbell's to complain. Maybe you'll get some free soup out of it.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I don't think I want any more of their soup. Though I might complain anyway, if I find an email address reasonably quickly.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

The soup was pretty mediocre, too.

Bastards! Dangerous food should at least be worth the pain and suffering.

(I hope you heal swiftly and without complications.)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

(Thanks. This morning, it's still noticeable every time I type an i (or other less frequent letters, with that finger), partly from the bandage, mostly from the discomfort. I haven't yet dared peeking under the bandage to see how it's doing. And I'm likely not to until I need to at work sometime (they have a good first aid box with more fingertip bandages).)

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

:( Now that it has stopped bleeding, you might want to consider getting some liquid bandaid or superglue. Either will keep the edges together, which will make the healing process less ouchy. You won't get to wear a cool bandaid, but you can tell people you superglued your finger back together. I use both on my feet in the winter, because it seals the cracks on my feet so I can do things like walk or kick.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of that. Hm... I have to stop at the supermarket on the way to work, and they might have some liquid bandaid.

Thanks for the suggestions. (and I wish your feet didn't have such woes.)

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Ah, it's just genetically dry skin. It's a really stupid thing that causes too much pain, if I don't either moisturize like mad or glue up the cracks.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

OTOH, blood is the same color as tomato soup, so really, there was no reason to stop and cover the wound.

[fructivore.livejournal.com]

OTOH, blood is the same color as tomato soup, so really, there was no reason to stop and cover the wound.

Wasn't this the theory behind the British army and their red coats?

Not the soup per se, of course. Unless I missed something in history class.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yes, the British were prepared for any tomato soup flinging that the enemy would inflict ;-P.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Just be careful eating in General Campbell's camp ;)

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

And which army was it that wore the brown pants?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Not quite, actually. The blood is a deeper red, that turned a completely different pink when splashed around the sink.

Oh, and kosher stuff: no eating blood.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

mixed together, though, it all averages out. extra iron in your soup, i mean, hey, healthy!


so basically you just can't eat anywhere in the UK, can you.

[magid.livejournal.com]

They have kosher restaurants in the UK, too ;-).
And no blood pudding in any of them.

[cellio]

Ouch!

I bought a couple cans of that soup when I heard about the hechsher. Mine didn't give me any trouble. It's so-so soup, but in my experience all canned vegetable soup is so-so, so it didn't violate my expectations.

[cellio]

<language-geek>
Hey, I just noticed that I used the same word three times in a row in a grammatically-correct sentence. Ok, it's not the famous "had * 11" case, but it's still not that common. :-)
</language-geek>

[magid.livejournal.com]

It took me a moment; I was parsing "so-so" as one word rather than two.

What's the "had * 11" case?
(I suppose this means I'm not enough of a language geek.)

[cellio]

What's the "had * 11" case?

It's one of those word-game puzzles from my childhood.

Punctuate the following sequence of words:

John while Jane had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

*twitch* I think my brain just exploded.

[cellio]

A solution exists. :-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

I didn't expect wonderful soup, but it was on the less-acceptable side of mediocre. Luckily I could dress it up with stuff on hand, and that helped. I think I'm more likely to stick with the boxed soups in future though. Well, except for cream of mushroom, when I feel the need for a particular kind of casserole.