My mom opens a lot of boxes in her
stockroom for work, and in the winter months her fingers start to crack. My
skin is naturally dry without touching two hundred boxes a day and the tips of
my fingers have started to crack as well. My mom has learned a trick from a
co-worker—if you super glue your wounds, your fingers will be able to heal
without getting worse and it will keep dirt and such out.
When I went to the grocery store to
buy cheese, I decided to pick up some super glue and give it a try. I didn’t
know this, but there is an obnoxious seal that you needed to open to get the
glue. And, I definitely didn’t know that you’re not supposed to stab it with a
pencil, because then it explodes. All over your hands.
In a battle to get it on my cuts, I
start rubbing it all over my fingertips, not realizing that it’s going to
harden on my fingers as well. As a way to see if it was dry, I touch my fingers
to my lips (I do the same thing with nail polish). Well, it wasn’t dry and I
got super glue on my lips. Then that hardened.
(As an aside, that pencil I used it super glued shut now.)
(As an aside, that pencil I used it super glued shut now.)
Here
is the conversation I had with my sister via Twitter:
Me: Serious question. How do you get super glue off your lips?
Stacey:
buahahahaaha!!! Dare I ask HOW? Lol did you try nail polish remover? Try not to
get it in your mouth haha
Me: I
wouldn't ask how... Hahaha. It tastes funny! I did, but that didn't work in
getting it off my fingers.
Stacey:
oh man hahaha now I'm curious! Hang on, off to Dr Google ;)
Stacey:
so far I got rubbing alcohol, acetone, soap and water and saliva, lol. Your
lips aren't glued together are they??
Me: Thanks!
I'm blogging about it.
Me: No,
luckily. Haha. I think I may have just bitten the super glue off. Will I die
from ingesting it?
Me: Because,
I want to know now, before I finish this paper.
Stacey:
hopefully you get it off.... I still have some stuck to the bowl of my sink :/
Stacey:
and still on my leg when I accidentally super glued my own pants to my own leg
haha
Me: Hahahaha.
What is wrong with us??
Stacey:
lol you should live according to webmd unless you swallowed the whole bottle
lol
Me: Do
you think if I did swallow it, it would still be able to harden?
Stacey:
I dunno lol
Me: Mmmm.
Science question.
I think
the best thing for me to do at this point would be to finish my paper and stay
out of trouble. Well, try. Also, if I die in the near future, we'll know it was the super glue.
Here's a picture of Mocha. Do I
even need a reason to post adorable kitten photos?
Cheers!
UPDATE: I have moved away from the super glue and am now using a liquid band-aid. This is a much better idea. Don't tell my boyfriend I'm admitting that.
UPDATE: I have moved away from the super glue and am now using a liquid band-aid. This is a much better idea. Don't tell my boyfriend I'm admitting that.
Its karma from not working on your paper
ReplyDeleteYeah, probably... But, in my defense, I only have a couple of paragraphs left of that stupid thing AND I now know how to get super glue off my skin.
DeleteI call that progress.
My boyfriend super glues his cuts ALL THE TIME. As far as I know, though, he's never gotten it on his mouth.
ReplyDeletePS: Mocha is adorable.
In all honesty, I'm probably the only one dumb enough to get super glue on my mouth. Haha
DeleteThank you. :] He is three months old.
And, a note to my boyfriend: See? I'm not just weird. Other people super glue their cuts too!
Thanks for reading! :] I appreciate it.
Superglue on cuts? What will humans think of next? I put parrot shit on my cuts.
ReplyDeleteI'm flattered you took the time to read this! :]
DeleteWhat I've learned from this is that I should probably never mess around with super glue. Also that Mocha is freaken adorable.
ReplyDeleteI should have know that beforehand, but still decided to do it anyway.
DeleteThank you :] He got a new collar today. There will be a post on him soon enough.
It is amazing how many times I hear about cat vs superglue accidents.... totally underreported as an epidemic!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'm surprised as well. People should really get on that.
DeleteI can't tell you how relieved I am to stumble across someone else who has also accidentally superglued their mouth shut. I've lived with this by myself for 20 years and now the burden is lifted. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteNow I need to find someone who has accidentally hot melt glued a crown of thorns to their head.
You're welcome! :] I've done lots of stupid things in my lifetime, so there is probably more that I could say to make you feel better. Though, I have never glued a crown of thorns on my head. I did,however, rub vaseline all over my hair and my mom had to cut all of my hair to get it out.
DeleteAt least you didn’t glue them together. That would’ve been painful to separate. As for removing them, I usually use a lot of alcohol for it, but I find wet wipes as a good alternative if they haven’t dried that much yet. Though it may be tricky using alcohol or nail polish remover on your lips, as you may accidentally ingest it.
ReplyDeleteShannon @ ASI