It's Wonderific Wednesday, Ya Beatniks! (MyLot Exclusive #954)

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It's another Wonderific Wednesday here in the Neon Fun Jungle and this is as good a time as any to make this Public Service Announcement from the Department Of Public Safety that has been sitting on my desk since very early this mid-morning: ====== Never allow anyone but mature, responsible and careful adults, such as myself, to play with dangerous power tools. Such as power washers. ====== Coincidentally enough...Unless you don't believe in coincidences and you could be right about that. At least sometimes...I have an illustrative story that goes with the PSA. On or about sometime this forenoon, as I was power washing my push mower, I carefully lifted the springloaded guard flap so I could, even more carefully, wash under the deck, around the blade. That's when something odd happened. Some unseen malevolent force changed the angle of the wand so that the spray was hitting my right thumb. The injury was slight. Only roughly 400 layers of skin were removed, folded, spindled and mutilated. There was a bit of pain---Far less than usual because, as you know, I have the pain tolerance of 10,000 ordinary men. Also, as you well know, I'm a Gynecologist, not a Thumb Specialist. But I was forced to take a few courses on such unimportant body parts as thumbs in Med School and I remember some of it. So I treated the laceration myself. Starting with a Magikal Incantation---That sounds highly technical and difficult but really, it's just a string of appropriate words that I can't repeat here and with a little practice, anyone can do it. Strictly as a precaution, I followed up the Incantation with 120 fluid ounces of a popular OTC pain reliever, fever reducer, anti-inflammatory and infection preventer called Bud Light. Well, it's Over The Counter in most places but you do need a prescription in Kansas and Utah. So this story has the usual and expected happy ending. But imagine for a moment what it might have been like if it hadn't happened to someone like me---A highly trained competent medical professional who also happens to be a mature, responsible and careful adult. And that's the whole point. Don't let immature, careless and irresponsible people play with dangerous power tools.