Jewelry, smugness, and other things

[d_aulnoy]

The other night, I went to a party.  It was a costume party (well, masque), hosted by three wonderful writers/editors, and it was held in the loveliest three story apartment, decorated with a different theme on each floor - masks, the forest room, the Red Room, you get the idea - and I was tickled to see old friends and catch up.  I sheepishly

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[omnia_mutantur]

What, pray tell, is the most karmically appropriate way for you to have cut your thumb?

[d_aulnoy]

Well. As it happens, at the party, the white wine ran out. So I went to open another bottle. Using an idiot corkscrew - the cheapie kind that winches, with the two arms? And while I was doing so, I was chatting idly to some woman standing next to me about how these things were a life-saver, if I tried using one of the professional kind that waiters carry, with the little fold-out knife and the need for brute strength to lever out the cork, I'd undoubtedly put my own eye out ... though, that said, a lot of common household accidents just confused me. Like, how do you wind up in the ER cutting a BAGEL?

And that's when I winched the cheap-ass corkscrew with no plastic lip, just a sharp-sharp-SHARP metal edge, without noticing that my thumb was overlapping the edge of the glass slightly.

I have an 8mm chomp out of my thumb as penance for my hubris. FINE, UNIVERSE, I'LL NEVER BADMOUTH BAGEL INJURIES AGAIN.

[briarspell]

Sounds like a great start to the year (aside from karmic thumb injuries!) :).

[cissa]

Brilliant solution to the new treasure!!!