Five Dollar Family Fun Night Ends w/ Mom Giving Everyone the Finger
Again…it never ends well when I try to be crafty. Hence, the title of my blog. Not Bedazzled…get it? I know, I’m very deep 
Many layers. Like Shakespeare.
Anyhoo…my son got a $5 Magic Dino kit from the toy store. Fake egg. Fake lava pit. Hot water.
The egg dissolves and erupts. Teeny tiny dinosaur is to emerge from the primordial ooze.
Total fun for a 7 year old boy, right? Aw yeah. We were doing fairly well with it. Usually these things end in a giant globby mess that bear no resemblance to the happy family fun portrayed on the box. This one though, this one worked.
Except for one thing…
Yesterday, I sliced my finger with a steak knife (whole ‘nutha story, but further proof of why I leave the cooking to the professionals).
In the annals of bad owies, I’d go 1.) childbirth 2.) broken toe (from that one time on my sister’s evil couch); 3.) cold water sprayed into the dry sockets left by my wisdom teeth; 4.) the time I accidentally, full-force sprayed shaving gel into my eye; and now…5.) fake dino lava seeping into a fresh cut on my finger.
Yowza!
I know, the picture doesn’t do it justice. I look like a wimp. I am a wimp. But…ow!
Was it good for you buddy? 
The pros do get injured more than people probably realize. On one episode of “A Cook’s Tour” on Food Network (currently in reruns once again), Tony Bourdain is in a kitchen in NYC. To see all the pro Chefs he had standing there comparing scars like the scene from “Jaws” was very telling. I’m no pro cook, but I’m not so sure Mary’s going to use the Calphalon blade Chef Tad got me for Christmas anymore! Hers was a straight cut from the thing. Mine was a hard jab, straight into my left ring finger. Man, I gotta work on my knifing skills …
Comment by LunaPierCook — January 19, 2008 @ 5:35 am
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This looks awesome. Certainly worth five bucks. I can’t wait to show Beeps. Why would anyone stick their finger in lava? Duh! “It’s molten, molten!”
Comment by SMG — January 19, 2008 @ 8:01 am
It was awesome. Turns out you can buy more eggs. Next time I’ll wear protective gear. Those little finger condoms maybe.
See LPC, chicks dig scars.
Comment by Robin Dec — January 19, 2008 @ 11:48 am
SMG is funny.
Comment by Rebecca — January 19, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Robin, that depends on the scar …
Good: Yeah, ripped my bicep clean open. I had to pick that dag-gone pick-up truck off’a th’ ground ‘r mah wife’s cat woulda’ been a goner.
Bad: No they ain’t stupid. That woman got stratch marks fr’m havin’ babies … mine’s frum beer. So whut???
Comment by LunaPierCook — January 20, 2008 @ 6:24 am
OK, I have to use that one. Next time my hysband asks what’s for dinner I am going to tell him I leave it to the pros in an effort to avoid bloodshed. What’s funny is I still don’t peel the potatoes for family dinners. My mom still tells me I am going to cut myself
Comment by Cheryl — January 24, 2008 @ 1:13 pm