A Dumb Blonde Moment!

[Renegade1LI]

I'm sure we all know a few, but this one occurred as I was demonstrating a new hot glue gun I gave to my wife for her craft work. As it was reaching temperature I dispensed some hot glue and she proceded to verify the temperature with her finger,ouch is all I can say! The worst part is I watched as she stuck her finger in the molten glue that we all know doesn't come off that easy. She normally is very smart and possess more common sense then most, but today was her blonde moment, and fyi she is blonde.

 

[karoc]

Nothing worse than a burn, more so when what is hot is stuck to your finger. Careful, she make know your talking about her, its that gift that all women have.

 

[Renegade1LI]

I actually got her permission 1st, it's been an hour and she still has it on ice, I still feel bad that I watched her do it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I think anyone who has used a hot glue gun, has been burnt a finger or hand, albeit, not on purpose.

 

[78SC4X4]

I guess you're making dinner or ordering a pizza tonight!

Years ago we were cauterizing the end of a nylon rope and a drip of nylon landed on my forearm. Stuck just like glue and continued to burn until I could scrape it off. Still have a nice little round spot on my wrist.

 

[pi_guy]

On another forum somebody admitted to knowing and then doing something stupid. So I asked if the person was blonde? I got reamed talk about the world going PC. I have more burns than I can remember.
The one thing I have to be careful with is handing somebody something hot, always have a cup of tea in hand and being a welder I am conditioned.

 

[niget2002]

I've had many of those moments... And I'm not blonde.

Probably the worst was the time I used my hand to wipe dust off of a drill bit we had just used to put a hole in concrete.

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[Renegade1LI]

It's all good, my wife is the one who said it was a dumb blonde moment, I asked if I could take a pic and post it, sure np, she's a good sport. She said it hurt less than when I cut her hair this year,lol that's a whole nother story, it did involve alcohol though!

 

[PWC Repair]

Reminds me of that time i rubbed some smudge off the tip of my soldering iron.......DOH!

 

[Snip]

I think we all have had one of those moments. As someone that has done my fair share of welding and torch work (can weld but would not call myself a welder, they are much better than me) on thing that comes to mind is never, never tuck your pant legs into your boots, always on the outside. Dance steps cannot be duplicated.

 

[The Cobbler]

I feel the pain, have had hot glue on my fingers too. easily done . something you don't forget easily

 

[Meursault74]

reminds me of the time I picked up off the floor a threaded piece of a screw I had just cut off with a rotary tool. It left some "grill" marks on my finger. Only did that once. I'm not blonde either.

 

[nadogail]

I used to excuse my errors claiming I was young and dumb.

I can no longer claim to be young, I still can pass for Dumb.

 

[laser3kw]

I guess you're making dinner or ordering a pizza tonight!

Years ago we were cauterizing the end of a nylon rope and a drip of nylon landed on my forearm. Stuck just like glue and continued to burn until I could scrape it off. Still have a nice little round spot on my wrist.

I have done that. Experience I don't want to repeat. I will add to that: inhaling the smoke of burning nylon rope. Avoid that - does the same to your lungs

 

[pmiranda]

I once tightened the tip on a hot soldering iron. My thumbprint came back after a few years.

 

[aventino68]

While under an alignment machine, I pushed a tall plate steel jack stand with my foot at the very bottom back in my first year as a mechanic. Instead of sliding away it toppled back onto me and it had a sharp enough edge to it. Combined with the weight and my fingers spread out conveniently at the time on the concrete floor , it chopped off two middle fingers about an inch and a half from the top. What i remember more is the 70 yr old office lady driving me to the hospital at what felt like 10 mph ("safety on the road first" was her motto). And she packed cotton wool into everything and packed it all in a shoebox, offending cotton wool the doctor had to then pull out with tweezers before sewing it all back together.

 

[Renegade1LI]

While under an alignment machine, I pushed a tall plate steel jack stand with my foot at the very bottom back in my first year as a mechanic. Instead of sliding away it toppled back onto me and it had a sharp enough edge to it. Combined with the weight and my fingers spread out conveniently at the time on the concrete floor , it chopped off two middle fingers about an inch and a half from the top. What i remember more is the 70 yr old office lady driving me to the hospital at what felt like 10 mph ("safety on the road first" was her motto). And she packed cotton wool into everything and packed it all in a shoebox, offending cotton wool the doctor had to then pull out with tweezers before sewing it all back together.

Ouch!

 

[Dragfluid]

Don't do that.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Luckily my wife is pain free today, I'm sure somehow it's my fault though,lol

 

[ScottsGT]

Reminds me back about 35+ years ago when I was painting cars in the back yard garage. I had just laid down one killer paint job and asked my Dad if he wanted to take a look. He walked around it and then said “Is it dry?” as he stuck his finger in the wet paint.
Just looked at him and said, “Why the hell did you ask if you were going to find out for yourself?”
Of course this is the same car where I asked him to help me lift the roof off of after I cut it loose. I had a T Top roof ready to go on it. As he was helping me lift he mumbled in disgust, “Boy, you done fucked up a perfectly good car.”
I just looked at him and said, “OK old man, come out in an hour and you can kiss my ***”

Hour later he came out grinning to make fun of me. He found me sitting in the drivers seat with the new roof in place and welded down with front and rear glass sitting in place.

He walked off pissed. Old man never gave us credit for what we did right.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Know what's worse than hot glue on your hand ?

The melting plastic from a little army man that we (most of us) had as kids. I found that when the burning molten plastic melted off, it made a cool "ZIIIIIPPPPPP" sound when falling to the ground. . . . until it hit your skin.

It doesn't cool down as fast as hot glue.

 

[cdestuck]

If she ever does it again, apparently it wasn’t hot enough this time.

 

[southalabama]

Water jel is your friend.

 

[Renegade1LI]

I think what worked best was holding a glass of voda and seltzer on ice all night, I know it helped me.

 

[Wood Rat]

Know what's worse than hot glue on your hand ?

The melting plastic from a little army man that we (most of us) had as kids. I found that when the burning molten plastic melted off, it made a cool "ZIIIIIPPPPPP" sound when falling to the ground. . . . until it hit your skin.

It doesn't cool down as fast as hot glue.

I can remember the bread bags that would do that as well.

 

[HoosierMark]

Not blond either but I claim dumb. Tried to solder copper pipes in a crawl space that still had some water in the pipe and on the ground. Never lay under the pipe so the solder can drip off the pipe and on to your wet sweatshirt arm. It goes right thru it. Never did it again, three scars are enough of a reminder. That was 20 years ago. I learned about shark bites and proper techniques. Only took about 5 years, not the whole 20 years

 

[king nero]

The one thing I have to be careful with is handing somebody something hot, always have a cup of tea in hand and being a welder I am conditioned.

I never ever pick up something in a welding workshop without "feeling" (just above the surface, or rapidly tapping on the item) whether or not I can touch it. Been there few times too many.

Haven't worked with hot glue, but I can testify that a drop of molten nylon (from melting the rope ends together) isn't on my wishlist (again).

 

[karoc]

Good thread, we all could use little blonde humor sometimes since being 2021

 

[WordMan]

I dated a young lady (many, many years ago) who dyed her hair blonde. When she would do something dumb, I would tease her with "Leissa, I think your hair coloring is sinking in."

Another young lady, this one a natural blonde, would say, "it's because I'm a blonde" whenever she did something dumb.

Life is short, have some fun while you're still on this side of the dirt.

 

[WordMan]

And since we're on the topic of dumb stuff we have done, here are two of my own:

1) Trying to get a Triump's carbs dialed in, I lost my balance while squatter down next to the bike. Instinctively, I reached out and grabbed the first thing I could...

...it was nice shiny chromed pipe.

2) I used to have more of a temper than I do now. After spending hours the night before repairing the convertible top to windshield header weatherstripping on my asc/McLaren (a sort of Mustang), we jumped in the car and headed (or all places) to church (you'll understand the "of all places in a moment).

It started to rain and the windshield header started to leak. I got ticked and punched the horn button. The horn started blowing...

...and did not stop until I pried the button from the steering wheel and disconnected it. Regaining my composure as I removed the button, I looked at my wife and said, "well, I guess I got what I deserved, there, eh?"

And so it goes...

 

[Toolfool]

My wife is a blonde. Graduated HS a year early, law school, admitted to the Bar Association in three states (passed first try in each), admitted to the US Supreme Court (sworn in by her idol, RBG). She would still touch the hot melt glue ! Sometimes I wonder how she would survive without me around. My Mom used to say, "The more degrees they have, the less common sense they have."

 

[PugetDude]

Good thread, we all could use little blonde humor sometimes since being 2021

Definition of a smart blonde?
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Golden Retriever.

 

[Rabid Badger]

When I was a kid I was using a hot glue gun for a project and accidentally got a glob on my hand. Without thinking (obviously) I tried to brush it off with my other hand and burned it, too.

Oops.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Some stories get even better when you're blonde & say hold my beer, kinda doubles the fun, just like the time I said watch this I'll be right down.... to be continued.