Serious bites: Only for people who have to learn the hard way, inevitible, necessary?

[sambo.]

if you're talking about love bites from a knife, then yes 'd say they are inevitable and, in a way, necessary to teach you the proper respect for a blade. i'm sure we've all nicked ourselves from time to time. i did it quite recently in fact.

i'm reminded of teh Terry Pratchett discworld novel Hogfather.

Death (as in The Grim Reaper) has to dress up as Santa to satisfy the plotline.

while handing out presents, a little girl asks for a sword.

Death gives the girl the sword to the objections of her parents: "You can't give a little girl a sword!"
Death: "WHY NOT? IT'S EDUCATIONAL"
Parents: "She might cut herself!"
Death: "THAT WILL BE A VALUABLE LESSON."

- - - -

if we're talking about animal bites on the other hand, then as yet, no i havn't been bitten too badly yet except for the odd redback spider bite.

i'm in Australia, so if i get bitten, it's most likely to be from one of these:

or these:

i'm about 1,000 kms from teh coast, so getting bitten by one of these is unlikely:

getting bitten by any of these is not going to be nice.

 

[Erasmus]

That Australian croc looks particularly cruel and brainless. It'd make good boots.

 

[Guyon]

Until a new blade has drawn blood, it is not really 'mine'.

Of course I don't apply the same thought process to firearms, or to large speeding trucks for that matter. :jerkit:

So if you revel in the fact that you cut yourself, does that make you a cutter? There are twelve-step programs for that.

I don't really like the term "bite" for a knife cut. It seems to imply that it was the knife's fault and not my own. I think that every knife cut is through carelessness or lack of skill. I've cut myself a few times, but I'm pretty sure that I've never cut myself in the same way twice. Like anything, it's a learning curve. It's up to the individual how steep they make it.

Bingo. +1.

 

[Guyon]

getting cut bad by a knife isnt necessary to understand the risk. its best to learn from others.

Yeah, that whole Grizzly Man thing taught me not to live amongst bears.

 

[Macchina]

I'm not clear on what you're asking. Care to elaborate?

You know it's bad when somebody asks if you've been bit and we have to ask if he's talking about by an animal or a knife...

 

[sambo.]

That Australian croc looks particularly cruel and brainless. It'd make good boots.

damn expensive boots.

i don't know exactly what the fine is for shooting a croc these days, but it would sure buy a lot of pairs of boots.