Closest I've come to a "serious" burn was a few years ago during the big southwest blackout. I went out on the back porch and used my MAPP torch to cook a hamburger on a sheet of 1/8 steel plate for a couple of minutes. Then I turned off the torch and set it down on the ground, carried the burger inside, and brought out a bun to toast. Without even thinking, I reached down and pickup up the torch with my right hand, fully grasping it by the tip.

After soaking my hand in icewater* for a bit, I then ate the burger on an un-toasted bun.

Took a while for that one to heal, though there wasn't any scarring. It wasn't so severe a burn that I felt I needed hospital treatment, just a whole lot of blistering / loose skin.


* = note that I calmly selected icewater, rather than bleach or hydrochloric acid, to soak the hand in.

 

Did you start an i'm dumb fund?

 

No, I just applied hydrocortisone and bandaged it for a couple of weeks.

And switched to the left hand for, you know...

















Using the mouse.

 

Burns suck. When I was working at McDonalds while in Highschool I was carrying a box of burger patties and went to stop and my feet just kept going. They slid out from under me and I threw the box and reached to catch myself. I just so happen to catch myself on the flat top grill. 3rd deg. burns to my hand and from my wrist up to my elbow.

 

Well 3rd degree burns dont hurt as bad as the other 2 so.

 

I once picked up a 40w soldering iron like a pencil. The first thing I noticed was the smell.