Not a food fail, per se, but I recently had a wood splitting fail. Since I frequently cook with wood, maybe this qualifies.
I was finishing off a small pile of maple rounds and had 1 stick left that was a little thicker than I prefer. This stuff was nicely checked on the ends and would practically fall apart if you gave it a dirty look. Mind you, I am a stickler for following the safety rules when it comes to dangerous tools, fire, etc. However, inexplicably in this instance I chose to to go with a one hand grip and just drop the head of the axe on this last small piece. When you do this, your front foot ends up perfectly in line with your target. When I dropped the head of the trusty and very sharp Fiskars X27, I completely whiffed on the wood and instead stuck the blade into the toe end of my right shoe. It hurt like hell, and I could see a clean cut through the end of the boot I was wearing (no steel toes was mistake #2). It took me a couple of minutes to work up to taking my shoes and sock off, as I feared the worst, although there was no blood visible yet. Turns out I had completely split my big toenail all the way up the middle, but no other damage. After rinsing thoroghly with water and then straight peroxide, I ended up patching it back together with super glue and multiple coats of my wife's clear nail polish. That was about a month ago, so far so good and lesson learned. I'll spare you all the pictures.
I was finishing off a small pile of maple rounds and had 1 stick left that was a little thicker than I prefer. This stuff was nicely checked on the ends and would practically fall apart if you gave it a dirty look. Mind you, I am a stickler for following the safety rules when it comes to dangerous tools, fire, etc. However, inexplicably in this instance I chose to to go with a one hand grip and just drop the head of the axe on this last small piece. When you do this, your front foot ends up perfectly in line with your target. When I dropped the head of the trusty and very sharp Fiskars X27, I completely whiffed on the wood and instead stuck the blade into the toe end of my right shoe. It hurt like hell, and I could see a clean cut through the end of the boot I was wearing (no steel toes was mistake #2). It took me a couple of minutes to work up to taking my shoes and sock off, as I feared the worst, although there was no blood visible yet. Turns out I had completely split my big toenail all the way up the middle, but no other damage. After rinsing thoroghly with water and then straight peroxide, I ended up patching it back together with super glue and multiple coats of my wife's clear nail polish. That was about a month ago, so far so good and lesson learned. I'll spare you all the pictures.
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