It’s definitely no great loss (the image, I mean. A paper cut on one of your playing fingers is another story!).
Redwolf
Exactly! And this will be my reason for why I’m a mediocre whistle player for the next 6 months. People don’t understand that the clinical aftermath of a paper cut is a REAL MEDICAL CONDITION affecting the finger, at least. Sometimes you get infections in these cuts that can spread to the other whistle playing fingers, making them slow and unresponsive and unable to execute certain rolls. Sometimes the infection will spread to the coordination centers of the brain, which further impedes whistle playing abilities. Not to mention the psychological trauma. And for those of you know-it-alls who might be tempted to point out that I’m TYPING with my newly traumatized and diseased fingers and brain, I’ll just point out to you that I’m dictating this to a transcription intern. (Hi, everbody!–XOXOXOX–Trisha).
Oh–and by the way, I think I might be getting a cold.
Dale
Maybe you’re just dreaming you got a paper cut. Is it a heavenly paper cut?
If interested, do a google search on:
The Kingdom Of Heaven IS The Dreamworld
Dale
In her father’s house there are many munchies.
Did that and found this has been posted on ALOT of boards.
I think this person may be a fan of The Matrix films. 
Gosh, Dale, here you are trying to abolish the death penalty just when I’m trying to get it implemented for spammers.
We seem to be working at cross purposes. 
Oh, no, no. I’d make an exception for spammers.
Dale
Now I know what has been troubling my playing. I cut my finger at work a few years ago. Not just a paper cut, but a REAL wiz banger of one. Must be what is holding me back still. 
That also explains why I have been trying to cover up this handicap by wheeling and dealing in whistles and flutes! 
I will sleep much better now, thanks.
I believe that Mordred’s mother was Arthur’s half-sister Morgause (or Morgawse).
That sounds sorta right. It’s been a few years. The only thing that’s stuck tight is the word “fewmets.”
No, please! Death is too good for them. 
I cut my finger slicing bread tonight with a big ol’ serrated knife. I should be able to use that as an excuse for at least a year! 
Redwolf
Once I cut my whole fingertip off (relax…just all the skin layers..) while cutting open a tetrapak of soymilk with scissors, before they installed the little plastic reclosable tops that don’t work, and before Silk.
I yelled for tissues, wrapped my now exposed finger muscle, and threw the clump of finger away before anyone else spotted it and could be thoroughly grossed out. (We were at the beach house with extended family.)
Had to pressure-wrap that thing all week, and stay out the ocean few days. Still have no fingerprint there.
Before this accident I played just like Davy Spillane, and was good friends with him too.
I yelled for tissues, wrapped my now exposed finger muscle,
There’s no muscle in your fingers, just yucky stuff that’s not muscle. That’s not to take away from the drama and horror of chopping your finger off (the skin layers, anyway).
The dream thing reminds me of the Teachings of Eckankar. The organization has a Dream Master who you ask to aid in your dreams and he shows up to help you. He’s a real guy, the current one is Howard Kemp, I believe. Their stated intentions are completely benign, but the idea creeps me out.
Tony[/quote]
I never can read that passage without thinking of Monty Python’s Life of Brian…
“I think it was ‘Blessed are the cheesemakers’.”
“Aha, what’s so special about the cheesemakers?”
“Well, obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.”
Blessed are the Greek.
“The Greek? Did anyone get his name?”
I read the book about this stuff. Twain said Morgan was Arthur’s sister, I believe, in which case, that would just be sick.
I lost the tip of my left thumb back in the 80’s when a punch press recycled unexpectedly. At the time is was disturbing but it eventually saved me…from learning the rec**der 
The other thing is that Worker’s Comp assessed me with a 1% loss/disability, so in reality I’m only here at 99% capacity
MarkB
Arthur’s half-sister was Morgaine (Morgan le Fay), Morgause was the other half-sister. Mordred was born of a union between Arthur and Morgaine, during a time when keeping the royal bloodline was more important than the half-brother/half-sister relation. It could have been done as high rite type thing, very ceremonial. What we see today as sick or wrong may not have been perceived as so at the time.
Best,
Ad