Must be a masochist

[Holly]

If I accidentally bump a MH with my hand or wrist ONE MORE TIME.. F$%#*$%*$#%(%!!!! In one nanosecond, it's charred like an Applebee's hamburger. (flame)

 

Between the burns, clown bites, and phosphate crashes, I feel like I must be some weird reef masochist. It'd be a lot cheaper if I'd just get up and flog myself every morning instead of having this tank... So why do I still love it so much?? (nutty)

 

(Ordered a couple frags which should be here tomorrow - YAY!) (clap)

[Nyles]

that sucks, splashing water on them sucks too!

Nothing like leaving pieces of yourself around to be remembered by. he he he

[spayne]

I personally enjoy getting shocked by stray voltage... that's my favorite masochistic activity. Then you have to turn something off, see if you get shocked again... lather rinse repeat... And of course Jay is reluctant to take part in the festivities. (laugh)

[Holly]

LOL Stacy

 

I have a burn on my right wrist the size and shape of a large whole pecan. It's burning like a MOFO, as it's starting to develop that lovely swollen dead-red that only the Third-Degree Burn can express.

 

It only made contact for a split second! It made that scrumptuous fajita sizzle sound, too. (Hope none of you are eating at your computer)

 

250W <---strikethru

[mister crabs]

well i WAS eating a grilled stuft burrito from taco bell.....but not anymore!(puke)

[Holly]

You take far more serious risks by even eating at Toxic Hell. That meat arrives grey. :eek:

 

I can't wait for my first opportunity to use that vomiting smiley, cuz that's the BEST lol

[mister crabs]

chicken burrito.....wouldnt eat a beef one

[BADBaxter]

Wow Holly...

You have a clown that likes to bite!

Mine would always find that web between the fingers... the one spot that it could put into it's mouth!

swim up... snap... blood making the fish hungry...

To bad they did not survive the move from Colorado... or else I would be cursing also.

[JManrow]

chicken burrito.....wouldnt eat a beef one

...tastes like chicken anyway.(whistle)

[Lowman]

There's nothing like that smell.........human flesh...........cooking.............ooops time for my pill!!

[JManrow]

I hate halides. I cussed out MH for years because of the burns... way too many.

I have not been overly impressed with PC fluorescents, so I will be switching over to T5 on my reef, and possibly some 9000k T8 on my seagrasses.

 

Uh, Bob... be sure to label whatever dish you happen to bring to the Xmas Party potluck, ok? (scary)

[Holly]

Holly <- now suspects that the untimely death of Baxter's clown was no accident (whistle)

[spayne]

It made that scrumptuous fajita sizzle sound' date=' too.[/quote']

Yummy! (laugh)

 

Sometimes I really do wonder why we love this hobby so. Accidentally touching bristle worms, clowns that attack with the tenacity of a semi-automatic weapon, burns, shocks... headaches from fragging zoas. We're all crazy! I also think most of us realize "Nemo" isn't the cute, little fish portrayed in the Disney flicks. They are vile, evil fishies! :eek:

[JManrow]

well, Holly... let me quote the infamous, unknown wino from years ago in Berkeley... "you see, it's like this: we are EXACTLY Insane".

[Ronjunior]

Accidentally touching bristle worms

I found this out the hard way when picking one out last week, told the wife, "I think that bugger stung me". Looked it up and sure enough. Now I just pick them out quicker . As for clownfish, mine would eat right out of my hand and the maroon would just keep eating when the food was gone. I thought it was just him.

There's nothing better than sticking our scraped up/open sore hands right back down into a tank full of saltwater that started the whole thing. No pain, no gain!

[SeanF]

My favorite part is fragging corals with a dremel. Nothing like saltwater covered hands operating an electric motor.

 

Or better yet waiting 2 weeks to buy a new dremel because the electric shock you get everytime you touch the switch just isn't that bad yet. DOH!

[andy]

Mmmmmm, Long Pork

 

Seriously though, you should be careful to keep that away from tank water for a while. Burns are very succeptible to infections, and you can get some doozies from tank water.

[JManrow]

Mmmmmm' date=' Long Pork

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I knew what this one was before I clicked on it. Our friends in New Zealand told us awhile back about how the Maori tribe referred to the first European settlers to arrive in NZ as "long pigs". (drooler)

[Holly]

It's impossible to not put my right wrist in saltwater until it heals completely. My last back-hand burn took over 3 weeks to heal (and I still have a permanent Stigmata scar). I'm right-handed! Who's gonna sacrafice hand tissue to feed our Cujo clown??

 

Um.. after Andy and Bob's postings, I think I'll steer clear of the potluck (sick)

[Ronjunior]

It's impossible to not put my right wrist in saltwater until it heals completely. My last back-hand burn took over 3 weeks to heal (and I still have a permanent Stigmata scar). I'm right-handed! Who's gonna sacrafice hand tissue to feed our Cujo clown?

 

Go get a set of Aqua gloves for $12. They're on my stocking stuffer list! You may find cheaper pairs at a feed store...be sure to get ones used to deconstipate a cow or an elephant

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=5554&Ntt=gloves&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1

 

As for the canibals out there, should I bring my tools I got from Fiji, like a rib splitter, to the Xmas party? I have a barely used canibal fork too.

[mister crabs]

wow....ever since this thread i no longer eat at my computer desk...my wife thanks you...lol

[Holly]

Me, at tack shop: "Um, yeah, hi,.. I'm looking to get a pair of your shoulder-high cow obstetric gloves please."

 

Man at tack shop: *blink*

 

Me: "It's for my tank.. Seriously.."

 

Man: "Suuuuuuurrreeeee"

 

My husband, when I get home: "Hey! What're those for?!"

 

*ponder*

I think maybe I'll just deal with the arm infection.

[CCR]

I have burn marks on both of my sholders, 29 in. deep tanks, my right hand, wrist, looks like huge age spots from the 400 watters./ dam things take 3 weeks to heel. I'm pritty use to 120 volts. pergo floors,that are made from beer cans, barefoot and a bad maxi jet. But I especially like being barefoof on the concrete in salt water, with the extencion cord in it!!!!!! And yea, my maroon clown is a biatch

[Lowman]

Me, at tack shop: "Um, yeah, hi,.. I'm looking to get a pair of your shoulder-high cow obstetric gloves please."

 

Man at tack shop: *blink*

 

Me: "It's for my tank.. Seriously.."

 

Man: "Suuuuuuurrreeeee"

 

My husband, when I get home: "Hey! What're those for?!"

 

*ponder*

I think maybe I'll just deal with the arm infection.

 

[language filter] that was funny.

[WAVES]

Me, at tack shop: "Um, yeah, hi,.. I'm looking to get a pair of your shoulder-high cow obstetric gloves please."

 

Man at tack shop: *blink*

 

Me: "It's for my tank.. Seriously.."

 

Man: "Suuuuuuurrreeeee"

 

My husband, when I get home: "Hey! What're those for?!"

 

*ponder*

I think maybe I'll just deal with the arm infection.

 

Ive got 2 boxes of the things if you ever end up in PDX. They get very clammy and nasty after just a couple minutes in them.