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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 171 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ends with him getting nailed in the ass, the fake and gay just writes itself

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it's true. I was the nail.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was the whole point. Badum-tss!

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Man gets nailed 3 times while trying to work. More at 11

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

And a trash can for the nail

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh that unlocked a memory.

I used to work on a construction site and everyone wore steel toed boots, anyway one time it was very cold and some guy decided to lick the toe of his boot to see if it would stick to his tongue. It did.

They were always a pain for being cold I remember. In a hot country they'd probably burn your toes. There's a reason most people don't wear metal shoes.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the steel toe is usually underneath the leather/fabric... what kind of cartoon-ass boots you guys wearing?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Come to think of it, they may have just been so worn out the steel was showing.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was back in the '90s so I don't really remember the details and I wasn't actually there to witness it, just the aftermath. I assume the boot leather just wore down.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago

that would make sense yeah

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You can get ones that have exposed steel caps, but most of them have rubber over the cap.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Around here temperature varies from under -30c to over +30c depending on what season it is and construction workers still wear them every work day.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Holy hell thats a huge temp range where the hell is that?!?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm guessing Canada. We get similar temp range in north central and north eastern US.

I'm in the Rocky Mountains, and our range is -15C to 40C (5F to 105F), and I wear my steel toe boots to shovel snow in the winter and garden in the summer. Oh, and I wear the same wool socks in both seasons, which keep my feet warm in the winter and dry in the summer.

Parts of the US (and probably Canada) get to -40.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Many boots now use composite fibres for toe and shank protection simply because of the problems with metal and cold.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Welcome to Quebec, if you're unlucky you also live in a region with high humidity so the temperature felt ranges from over 40c to under -45c...

[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ISO 20345 boots for your specific job or bust. What Americans call work boots are only good for leisure not protecting feet.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think that entirely depends on what you are diing for a living. Not every job needs as much toe protection

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did that shit exactly once. Nail went between my toes, barely knicked me. Yeah, never fucking around again.

And then there was the time I went Looney Tunes with a rake. Stumbling around, stunned and bleeding, hit it again. Yeah, had me in stitches.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you link that gif and not the Sideshow Bob one?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nyughohoirihu.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did this once as a kid just to see if it works. Yes, it works.

I did this once as an adult because I'm an idiot, and yes, it hurts.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate that they ran this joke into the ground in later seasons.

[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stepped on a nail as a kid. Wasn't fun.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 year ago

Probably the closest I've ever come to dying that I know of happened after I developed a severe, systemic infection from stepping on a nail. So yeah, I concur, it's not fun.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 9 points 1 year ago

Maybe I have some internalized aussiephobia or something, but this read as an Australian to me.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now you get it on repeat.