Foo - How much money would you want to shoot yourself in the thumb with a staple gun?

I saw this happen the other day. A guy accidentaly shot himself in the thumb while using a staple gun. I didn't talk to him about it, just heard him yell "OH ****", then saw him pull it out and bandage it. I wondered, would he have came to work for the less than 300 bucks he made that day if he knew he would mess his thumb up?

Then I wondered, how much would a fooster want to do the same intentionally? Seemed like an interesting thread idea. Kinda MERTONish too, and that's always a plus.

I personally would blast my thumb with a big old staple for 700 bucks, maybe less if I was in the mood. Just not through the nail. How about you?

Um.



No.

How big of a staple?

How big of a staple?

Up to you. You can even go for a regular office staple if you want, but those aren't exactly a big deal.

This guy got hit with a long one.

Just had our gutter guy come and clean out the gutters again (grrrr, dam ugly scrup maple-ish trees in the Spring) and he was limping. Evidently he also does roofing. And he had a nice boo boo on his knee.

Shot himself with a nailgun - and pulled it out. And he did it last year too. No doctor either time. Oh yeah, and tetnus shot? Bah! What tetnus shot!

Um, excuse me - the knees are not a thing to mess around with!

Wait, I get money, a free staple and tetanus? Score!

I just wanna know the minimum amount of money you'd want. If it's 500,000, thats fine. If its 2 billion, just say so. If I brought in a garbage bag filled to the top with 100 dollar bills, few if any foosters wouldn't do it. So the point is, everyone has a minimum price, so what's yours?

Up to a 3/8", $1,000. It goes up after that.

Straight through all of the meat, I'd do it for 200.

I've done worse for less.

I'm not sure about the sizes, but I have accidently shot one right into my hand before. I think it was a heavy duty 3/8s staple.

I'd do it for a 100.

Hey Pheard, I'd shoot you through the thumb for free.

Edit: oops. Sorry, I meant mich.

Hey Pheard, I'd shoot you through the thumb for free.

Edit: oops. Sorry, I meant mich.

Thats okay. I'd slash your tires for free too.

:lol:

I've done it for free...little bitty 3/8 Arrow medium-duty staples. It hurt a surprising amount, but faded quickly.

I could probably be talked into doing it again for a $200 and an attractive audience...less if I don't have to drive it all the way in or if the audience is really attractive. If I knew for sure how much it would hurt I'd probably go lower, but anticipation is a witch.

Actually, if I were drunk, I could probably be talked into playing staple roulette.

If you're talking finishing staples or through the nail, you're going to have to pony up some serious dollars to account for potential permanent damage to the thumb.

I think 40 bucks could tempt me. 20 seems too little, but 40 is a new set of tires for my mtb.

Crazy. I've done that to myself for free.

edit: no permanent damage, yay. Mothereffing huge bruise, big ole puncture wound, though. not the most painful thing I've ever done.

Depends on the sucker and how much I thought I could get out of him, but no less than $500 for an office stapler and not that big ass one they use to staple 100 pages together.

The older I get, the more money it takes to impress me. (Remember when a $10 was really exciting, like "OMG how will I spend it?!")

I'll say I'd do it for $5K.

Get paid? Faa, I paid a man $67,000.00 to drill screws into my spine.

Get paid? Faa, I paid a man $67,000.00 to drill screws into my spine.


I had a spinal tap done on me. Had a migraine headache, they went overboard to make sure I didn't blow a vessel in the brain. MRI on my head, that didn't turn up anything, so they did a spinal tap to make sure there was no blood in my cerebral fluid (same fluid thats in spine). The sadistic doctor had to show me the needle before he did it, too. And of course no sedatives or anesthetics. In the end, it turned out that I needed a root canal on one of my molars, for some reason the pain was registering in my head and no where near my mouth :/

Car wreck for me.
Ended up with a couple of bone graphs, 6 screws, a plate, and I think the insides of a Chinese made DVD player bolted into my neck. It's all good now, but I'm not compatible with blueray disks and I need an iPod dock.

$12.48 for an office staple....


$22.17 for bigger..

Car wreck for me.
Ended up with a couple of bone graphs, 6 screws, a plate, and I think the insides of a Chinese made DVD player bolted into my neck. It's all good now, but I'm not compatible with blueray disks and I need an iPod dock.
:lol: (sorry not lafughing that you got in a car wreck, but the rest is pretty funny)

Do you have to carry some kind of documentation to go through metal detectors at the airport? TSA must get excited about all that metal.

If you caught me drunk you'd probably be able to talk me into doing it for free. Also, I was a laborer for a roofer and a guy I worked with said he yanked the hose when the boss was fireing and it went right through his hand, still finished the day though. The laborer worked for free that day.

:lol: (sorry not lafughing that you got in a car wreck, but the rest is pretty funny)

Do you have to carry some kind of documentation to go through metal detectors at the airport? TSA must get excited about all that metal.

I do set off metal detectors, and magnets will hang onto my neck.
I'm usually pulled out of line and someone runs a hand wand over me and looks at my scar. After that I've always been free to retrieve my shoes and rejoin the rest of the heard.

There was this little town in Florida. . .insurance companies noticed that there was a disproportionate number of insurance claims involving severed appendages.

I'm with the free crowd. Been there, done that, not even a t-shirt for my trouble. :(

$5000.00

Then I wondered, how much would a fooster want to do the same intentionally?

how much you got?

how much you got?

Good question. But remember, it's only hypothetical. Cuz if someone tried it and got infected, I ain't gonna be liable for damages;)

Plus I'm a cheap bastard...

Good question. But remember, it's only hypothetical. Cuz if someone tried it and got infected, I ain't gonna be liable for damages;)

Plus I'm a cheap bastard...

for the right price, i'd sign a "hold harmless" waiver

Reference the cheap bastard part again;)

hehe, I'm such a woose sometimes ... can break multiple ribs/puncture a lung and still not want to go to the hospital, meanwhile soaking the bike shoe and sock to get the blood out ...

But staple my own finger ... with a desk stapler no less - and for CHEAP???

<HORRIFIED LOOK AS I LOOK DOWN AT THE FOREIGN OBJECT NOW ATTACHED TO MY FINGER!!!!>

... and I run around the office like a little kid squeezing my finger with a grimace on my face - till someone finally stops my little blind run and yanks the staple out.

Um, not telling you if that was true or not.

:) <hope my payoff to said fellow office worker is still inforce ...>

I would do it for free so long as I had a cute honey to cuddle with under the sheets while it's healing.

If not, then probably about $8000. I think that may cover any expenses that may occur in a worst case scenario.

Keep in mind I'm the person that broken bones barely faze me, and when i do go to the ER, it's usually bad enough that the Triage nurse at the reception desk freaks out and practically has a breakdown....all while I'm just sitting there with a blank look on my face.

I would do it for free so long as I had a cute honey to cuddle with under the sheets while it's healing.

If not, then probably about $8000. I think that may cover any expenses that may occur in a worst case scenario.

Keep in mind I'm the person that broken bones barely faze me, and when i do go to the ER, it's usually bad enough that the Triage nurse at the reception desk freaks out and practically has a breakdown....all while I'm just sitting there with a blank look on my face.


Sometimes it's the little boo boos that are the worst ... :)

True...burns, boils, and blisters will annoy me to no end. Breaks, laceratons, etc....those you generally can ignore unless they are being stressed. Scrapes are pretty noticeable, but I'm getting better at ignoring them, considering they usually happen when I'm assisting in lifting a 200lb piece of test equipment, and dropping it means I lose a foot for a while...

My last few ER visits were:

1) nearly cut my thumbtip clean off at the nail area...only about a 1/8" section of flesh was holding the tip on. I was more calm than the surgeon...only noise I made during surgery was when she had to stitch my thumbnail together, that hurt like hell. It was worse a few months later from pressure under the thumbnail....it still bugs me to this day when the weather is off.

2)severe dehydration...the nurse freaked out when I had to use the trashcan and it was "coffee grounds" and nothing else. This was the result of a foodborne illness, and my unwillingness to go to the ER since I had no insurance at the time.

3) when I wiped on my Trek around a corner and skidded into a curb. My leg was so heavily lacerated and full of puncture woulds that my leg looked like it was victim of a dog attack more than a bike crash. somewhere near 30 wounds, 2/3rds being lacerations and the rest being deep punctures. That one was pretty craptastic....the bike was in dire need of repairs after that too...toastied a brand new set of wheels :(


I'm pretty much a walking injury.

I've done it with a nail gun. Was building cabinets and the nail hit some serious cork and took a left hand turn, into my finger.

I would do it for $50,000.

However much money it will take to pay for my college heh.

I've done it with a nail gun. Was building cabinets and the nail hit some serious cork and took a left hand turn, into my finger.

I would do it for $50,000.


I used to know a guy who shot another guy in the knee cap with a .27 caliber hilti nailer. The dude wouldn't stop harassing him and throwing construction crap like nails and screws at him, so he got mad and nailed his knee. Both of them were fired.

I paid some guy $10k to drill 3 holes in my chest and glue my lung to my chest wall.

Reminds me of a couple new year's eve's ago... a couple drunk buddies dared each other to have a cop friend spray them with mace. The cop friend put a small amount in their hands and said to cover their eyes only... of course they rubbed it in and their eyes burned. This goes under the category of "Stupid guy tricks!"

Then they said it was my turn! I was not drunk enough, nor stupid enough, to do it. haha!

Done it before. Well not my thumb, but two fingers.. $500 seems reasonable to me. :p

Drove a 9/16" #T50 into my thumb once. It was a learning experience. Not interested in doing it again. If I ever need money so badly that pain must be inflicted, someone else will feel it. :D

yeah staples arent really a big deal, i would do it for 50 bucks....+ any resulting medical bills

1/8" is nothing, I've done that to get out of a detention in grade 8. I would probably do it for $2.

1/4" would be a bit more, maybe $20.

1/8" is nothing, I've done that to get out of a detention in grade 8. I would probably do it for $2.

1/4" would be a bit more, maybe $20.
Ah, our race to the bottom is almost complete. :p

I have a pretty high threshhold for pain - when it's inflicted on me by circumstances beyond my immediate control. (As in letting my appendicitis get progressively more painful for five days before finally getting to the hospital - do not try this at home, kids, as it ranks as one of the stupidest things I've ever done.) But I am not a big one for premeditated self-infliction of pain. So no staple guns to the finger for me.

But thanks for asking.