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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 169 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No it's true. I was the nail.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It was the whole point. Badum-tss!

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 71 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

And a trash can for the nail

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 15 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

that would make sense yeah

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 51 points 2 months 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 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nyughohoirihu.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months 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.

[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 7 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now you get it on repeat.