There's a tool accident discussion going on at a popular sign makers website, the following is part of what I related, thought you guys might get a laugh out of it:
Then
there was the time I was giving an antique tool demonstration at a
well known theme park. It included crosscut saw, foot adze, froe,
rail splitting, broad axe, pit saw, draw knife. The last part of the
show was where I would talk about how the pioneers used the great
variety of woods found here. I got to the part where I lit a piece of
fat pine, as a substitute candle. The thing lights alright, but then,
in front of 75 people, however many were watching, a big drop of
flaming pine pitch drips onto the top of my left hand. And it STAYED
lit. I'm there in front of these folks desperately slapping my left
hand with my right, trying to put out the flame, wishing I could hop
around yelling "IT HURTS!, OH MAN, OH GOLLY, IT HURTS!!" I
tried to be ever so British, and cool about it, but man, talk about
seriously suppressed anguish. Just a tad of humiliation thrown in.
