My hand. (contains some mild gruesomeness)

So, as some of you know, I was injured recently. I thought I would regail the tale for your reading pleasure (for those of you who don't like to read, I've included some pictures as well!)

So, the backstory. I was on the door at a nightclub I work at, when who should walk in but some of the cast from the Mighty Boosh; notably, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt and Rich Fuller. So in they go, and I think very little of it, apart from how it's pretty cool that famous people are in the nightclub I'm working at.
Nothing eventful happened until we kicked the punters out, and we (the staff) had a rather good party on the first floor with the cast.
It's about 5am when our manager realises we all need to go before we get in trouble, so we all leave to go home. Some of us (including myself), in our drunken state, wound up at the hotel where they were staying, where we had long chats about nothing, took vast amounts of drugs, and listened to really good music. It was all good fun.

At about 10.30am, we all plan on having a cup of tea and a bit of kip, so I go to pour the kettle.
As I did so, the lid fell off the top of the kettle, and a rather large volume of boiling water hits my hand. The rest, as they say, is history.

One day after;


One week after;


Two and a half weeks post the accident;


As you can see, it's healing well. Though that entire area will probably scar, which is a shame.

DAMN ARTOO!!

What is it with people getting hurt lately.

That look did awful, Ive had burns....but not that big.

I hope your doing well and it does look like it is healing well.

The best to you and I hope it does not ruin your juggling.

Thanks for letting us see, and know how you are.

Take care.

Rob

damn bro! are they going to have to do skin graphs for that or is it not that bad? it looks like it's healing up pretty well but i can't imagine how that must have hurt, man! hope it heals fast for ya! take care!

I went into plastics for a consultation, and thankfully it was decided that I don't need my skin grafting. But they put the burn at between a second and third degree.

It probably wouldn't have been as bad had I not been as mashed as I was. Don't do (too many) drugs, kids!

well that's good news at least. i know it's gotta be a pain for you, being that you work with your hands all the time.

Yeah, but you scarred your daft self on Noel Fielding's kettle. MAKING A CUP OF TEA. Not doing something rock&roll like drinking Bailey's from a shoe or sparring with a crack fox, or even hitchiking with a polo mint stuck to your face. Making a fecking cuppa.

What you have there is a show-off story for life. Poser.

Unless...perhaps you're lying to us...I suspect that what really happened is as follows. In a chemical haze, you mistook Noel for somebody's wife and put a move on him, causing poor wee Noel to defend himself with a kickass set of ceramic straightening irons. In fact...oh yeah, I see a faint 'GHD' outline in that scar.

Yikes! Man, all I can say is that I hope you heal up as soon as possible. That hurts me just looking at it. 🙁

Not nearly as large or impressive, but I have a sulphuric acid burn on the back on my hand. I know how you feel man.

It makes a cool story though! 😉

Snail Shell

Hope ya heal up without any problems Arty.A nasty burn indeed.

Ohhh,DAMN my dude.Good luck with that,hope it heals well.

I don't have any battle wounds nearly as impressive as that. Best I've got are some permanent stretch marks from a period in college where I went apeshit in the weight room and went from benching 90-205 in about 4 months. My body did not appreciate that.

Hope you get better quickly, Artoo.

... at least you got a good story to go with yer scar!

Well shit man, at least you had one helluva night to make up for it! Hope the healing process is quick and itch-less.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that Artoo. I hope the hand heals quickly. And stay away from boiling water! Unless it';s in a coffee, tea, or chcolate milk, it's not good!