Jem, how did you type your latest blog?

[ich_bin_besser]

Moly hit, dude!! :shock:
May the ruin heal quickly!

And so it came to pass that I was hungry at 11.15am. And verily did I start to fry sausages on the Aga in readiness for a sausage sandwich. And as with all things made in haste, the Aga was thus not up to temperature and so did the child of Frost fire up the electric oven to 200 of the Lord's centigrades in order to roast the bastards.

And one half hour later, with much salvation, sorry, salivation, did the Free God child take out the pan from the oven with oven gloves, place it upon the granite work surface and slice good honest bread in readiness for the breakfast of kings with Houses Of Parliament sauce at the ready.

But then, did the Free GodFree/y child have a spectacular lapse of brain capacity as it was pre occupied with getting the sandwich scoffed afore the neighbours came round to graciously and generously participate in the celebration of myne own Daughter's 3rd birthday party at Midday.

And lo, today's lesson, my lambs, is this - It is wise, if one is a player of the keyboards, to not absent mindedly, yet thoroughly grasp the handle of a metal frying pan fresh out of an oven with bare hands in an attempt to move it to the sink to wash it at the same time as this handle is still risen to 200 degrees.

Because thus! Of a sudden and whole heartedly and with much vigour did the Free God child drop the pan, take the Lord's name in vain (and the Son Of God) and participate in much dancing and hopping from foot to foot although no celebration was called for. There was also much poetic freestyling with phrases sounding like "Geezer's Duck", "Chucking Horrocks", and "Moly Hit" and "Bunting Fell". Mercifully (praise the Lord) the children were out of earshot.

My left hand is ruined.. It looks part human, part Parma Ham currently. And that's with 20 minutes under a cold tap at point of injury. Wife had to scour my skin off the pan handle.

This is what being married is all about by the way...

Still, on the plus side, I can now confirm that construction of Cube 2 (working title) is finally good to go. From now till the summer shall we see much Frost reportage.

Praise the Lord!

(Other deities are available)

[Trapezium Artist]

Oh dear: if only you'd told us your new place was fitted with an Aga, Jem, we could have warned you: been there, done that, regretted living for a while thereafter  :shock:

Not that it would have helped one iota, mind you: the transition to being an Aga owner is not a rational one, one that you can train yourself for: repeated painful episodes involving absent-mindedly grabbing a 200C pan handle are unfortunately the only way of gradually retraining your motor cortex and asociated bits of grey matter.  

But look on the bright side: you're now one episode closer to safety. Only about nine more to go  

(Yes, I know that this all happened with electric oven side, not the Aga proper, but any lessons learned here will be repaid a thousand-fold once you start using the Aga ovens to cook, err, everything)

[LivingForever]

I cleaned Karin's knuckles off a pair of scissors the other day, so I know how your wife felt, Jem.

[catherine]

What is it with all the self-mutilation?

[RacingHippo]

I cleaned Karin's knuckles off a pair of scissors the other day...

Um...
Nope, I can't see how that happened.
Is knuckle-trimming some Swedish tradition?

[Bokkie]

Ouch!!I hope that it isn't a third degree burn. I will pray for a swiftly recovery, preferable with god (free) speed.
The only question that popped in my mind is: who's gonna do all the scratching?
On the other hand...don't answer that. I don't want to know. :mrgreen:

[Bokkie]

What is it with all the self-mutilation?

Maybe they should make a special Jem contraband list:
*baseball bat's
*Cookery in general

[gr8gonzo]

Terribly sorry to hear of this latest gobsmackingly awful injury.  I do hope for a speedy recovery, at very least with as little pain as possible.

The good news is that we'll soon be basking in Cube 2 construction updates!

[RacingHippo]

The only question that popped in my mind is: who's gonna do all the scratching?

Ahh, so that's what the new project is all about!

[LivingForever]

I cleaned Karin's knuckles off a pair of scissors the other day...

Um...
Nope, I can't see how that happened.
Is knuckle-trimming some Swedish tradition?

She was kindly pulling staples out of 18 copies of the Mail on Sunday with a pair of scissors, so that I could sell free CDs to crazy McCartney fans.

I think you call that dwarf labour...

[Geetar]

:shock:

[Mooncat]

Jem, how did you type your latest blog?

Carefully, slowly, and with frequent stops to say 'ouch' and take a sip of brandy (purely for medicinal purposes oF course!!)

[Gman]

In all seriousness (yes I know...not the done thing round these parts)...Lavender essential oil is the best thing for burns and blisters.

Copious amounts all over the burned area and allow to soak in - should be muchly improved in a couple of days.

Works great for guitar/bass playing blisters too!

[gr8gonzo]

Or dilly dilly lavender oil, for prog musician burns.

[Geetar]

This is what comes of taking Burns Night too literally.



Get well quickly, you silly things.