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Cooking when you've been awake for more than 36 hours - classic or dud?

So I've managed to slosh some projectile boiling water onto my upper thigh. I ran it under the cold shower for a while, and am now elevating it while applying an icepack over a towel over an antibacterial wipe in the absence of a bandage. Don't pity me or anything, but tell me if I'm doing something wrong here.

― g@bbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 6 March 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

It's just a water burn, you pussy.

― maypang (maypang), Saturday, 6 March 2004 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean.. can't you just, like, walk it off?

― maypang (maypang), Saturday, 6 March 2004 06:44 (twenty-one years ago)

you need an aloe vera plant.

― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 6 March 2004 06:45 (twenty-one years ago)

if you think it is bad enough to scar, put vitamin e oil on it. If it blisters, you can get a special blister bandage at the drugstore. You might want to get a large bandage anyway just to reduce discomfort from your clothes rubbing against the burn.

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i have a nasty green scab on my wrist from catching my arm against my oven whilst making dinner a couple of weeks back. I never have a a clue what to do about burns - I just left it. It oozed some green pus last week, the nice neat scab fell off and now there is a horrible green festering crusty mess over it.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

get some triple antibiotic cream on it!

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

A few weeks ago I heated water in a coffee cup in the microwave. I removed it from the oven. The water was totally still. I tossed in a teabag. The water began boiling FURIOUSLY and I mean violently. If I hadn't burned my fingers and dropped the cup it would have been the coolest thing ever.

I totally thought that the "superheated exploding water" thing was a myth, or purely theoretical or something. BE CAREFUL EVERYONE.

― Hunter (Hunter), Saturday, 6 March 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Cooking after being awake for 36 hrs?

You berk.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Saturday, 6 March 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i imagine getting hot water burn on your pussy would hurt.

― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 6 March 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

This reminds me of the time I burnt my left hand on a coal while camping in sixth grade. WHAT FUN.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 March 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

this happened to me once, i spilled all over my legs and attempted not to wear shorts to school for awhile. i sat in a tepid bath for like an hour and then wore shorts for the rest of the day so fabric wouldn't rub on it, whatever you're doing sounds better.

― Maria (Maria), Saturday, 6 March 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

cold running water on burns people!!! seconds count!!! and don't use butter or milk or shit like that, why add fat to the fire?

also to whoever posted about a green festering wound, get thee to a physician immediately! jesus christ!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 7 March 2004 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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