John Scissorthumbs

Today at work I was cutting a piece of plastic cable tie to serve as a makeshift collar stay.

I cut it, and stuck it in the collar slot, but the piece of plastic was still too long. So, leaving it in the collar slot, and holding it with my left hand, I reached up with the scissors in my right hand and snipped the plastic.

Unfortunately, after cutting through the plastic, the blades of the scissors continued forcefully into the skin of my left thumb.

It's usually hard to get hurt
Improving the looks of your shirt.
You might say that was dumb.

But I claim I was clever
Not to actually sever
My thumb.

PS: Digit seems to be recovering well, after washing, bandaging, and a bit of antibiotic ointment.