http://h2waco.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] h2waco.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] seanan_mcguire 2017-02-26 04:04 pm (UTC)

Dear RNG,

I do not deserve to win. This isn't false modesty: I really do not. I landed myself unexpectedly in the hospital for several nights this week because I took on a baking potato, and the potato won.

It turns out that you're supposed to puncture the potato without puncturing your own hand. This is hard-won knowledge, as is the surprising fact that an infected tendon sheath can lead to necrosis of the flesh and amputation of the affected limb. Hence into the hospital I went for emergency surgery, heavy duty IV antibiotics and monitoring blood work that required getting stuck over and over by well-meaning techs. Potato, thy revenge is complete.

I live in the US.

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