Ouch! Darn it!

[dianec42]

I managed to slice my left middle finger over the weekend (I mistook it for some cheese; long story, okay?). It's healing up all right, but more slowly than I'd like because I keep whacking into things. (Not *just* the 'w' and '2' keys when playing WoW. Really!)

What's driving me crazy right now? I *know* I was recently discussing with someone at work, that there's this super-glue-like "liquid bandage" thing you can get for putting on hard-to-bandage cuts. There was a band-related injury, so that must have been the day of the Christmas party; we were threatening to put Super Glue on it as a joke, and it turned out later that that might have actually been the right thing to do.

So, does anyone know... what is this "liquid bandage" stuff, is it any good, and where would I get some? Also, does it tend to flake off if you do stupid things like play the bass before your finger heals?

Thanks in advance, O mighty group mind!

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[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Wow. They have a link to the Straight Dope article (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msuperglue.html) at the end! I'm impressed.

My favorite bit in the Straight Dope article: "...he did find that cyanoacrylates would glue together many materials with incredible strength and quick action, including two very expensive prisms when he tried to test the ocular qualities of the substance."

I'm glad I don't have days like that at work. Much.