Good grief. I just spent ten minutes trying to help some teenager pick out an appropriate sewing needle. She said she wanted really thick and preferably sharp. I figured she was doing some bookbinding or leatherwork. Finally she settled on a tapestry needle. “What are you using it for?” I asked. “My friend’s going to pierce her own tongue.” “GAHHHHHH,” I groaned. “Don’t use that one. It’s as blunt as a ball-point pen.” And then I mentally barfed. I cringed enough watching a professional pierce Adam on Mythbusters; I can’t imagine the idiot that would try to do it themself.
amy
March 26, 2005 — 3:08 pm
good lord! you can DIE from piercing your own tongue. If it gets infected and swells up I hope they know the way to the hospital…..
Kris
March 26, 2005 — 3:28 pm
I can just imagine her hitting some massive vein or something… *shudder*
Kristine S.
March 27, 2005 — 9:30 am
the blood wouldn’t be the big problem, the nerves running down the middle of the kids tongue could be permanently damaged. I’m cringing just thinking about it…
Beau
March 27, 2005 — 3:10 pm
Of course….having pierced my own nipple way back when I was a wee-lad….it was something else. But the tongue, that’s pretty ballsy.
Kris
March 28, 2005 — 12:06 am
See, a nip doesn’t seem so bad. They’re not really, uh, “meaty” or anything. Tongue just seems so fleshy.
Max
March 28, 2005 — 12:07 am
UGH…this makes my skin crawl! Even the comments are making me want to look away…but I can’t. Surely this girl can scarpe up the dough to go to a pro piercer?
Kris, what needle did you eventually recommend? Something small and slathered in novocainem I hope…
Kris
March 28, 2005 — 12:13 am
Are you kidding? I disclaimed all legal responsibility and sent her down the street to the proper sewing store. 🙂
Kristine
March 29, 2005 — 1:25 am
Brilliant! I wonder if she told the sewing store what she was planning to do? I bet they were mildly shocked.
Charles
April 4, 2005 — 3:28 pm
Oh man, that really is a dangerous and complex piercing. PLEASE try to encourage the kid to go to a proper piercing shop if it ever happens again.