Did I miss a memo? Was today National Papercut Day? I've never had so many near-miss papercut experiences in a single day, in my life.
First I was trying to take binder dividers out of their plastic wrap. Narrowly avoided that one (or it was so small, I couldn't feel it) Later, I was flipping through a different binder and sliced the first knuckle of my left index finger on yet another divider page. 3/4" long. Later, it was shuffling through a stack of papers - managed to escape that time. And finally, at home, opening my mail, almost sliced my fingertip open on the gas bill. As if the size of the bill wasn't enough pain.
Tomorrow I'm wearing rubber gloves all day!
3 comments:
I hate the term "near miss." Logically, if you nearly missed something, that should mean that you hit it.
Merriam Webster disagrees with you.
One entry found for near miss.
Main Entry: near miss
Function: noun
1 a : a miss (as with a bomb) close enough to cause damage b : something that falls just short of success
2 a : a near collision (as between aircraft) b : CLOSE CALL
I *know* that your usage was not incorrect (save your hyphenation). I just don't like it.
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