trickyricky wrote:This thread reminds me of a David Blaine special i have on DVD somewhere. On it, he spreads the cards on the table, covers them with a menu and stabs the menu with a steak knife. His little finger slipped off the handle and cut all of his tendons and nerves in his hand and now he cant straighten or bend his finger right.
I have that one

Joe Raven, a professional closeup performer in New England, lost three fingers when some flash powder exploded prematurely.
Since fingers have a tendency not to grow back (!), he had to learn how to do everything with just seven fingers on two hands.
Ouch!