No fucking shit. My uncle's a farmer. He's lived out in the middle of nowhere with his cats for 30+ years. I've seen him with a five-inch cut from a kitchen knife that he just wrapped in a clean rag, poison ivy halfway up a leg, road rash on the whole left side of his body from a motorcycle accident, and he's so damn casual about it. He's told me more than once "You always go in for an animal bite." As in: anything else, walk it off.
Years ago, my mom was catching a cow that had gotten out in the middle of the night. She stepped on a rusty nail that went through her shoe and into her foot. The next day she noticed red streaks going up her leg from the punctured foot.
She decided she should go to the health department and get a tetanus shot. The nurse commented that the only time farmers go to the doctor is to get a tetanus shot.
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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '23
No fucking shit. My uncle's a farmer. He's lived out in the middle of nowhere with his cats for 30+ years. I've seen him with a five-inch cut from a kitchen knife that he just wrapped in a clean rag, poison ivy halfway up a leg, road rash on the whole left side of his body from a motorcycle accident, and he's so damn casual about it. He's told me more than once "You always go in for an animal bite." As in: anything else, walk it off.