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Losing 3 Fingers Does Not Make One Forget 9/11
When Marlton’s Zachary Buono lost three fingers on his left hand in a firecracker accident last April, he did what any red-, white- and blue-blooded American would do: Bucked up, wished his index and middle fingers goodbye and got an operation to replace his thumb with his big toe. Bully for him. I know if I lost my fingers in a freak accident involving static electricity, an M-80 and my bedroom, the last thing I’d considering doing is being upbeat about it. But Buono is, and I wish him luck, although I don’t know if “it doesn’t look like a toe on a hand — it looks like a finger on a hand.” (Maybe.) But the 14-year-old Buono isn’t only upbeat, he’s sympathetic to others:
I really like how the doctor says he “even took time.” I’ll imagine the conversation went something like this: “Excuse me, doc, but now’s the time in the appointment I’d like to set aside for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Please join me in a moment of silence and then we can get back to my thumb.” He lost a toe, but gained a thumb [Camden Courier Post] |
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D-Mac, I like the headline only sort of. I mean, I like it for the same reason I imagine you like it (it’s ludicrous). But it’s also inacurrate, no? Shouldn’t it be “Boy loses thumb, but moves a toe”?
A reader suggested “Boy loses thumb, then loses toe, then re-gains thumb, but still no toe.”
Right, because “Lost a toe, gained a thumb” implies that he simply didn’t have a thumb, not that he blew his own thumb off with a deadly mix of fireworks and static electricity. I hope his mom changes fabric softener and SOON.
How about, “Lost a toe, gained new ‘freak’ status”?