So...my officemate often sends me links to cooking products, asking for advice. She sent me a link to an immersion blender. I told her that it wasn't good for much but pureeing. She responded "what about chopping off fingers?" And I said, well, you'd have to try pretty hard to do that, what with the blade guard and all. Unless, of course, you stuck your hand in and turned it on. She said (out loud this time) "you mean like this?" - I turned around and saw her bandaged hand. Shocked, I asked her what the heck happened and she said she was trying to scoop the last bit of pureed food out with her finger and well... (we all know where the ON button is on an immersion blender - probably not the safest position if you think about it...) oh.my.god. just thinking about it makes me sick. her finger is healing nicely now, but she'll have quite the scar (thankfully she didn't actually lose her finger). her husband teased her about getting discounts on manicures for awhile since she didn't have the full set of ten...