QotD: Burned!

Have you ever burned yourself?

What an important QotD. But since it's not sponsored by Allstate or Cisco or whatever, I'll take it.

I have the faintest, crescent shaped mark on my middle finger on my left hand; it was more visible when I was little, but I can still pick it out.  Apparently I got it from some childhood experience of touching a stove, which I do not remember.

This is a really dumb story though - when I was fifteen, I was in a chemistry lab that required the usage of a hot burner.  At the end of the lab, in order to disconnect the burners, I placed my fingers right on it.  I know, right?  What person in their right mind would touch a hot burner? I was like one of those idiots who benefit from the "do not drink this" sign before using Windex or something.  Pain.  I watched my fingers blister for a moment, then headed to the sink to cool the burn with water.  My teacher gently chastised me and got some bandaids.  And get this - I wasn't the only one who burned myself that day! Another guy did too, but I suppose he wanted to be ~manly~ about it, and didn't take care of the burn.  When I saw him later, his burn was a lot more worse off than mine was.

Before leaving class, a classmate asked me what happened, and I explained.  He shook his head.  "Dumbass," he said.  That sums it up about right.