Finger amputations ‘possible’ after White House incident

The Washington Post ^ | 02:06 PM ET, 02/14/2012 | Theola Labbé-DeBose

[Hunton Peck]

An unidentified male at the White House was taken to a hospital after suffering a hand injury Tuesday morning...

Shortly before 11 a.m., a man...had a “possible amputation of one or two fingers,”

[Hunton Peck]

Muslims chop off whole hands for stealing, don't they?

[Buckeye McFrog]

we warned you not to get it between Michelle and a plate of pork chops...

[stayathomemom]

Is that the new punishment for pointing your finger at Obama?

[Hunton Peck]

Update:

A member of the White House household staff suffered an on-the-job injury Tuesday and may have lost some fingers.

"There was a minor injury with a member of the residence staff – an ambulance was called out of an abundance of caution," an administration official said.

I dunno if I'd count a finger amputation as a "minor" injury...

[sodpoodle]

Was he reaching for Michelle’s lobster?

[going hot]

Moo was heard saying, “Reach for that cheeseburger and you’ll draw back a stub.”

[al44]

When Michelle is eating her lunch, it’s best to give her lots of room.

[bvw]

Japanese Mafia?

[combat_boots]

I guess it’s gone beyond arm twisting now?

[Ramius]

Hmmm... I’m thinking kitchen accident of some kind. The story also said that the injuries were “life-threatening”. I’m thinking the kitchen is the most likely place to hurt yourself that bad. I suppose a firearms accident among the secret service agents is possible, too.

Meat slicers scare me. Just looking at one gives me the willies and makes my fingers hurt.

[fishtank]

Here's an assortment of dikes.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The good news is that gummint disability (ADD) insurance guarantees this homie will be gettin’ paaaaayyyyyyyd!

[Larry Lucido]

[lonevoice]

That is weird. I guarantee, if I ever have even one finger amputated, let alone maybe two, I will not consider it a minor injury.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Shame that someone who actually works for a living at the WH gets hurt.

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep. Kitchens are dangerous places. Everything in a commercial kitchen is sharp, hot, heavy, flammable, or has an STD.

/johnny

[DelaWhere]

Homeland Security detail to follow up on this new potential terrorist?

[Larry Lucido]

It was obviously the new surgeon general implementing his new skin biopsy technique under obamacare.

[fso301]

Sounds as if they are serious about finding leakers.

[Joe Boucher]

Damn,
I was hoping they were going to chop obammy’s hands off for over reaching.