captken

My grand daughter Allee marches to the tune of a different drum andshe often talks me into marching with her. First she "Decided" that I needed to curl my moustache so I'd look like a pirate. I said, ok. No problem. I can grow hair on my lip and in my ears but not so well on my head anymore.

Next she decided I needed to shave my head. Her arguement made sense; a haircut is 8 bucks and another 5 bucks to get to town and back. Sooo, I now shave my head every other day. No problem! Honestly, I don't know why I didn't start this 10 years ago.

A week or so ago, she decided I needed an ear ring to go with the "Pirate look." I didn't want a ring or a stud so I decided to go with a 4/0 SS Circle Hook. She polished one up, sterilized it and tried to get that big sucker through my ear lobe with a Hemostat. It hurt, and bled like heck but didn't go through because the Hemostat was too darn wimpy.

I went to the shop and got 8" Vise Grips. She didn't get the hook clamped securely and managed to botch the hole a bunch when the hook slipped. I clamped the hook securely and this time, it got to bleeding so bad she got sick.Dammmmmmmmmnnnnn, that hurt baaaaaaaddd but the hook wouldn't go through.

About that time, my wife came in and saw the carnage and took over. She drove a large pin through and put something on the back after cutting the pin off with my fishing pliers. She saidshe wanted it to heal before stretching the hole big enough for the hook.

No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't high either. I'lladmit to being stupid.

The girlswhohave their XXXX pierced and theirYYYYYYY pierced are either tougher than I am or totally wasted when it was done. Don't come near my ZZZZ with anything sharp.

I might go ahead with the circle hook if the hole stretches enough but I'll have a snort or two first.

I took Allee to the airport this morning for a month long visit with her Mom. When I left her at the gate she said, "I expect to see the hook in your ear when I get home."

We'll see.

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60hertz

OK, I :sick halfway through this post...someone let me know how it turned out.

Tuna Man

That is And I totally agree with your thoughts on xxxx, yyyy, and zzzz. :banghead:banghead:banghead

Backlash

your a better man than me, if someone did that to me i would have a very fast down load

in my underwear:bowdown

ted-hurst

Totally agree with tunaman, 60hertz, and backlash, no way in hell would I put a 4/0 hook in my ear. I've accidently stuck myself and that didn't feel good so I wouldn't be volunteering to stab myself in the ear. Quick thought, what if your working of doing whatever and thathook gets caught on something, a 4/0 hookdoesn't have a problem pulling a snapper up from 70 ft, I don't think it would be much of a problem for that thing to rip your ear off.

Ted

Joshua0606

If you get the hook in, post a picture!:takephoto

joelarbear

I'd like to see a picture, after he does it,of the first morning that he wakes up with a pillowhooked to his head.

wetaline

May want to bend down the barb on that hook, other wise it may be a permanent addition!

captken

The last year I chartered full time I was hooked 11 times. Fly fishing clients were hard on me. A Clouser Minnow is deadly. I hate them.

Luckily, most were with Sabiki rigsand I had no problem yanking them out with pliers. I don't allow stinger rigs on my boat. Two were with Stretch 30's with fish on them. That dang well hurts but I was able to get them out without coming in.

Only one was a 12/0 circle hook and I still don't know how it happened.

When I was in the 6th grade I went fishing before school and went to school with a 9 hook Lucky 13 in my shirt pocket. Danny Brown picked me up (I was the class runt) and threw me into Frank Dean. One hook went completely through my left nipple and another went through Frank's nose. (Completely through.) That was about the 5th hook Dr. Horne had removed from me by that time.

The hook for my ear has been de-barbed and, for the moment, it is deadly sharp. I'll clip and file the point after I get it through.

I seldom have to get someone else to remove a hook from me but I can't always reach a Sabiki hook. The key to removing a hook is to do it right now. Don't screw around and let it swell. I use pliers rather than string. Grasp the hook, push the point down and in to get flesh from out of the barb then back it out in one quick move. It feels so good when it is out!

I poked a 2/0 into my thumb for a video on hook removal only to find out that the battery in the camera was dead. We shot a few stills of the removal process. BTW, The hook and my skin were sterilized before I hooked myself. I'll try to find the photos.

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