Hank's childhood hand injury, whose lasting pain taught him right from left
story · status: told 2× · last event: told (2010-08-13)
Hank told in 2010 how, as a child taking out a neighbour's garbage, he cut his hand on a terracotta shard and severed a tendon; the lasting ache taught him right from left.
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) | told | Hank tells how, doing garbage duty as punishment for a broken pot, he cut his hand on a terracotta shard and saw the bones when it was put under a faucet. | TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! 00:01:34 |
| 2010-08-13 | told | Hank tells how cutting his hand on terracotta at nine severed a tendon, leaving a constant ache that finally taught him right from left. | The Marvelous Mystery of The Dan 00:03:28 |
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- 2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! — Hank: When the neighbor held Hank's bleeding hand under the faucet, Hank saw the skin open to the bones; an ambulance was called and he was fine. — 00:02:14
- 2010-08-13 · The Marvelous Mystery of The Dan — Hank: Due to a learning disability Hank couldn't tell right from left until about nine, when cutting his hand on terracotta severed a tendon; its constant ache now tells him which is right. — 00:03:28