DIP in the foot

[HalFET]

It happened again today, serves me right for doing bare foot electronics on my day off. 

I dare say the DIY foot sole based circuit board is less pleasant than stepping on the classic lego brick.

[BradC]

Try one of these with the lid off.



I limped for more than a week.

[HalFET]

Try one of these with the lid off.



I limped for more than a week.

How much cursing was involved in that one?

[BradC]

A startling amount. The hardest part was explaining to my 3 year old why daddy was upset he'd left the screwdriver bits on the floor with the lid off. Two of the smallest ones went through the heel pretty much to the shank. I've stepped on a couple of dips over the years and this was worse.

[bd139]

At least you guys don't have to deal with the UK's biggest hazard.

I've taken the liberty of hitting Google images for Caltrop. Spot the odd one out, lurking there, waiting to murder your feet:

[David Hess]

Try a DIP package stuck into the back of your shoulder.  I saw that movie and it did not turn out well.

[WorldPowerLabs]

Ouch!

I have a strict no-shoes policy in the house, so over they years I've become very careful about not dropping pointy objects (or locating them and picking them up, if I do).

[Mr. Scram]

I think I've had a DIP in the foot and the hand so far, although the hand was one of those DIP socket things with even sharper feet. That may actually be an advantage.

[mc172]

At least you guys don't have to deal with the UK's biggest hazard.

I've taken the liberty of hitting Google images for Caltrop. Spot the odd one out, lurking there, waiting to murder your feet:

This made me laugh because it is so bloody true! 

[eeviking]

Ouch!

I have a strict no-shoes policy in the house, so over they years I've become very careful about not dropping pointy objects (or locating them and picking them up, if I do).

I have gone in the other direction and have a strict slippers (or safety shoes) only rule Break it at your own risk 
Also, leaving hot soldering iron on the floor is a bad idea... 

[HalFET]

I also forgot to mention I went for a true widlarization of the guilty component (a LM339). 

[jmelson]

I also forgot to mention I went for a true widlarization of the guilty component (a LM339). 

Oh, that's very important!  Once those things have tasted BLOOD, there's no telling what trouble they will cause you!

Jon

[Mr. Scram]

Oh, that's very important!  Once those things have tasted BLOOD, there's no telling what trouble they will cause you!

Jon

Yes, blood. We're human, so we bleed blood. How very humanlike of us. Next I will sweat some more, because I'm a human.

[bsudbrink]

Here is the most awful caltrop invented by mankind (attested to by any parent at 2am):

[HalFET]

Here is the most awful caltrop invented by mankind (attested to by any parent at 2am):

I thought so to, until the ground tried to insert a dual in-line package into the fleshy socket that's my foot.

[bd139]

I have three children. I can walk on Lego like it’s the carpet now.

[bsudbrink]

I have three children. I can walk on Lego like it’s the carpet now.

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din

[khs]

I have three children. I can walk on Lego like it’s the carpet now.

barefooted ?

[HalFET]

I have three children. I can walk on Lego like it’s the carpet now.

Our saviour, our leader has returned!

[bd139]

 

I am not quite the master of such feats yet. I still have to ascend past “UK plugs” and “small Chinese double ended felt pens that come with activity sets which shatter when you stand on them and stab you up like a drunken pikey at a seaside resort”.

[HalFET]

I am not quite the master of such feats yet. I still have to ascend past “UK plugs” and “small Chinese double ended felt pens that come with activity sets which shatter when you stand on them and stab you up like a drunken pikey at a seaside resort”.

Those felt pens do make excellent candles!

[BrianHG]

Forget the 8 pin dip IC, I had one of these:
The have 0 give or bend, they go right through the heel to the bone...

[Cyberdragon]

Forget the 8 pin dip IC, I had one of these:
The have 0 give or bend, they go right through the heel to the bone...

[HalFET]

Forget the 8 pin dip IC, I had one of these:
The have 0 give or bend, they go right through the heel to the bone...

That's bad! Also, imagine getting one of those barbed pogo pins in your foot 

[Neomys Sapiens]

Try a DIP package stuck into the back of your shoulder.  I saw that movie and it did not turn out well.

Did someone try to give you an EPROM upgrade? Happens to older droids!