Urban legends: the grandmother chapter

You probably heard about the good ol’ grandmother tale about biting your new shoes before they bite back at you. Well Jerome being the lazy, defiant bugger put on his new slippers last weekend after snapping his sandals during DragonTug. Obviously he did not bite them beforehand. So off he went into the waters of Bedok and Kallang, only to find himself reeling in pain with abrasions over both his feet. As he has previously attested, salt water + broken skin = pain many many.

Even more exciting is the fact that his abrasions were never given a chance to heal as he had to wrap them up in smelly socks as part of his working uniform. Sounds like a hotbed for bugs to grow. Fortunately no maggots were found but his abrasion has sort of evolved into a 1x1cm shallow ulcer with a granulating base.

The weekend is here once again and he stupidly put on the same pair of slippers to head out for supper just moments ago. What the fish! He thinks he scrapped off all granulation tissue already. So Jerome is back to square one with a freaking ulcer and a lousy pair of slippers. Oh boy when can he get his Overland sandals man…

What a fascinating post. Bleah. (o_0)”

Anyway to fulfill the public service nature of his blog, Jerome reminds all to bite their new shoes before wearing them. Real hard. And another thing: believe your grandmother, always.

Do you have other grandmother advice to share?

Sigh. Boring post. Jerome is down with URTI. No energy to think. Otherwise he will be talking about Pedra Branca already. Middle Rocks to M’sia. Hmm… We need to redraw some lines on our side. But RSAF’s access to South China Sea should be ok ba… since Prof Tommy Koh says Singapore Strait is an international waterway.

*Bray*