A dog initially bites someone with their front teeth, not the molars. The
front teeth are design tear the flesh, not bite through bone and cartilage.
They use the molars to break bone, but no person would sit there and allow a
dog to move this thumb to the side of his mouth so he could bite it off. He
would be busy pulling his hand back out of the hole, and ripping the flesh
off his hand.

This is an old urban legend told by Jr. High School kids that Harry must
have believed.

Information of dog bites from the CDC
In 2001, an estimated 368,245 persons were treated for dog bite--related
injuries (rate: 129.3 per 100,000 population) (Table). The injury rate was
highest for children aged 5--9 years and decreased with increasing age.
Approximately 154,625 (42.0%) dog bites occurred among children aged 14
years; the rate was significantly higher for boys (293.2 per 100,000
population) than for girls (216.7) (p = 0.037) (Figure 1). For persons aged
15 years, the difference between the rate for males (102.9) and females
(88.0) was not statistically significant. The number of cases increased
slightly during April--September, with a peak in July (11.1%). For injured
persons of all ages, approximately 16,526 (4.5%) dog bite injuries were
work-related (e.g., occurred to persons who were delivering mail, packages,
or food; working at an animal clinic or shelter; or doing home repair work
or installations). For persons aged 16 years, approximately 16,476 (7.9%)
dog bite injuries were work-related.

Injuries occurred most commonly to the arm/hand (45.3%), leg/foot (25.8%),
and head/neck (22.8%). The majority (64.9%) of injuries among children aged
4 years were to the head/neck region; this percentage decreased
significantly with age (p0.01) (Figure 2). Injuries to the extremities
increased with age (p0.01) and accounted for 86.2% of injuries treated in
EDs for persons aged 15 years. Injury diagnoses were described frequently
as "dog bite" (26.4%); other diagnoses included puncture (40.2%), laceration
(24.7%), contusion/abrasion/hematoma (6.0%), cellulitis/infection (1.5%),
avulsion/crush (0.8%), and fracture/dislocation (0.4%). Overall, 98.2% of
patients were treated and released from the ED.

Narrative comments in the medical records note common circumstances in which
children and adults incurred dog bite--related injuries. Examples among
children included a girl aged 18 months who was attacked by the family dog
in the backyard and sustained an open depressed skull fracture, mandible
fractures, and avulsion of an ear and part of a cheek; a boy aged 4 years
who was bitten on the lip by a dog that was guarding her pups; and a girl
aged 3 years who was bitten on the face when trying to take food away from
the family dog. Examples among adults included a man aged 34 years who
sustained an avulsion laceration to his left thumb while trying to break up
a fight between his dogs; a woman aged 27 years who sustained multiple
puncture wounds to her forearm, thumb, and chest while trying to help her
dog, which had been hit by a car; and a woman aged 75 years who was bitten
while she was trying to prevent her dog from attacking an Emergency Medical
Technician who was attempting to transport her from home by ambulance.



"John S" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 20:50:07 GMT, "Dr. Dr. Smithers"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...



One night someone tried to break into the store by using a
suction-circular glass cutter on the front door. When my father arrived,
there was Marvin sitting inside by the door, a round hole in the door
and, in front of Marvin on the concrete floor...a bitten-off thumb.

LOL, I remember telling that story when we would go camping.


Wow, it's really getting piled deep! These stories never cease to amaze
me!
Next the 35' lobster boat will grow to 50'.

He said he didn't answer the "question". He did not say which one. Funny,
you chose to comment on the question he(harry) DID answer and not the one he
didn't? And how is asking to return a ng to normal an "insulting
question"???

Me thinks this guy might have you dems pegged pretty good....clearly:-)

Don

"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
...
Around 11/3/2004 4:38 PM, M-Tech wrote:

What I *do* see a problem with is Mark trimming Tom's original post to
make it appear that Harry hadn't addressed Tom's questions at all, and
that's just dishonest.

And I'm not even as "bright" as a democrat:-)

Clearly. :)


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

On 11/4/2004 3:49 PM, M-Tech wrote:

Funny,
you chose to comment on the question he(harry) DID answer and not the one he
didn't?

No, I commented on that one too, as you noted below.

And how is asking to return a ng to normal an "insulting
question"???

Read it again: "Since you obviously failed to convert enough voters to
sway the election would you please give up your attempts and let's turn
this back into a boating newsgroup?"

As phrased, it was both insinuatory and misleading, therefore insulting;
an obvious troll - not what this newsgroup needs to return to "normal."


Me thinks this guy might have you dems pegged pretty good....clearly:-)

Nope, he's off by a nautical mile.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Oh good lord man. You've just crossed the line between democrat and went
right into liberal!!

The question was neither insinuating or misleading. On the contrary, it was
pretty damned direct!! The guy simply asked if he was going to stop posting
about politics and post about boats!! He may be a "troll". But since he
didn't question the man's life style, relatives, IQ, health, welfare OR
accuse him of sleeping with farm animals I simply cannot see the connection
with "insulting".

Over and out:-)

Don

"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
...
On 11/4/2004 3:49 PM, M-Tech wrote:

Funny, you chose to comment on the question he(harry) DID answer and not
the one he didn't?

No, I commented on that one too, as you noted below.

And how is asking to return a ng to normal an "insulting question"???

Read it again: "Since you obviously failed to convert enough voters to
sway the election would you please give up your attempts and let's turn
this back into a boating newsgroup?"

As phrased, it was both insinuatory and misleading, therefore insulting;
an obvious troll - not what this newsgroup needs to return to "normal."


Me thinks this guy might have you dems pegged pretty good....clearly:-)

Nope, he's off by a nautical mile.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:10:26 GMT, "Dr. Dr. Smithers"
wrote:

Did I ever tell you about the time I was parking with a my girlfriend and
heard on the radio about a man who escaped from the jail. He only had one
hand and a claw where he other hand should have been. We heard a
scratching
on the side of the car, so I started the car up and peeled out of there.
When I got to her house, I went around to open her door, and their was a
claw hanging on her door handle.

If that was not freaky enough, I then went home and saw a window was
broken,
but it didn't look like anyone had actually gone into my house. When I
opened the door, I could hear my dog chocking on something. I went over,
opened his mouth and their in his mouth was a thumb that was stuck in his
throat.


Right about then your girlfriend said :

"Is that your thumb or are you happy to see me?"

How did you know?

On 11/4/2004 4:56 PM, M-Tech wrote:

Oh good lord man. You've just crossed the line between democrat and went
right into liberal!!

Hmm. I can't remember ever *not* being a liberal....

I think it's time to stick a fork in this thread and get back to boats. :)



--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 19:56:01 -0500, "M-Tech"
wrote:

Oh good lord man. You've just crossed the line between democrat and went
right into liberal!!

The question was neither insinuating or misleading. On the contrary, it was
pretty damned direct!! The guy simply asked if he was going to stop posting
about politics and post about boats!! He may be a "troll". But since he
didn't question the man's life style, relatives, IQ, health, welfare OR
accuse him of sleeping with farm animals I simply cannot see the connection
with "insulting".

Over and out:-)

Don

"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
...
On 11/4/2004 3:49 PM, M-Tech wrote:

Funny, you chose to comment on the question he(harry) DID answer and not
the one he didn't?

No, I commented on that one too, as you noted below.

And how is asking to return a ng to normal an "insulting question"???

Read it again: "Since you obviously failed to convert enough voters to
sway the election would you please give up your attempts and let's turn
this back into a boating newsgroup?"

As phrased, it was both insinuatory and misleading, therefore insulting;
an obvious troll - not what this newsgroup needs to return to "normal."


Me thinks this guy might have you dems pegged pretty good....clearly:-)

Nope, he's off by a nautical mile.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows


What have you got against farm animals?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!