With a #1 combo meal in one hand and a large iced tea in the other, using my knee to hold open the Coast newspaper box on Quinpool wasn’t a good idea. With slapstick precision, the door of the box slammed on my index finger. Yow! Fortunately, the half-litre of ice in the iced tea kept the swelling down for the next hour. Thanks, I’ll never complain about too much ice again. —Icy Finger
This article appears in Aug 25-31, 2011.