Asparagus accident…

Attention Joy Behar, co-host of “The View”:    If you do not know how to cut an avocado,  please have someone train you.   If you do not know how to tell that the redness,  pain and swelling indicate an infection,  please have a Boy Scout explain it to you.   Only a progressive would fail to be humiliated by cutting herself instead of the food.   If you had properly treated the cut at the time,  you would not have added to your humiliation by being oblivious to the signs of infection caused by your failure to attend to the cut correctly.

Yes,  I know the accident is called “avocado hand”  and is frequently seen in emergency rooms.   I don’t expect her to be able to dress out a deer,  but you should be able to handle ordinary kitchen equipment,  including knives,  which should be very sharp to decrease the possibility of injury.

Yes, I am being a bit snide,  but avocados are quite a fad.   My mother liked them,  as well as Swiss cheese.  I loathe both,  though I will eat a well-prepared guacamole.  On the other hand, she disliked onions,  probably because she was faintly allergic to them.  I am allergic to many things, but onions are not among them, so I eat them often.

My point is that avocado hand is considered stylish,  something to preen about because it shows you are elite in your food choice and thus,  in your accidents.   Imagine the damage Ms. Behar could inflict on herself with an asparagus  fork!