Originally Posted by G-Benz

A local custom upholstery shop let me use their equipment to complete some small upholstery tasks for my then-show-car VW.

I was in the process of stapling the material onto the backing board using an air staple gun.

Got a bit too close at one point and "ka-klick"! A large staple is now firmly embedded into my thumbnail!

I frantically tried to extract the staple with needle-nosed pliers before the pain set in.

Too late. I got light-headed and queasy and collapsed on the floor for about a minute before I could compose myself and finish pulling that staple out...