Escaping Handcuffs

[rvm45]

Y'all were discussing "The Walking Dead".

Sorry, but I found the show unsatisfying, and quit watching. Anyway, the Dude cuts off his hand to escape handcuffs.....

To me this is Cowardice--but I know that almost no one agrees.

I know whereof I speak. Doctors wanted to amputate my left arm, and I flatly refused.

"You could die."

"And if I do, and you look in my casket, do you know what you're gonna see? You're gonna see a Corpse with Two arms!"

I am still in my current state of undead, and outside of a very big skin-graft scar, my left arm works great.

(And I thank and praise Jesus.)

But back to the handcuff dilemma:

If you must cut, why cut off the whole hand? Cutting off the Thumb including the meta carpal should allow the hand to pass through the cuff.

Bad to lose a thumb--still many-things that you can do with a thumbless hand (as opposed to no hand). Even if you had to sacrifice the index too--a mangled three fingered hand is still better than the best prosthetic.

Leaving all this aside. Watch how this Dude like removes Handcuffs.
Maybe use the idea in a story.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P4QNIt5WfI&feature=player_embedded

.....RVM45

[mnn2300]

For the charector who did it, I think it was probably the right thing for the story line. While many things about the show drive me nuts from a survivor standpoint, its is only a TV show.

Cowardness? no
stupidity? maybe