Well, it's not like you need fingers to play soccer.

Hell, you only need the middle one to be a fan.

Could've been worse.

anyone who has ever worked a job around machinery knows not to wear a ring. I have seen more than one person lose fingers in this manner and it becomes automatic to remove your ring or rings before work Granted, playing soccer would seem not to be a normal job in which you might lose a finger but the danger is real enough on any sports(especially football) that a person should just remove them. I am sure the wife would rather have you come home with all fingers instead of worrying about whether or not you wore the ring constantly.

Ace--

Big deal. You want to talk fingers?

Two words: Ronnie Lott.

http://www.nfl.com/insider/story/5853695

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Two friends, same thing, up on something, lost balance, fell, caught wedding ring.

Both had the fingers amputated. You just can't put that back together.

Mark the lesson fellas.

Steve took it best. Every time I see him, he holds up his left hand and says "high four"!

Hate to ruin the image, but they don't throw flags in soccer.

But you can imagine the player fountaining blood while the referee holds a yellow 3X5 card aloft with scarcely a haughty glance down at Manolo "Nine Fingers" Jorgenson (or whatever the hell his name is). The card is laminated, which means that any blood spatters would slide cleanly off of it.