DOG CHEWS OFF MAN’S TOE; MAN THANKFUL

A British man was horrified after waking up to find that his dog had nearly chewed off his big toe. But then realized the dog saved his life. David Lindsay, 64, of Cambridge, was asleep on the couch with his bulldog Harley nearby. He woke up after he heard his wife scream. Harley, a 7-month off boxer, had left bloody stump where his big toe had been. At the hospital, he learned his foot was completely numb, which is why he didn’t feel the bite. Mr. Lindsay suffers from diabetes, and a CT scan revealed that he also had two blocked arteries, which could have led to a leg amputation due to the lack of blood flow to the region. Says Mr. Lindsay, “You’ve got to laugh about it. I’ll be keeping the dog.”
* Just the same, he’ll be wearing socks now.
* He’s trying to wean the dog over to li’l smokies (cocktail wieners, cocktail franks).
* He’s lucky it was just diabetes and his toe. He could have had an STD.
* How many bites does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?