I initially thought that maybe Tucker Carlson was onto something.

[LuckyCharms]

I tend to give nicknames to all of my tools. I bought this light shown in the below picture about a month ago from Harbor Freight. Yesterday, after reading some posts in GD, I nick-named this light "Tucker Carlson".

If you haven't been reading GD, Carlson is promoting some video that seems to imply that men can increase their testosterone levels by shining a bright light on their man parts. I know that loss of testosterone can be an issue with men, but I am unsure of my testosterone levels, and I am unsure if there is actually any merit or not in shining some light on your junk to increase your testosterone levels.

I got this light from Harbor Freight. I'm doing a lot of refinishing and my cataracts are ripening, so I need a lot of light to see what I'm doing. I cannot find this particular light now on the Harbor Freight website, it may have been a special buy. If I remember correctly, it is 18,000 lumens, which is 300 times as bright as an incandescent 60 watt bulb. Even though it is LED, it gets pretty hot.

You can adjust this light, which is on a tripod, to different heights, and you can also tilt each head up and down.

So I thought "You know, it can't hurt. Maybe Carlson is onto something". So I took "Tucker Carlson" off my bench, set him up at crotch level, dropped my pants, and turned the lights on. And I stood in front of that light for about three minutes.

I don't know if my testosterone increased, but I'll tell you what did happen.

My pubic hair burst into flames and I had to put the flames out with several dumps of water from a slop sink with a glass Pyrex measuring cup.

So instead of naming this light "Tucker Carlson", the light's name is now "Fuck you, Tucker Carlson" and it will forever be referred to as such.

[SCantiGOP]

1. Good thing you had water available

Would have been rough if a hammer was the only thing you could grab to put the flames out.

[LuckyCharms]

2. A reciprocating saw would have been even worse.

My reciprocating saw is an old porter Cable corded model. He's named "The Thruster".

[Walleye]

3. That story is almost believable

[LuckyCharms]

4. Yes,

*almost*

But I think I did tell the story in here about the time when I accidently burned off most of my pubic hair in a port-o-john with a bic lighter.

That story was true, unfortunately.

[Walleye]

5. So not too far-fetched

[LuckyCharms]

7. Probably could not happen with a hot LED.

But I had an old halogen one, and those things get HOT. I used to burn my hand on it all of the time.

LEDs such as the one in the picture do get hot, but not extremely so.

I have 35 to 40 (guessing without counting them) LED recessed retrofitted can ceiling lights in my home, and any heat generated by them will be dissipated into the ceiling, rather than downward. But they are 10 watts (?) dimmable LEDs maybe, something like that, equivalent to 60 incandescent watts. Hardly any heat from those and never had an issue with them.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. A friend of mine had a hair raising experience when he climbed over a parapet wall

with a drill shoved in his waistband of his jeans. Somehow he bumped the switch and turned it on. It got pretty tangled up before he got it turned off. Putting the drill in reverse didn't help the situation.

[LuckyCharms]

8. I can picture that.

Something like that can happen very easily.

That's why I never wear jewelry, including a wedding ring (potential de-gloving injury), and I always have short sleeves, even in the winter.

Always worried about power tools getting caught in clothing.

My wife freaks out whenever I use any kind of tool that can hurt you.

I've always told her... "If your hand does not get near the blade or bit, then it can't hurt you. Also, if you anticipate where your tool is going to go if you slip, and that place is anywhere near your hand or other body part, then change your position before you start using the tool. I've been using power tools for 50 years, and I've never been injured."

So after repeating this to her for years, and bragging about my safety record, I put a chisel through my finger that required a trip to the emergency room for 6 stitches (I think) because I slipped while using it and it caught my finger. Didn't follow my own advice.

It was one of those DeWalt chisels that I nick-named "The disemboweler". Sharper than hell, with 3 sides having a honed edge. I cringe now when I have to use it.

I hope your friend made out OK from that experience.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. He didn't do himself any serious bodily harm. BTW,

it wasn't his clothing that got tangled in the drill.

[LuckyCharms]

10. Oh no, I have to at least ask...

and you are certainly under no obligation to answer me, but what was it?

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Let's just say that hair "raising" might be a little misleading.

[LuckyCharms]

13. Gotcha!

Thank you for the info!

[Emile]

12. Bwhaha +1