Finger Stitches Follow-up

After being surrounded by lawn-mowing siblings for two decades, Evan decided it was time for him to learn. In Arlington, we had a push mower. We were the second American household to purchase such a machine since my grandfather in 1962. I loved it and it seemed pretty safe, so I taught Evan how to push it around.

Evan would spend a good 10-15 minutes "mowing" the lawn and it would look like this:

After Evan got stitches in his finger he was supposed to not use his finger for a month, but he still wanted to mow the lawn every few days. His finger wasn't healing, so I told him not to mow. Then I would leave for work and he would mow. How many adults have gotten angry at their teenage-minded son mowing the lawn too frequently?

I told him mowing counted as using his finger. He said it was just his hands. 

Finally, I had brilliant inspiration:

His finger healed in a week. He got the stitches out. And he stopped mowing the lawn.