You just had a tragic accident. A doctor at the scene only has time to save either your dick or your left pinky finger. I'm pretty sure I know what 99% of the guys on the BBS would choose to save. Why do I have the feeling that the first words out of your mouth when you get home would be "honey, I'm so sorry…"?
But it wastes an entire byte of memory just to store that one freaking bit, 255 is a superior number since all the bits of the byte are on.