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Man Nearly Explodes After Compressed Air Valve Lodges In Buttocks
LA Times ^
| 2/16/2014
| LA Times
Posted on 02/16/2014 7:32:56 PM PST by Dallas59
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (PIX11) New Zealand trucker Steven McCormack is either the luckiest or unluckiest person in the world, depending on ones perspective.
McCormack was working on his tractor trailer at a gas station in Whakatane, on the North Islands east coast, when he slipped and fell, landing on a broken high pressure air valve.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: air; blowup; butt; celebratediversity; likelystory; milliontooneshot; newzealand; stevenmccormack; whakatane
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:32:56 PM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
“slipped and fell on it” — that old excuse?
To: Dallas59
Burped and farted the air out for THREE DAYS!
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:37:35 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:38:09 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: ClearCase_guy
uh huh, that’s a likely story
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:38:29 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Dallas59
How would the air valve lodge in the buttocks unless one’s buttocks was not clothed? I’ve known a lot of people had to deal with air valves, never one that got it “accidently” caught in their crack.
To: B4Ranch
But at least he could control the pressure
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:39:13 PM PST
by
digger48
To: ClearCase_guy
It could happen...
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:39:16 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
To: Dallas59
“It was a million to one shot, doc, million to one.”
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:39:18 PM PST
by
Trod Upon
(Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
To: Dallas59
It took the trucker about three days to shrink back to his normal size, the time for the air to naturally disperse. You cant turn a tap on and let it out, McCormack said. You just have to fart it out, or burp it out.
When the phrase "pull my finger" is a cry for help...
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:39:49 PM PST
by
BlueDragon
(everyone needs to have a plan)
To: PistolPaknMama
from the article
The nipple of the valve punctured the 48-year-olds left buttock, pumping air into his body at 100 lbs. per square inch. The pressure drove air into every possible space in his body, separating fat from muscle and compressing his lungs and heart.
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:40:36 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Dallas59
Obviously “in his buttocks” is not where it was “lodged”.
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:41:14 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: Dallas59
BOND: "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself"
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:42:04 PM PST
by
Manic_Episode
(GOP = The Whig Party)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:42:19 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Dallas59
We need a warning label to protect others from having this happen to them.
To: Slings and Arrows
I can’t believe you’re not here yet.
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:45:09 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: digger48
How horrible! I’m amazed the guy lived, to be honest. You’d think some of that air would have gotten into his veins and arteries.
I can’t imagine the pain, either. Or maybe I just don’t want to.
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:45:11 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(A Repo Man is *always* intense.)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:47:57 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:50:57 PM PST
by
Brandonmark
(OWCM is The new American Minority! 11.06.12 - Day of Infamy!)
To: Dallas59
Does his pink collar give us a clue?
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:51:13 PM PST
by
AlexW
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