Strewth!

Post by **spot** » Tue May 24, 2011 10:38 pm

Or whatever they say in New Zealand.

I can't really quote a line from this, it's all or nothing. My word. Cripes. Ruddy Nora.

BBC News - New Zealand trucker 'blown up like balloon' by air hose

My congratulations on surviving, Mr McCormack. That must have really put a crimp in your week.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:50 am

It'll be fun for the grandkids hearing about the incident.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed May 25, 2011 3:21 am

Augh! That gave me the shivers. So is his skin now going to hang on him like a loose bag?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:04 am

ugh! that was terrifying.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed May 25, 2011 10:31 am

spot;1360265 wrote: Or whatever they say in New Zealand.

I can't really quote a line from this, it's all or nothing. My word. Cripes. Ruddy Nora.

BBC News - New Zealand trucker 'blown up like balloon' by air hose

My congratulations on surviving, Mr McCormack. That must have really put a crimp in your week.

Typical Kiwi response would be "Bloody Hell"

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed May 25, 2011 10:47 am

Yikes..!!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed May 25, 2011 11:49 am

Maybe he should try a hooker next time.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed May 25, 2011 5:46 pm

YZGI;1360309 wrote: Maybe he should try a hooker next time.

:yh_rotfl

Scrat · Post by **Scrat** » Wed May 25, 2011 7:23 pm

I'm calling BS on it. Just what kind of an air fitting was it? Why did he just sit there and let it blow him up like a balloon? Is he stupid or something? Lots of holes in this one.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:19 pm

I'm glad to hear he wasn't doing what I thought he might have been doing.

Post by **spot** » Wed May 25, 2011 11:39 pm

Scrat, I think he landed heavily on a fixed part of the compressed air system, snapped a tube and had a rigid metal punch through his skin. It's not the end of the hose stuck up his jacksie, the wording is just overly coy.

Scrat · Post by **Scrat** » Thu May 26, 2011 7:24 am

I can see that happening and doctors do use air in some procedures to inflate parts of the thorax/trunk of the body so that they can work. I understand the physics of the incident very well as I work with air systems a lot. I can see it happening but it's an incredible mishap, too incredible I think. We shall see. Snopes has nothing on it as of last night.

farmer giles · Post by **farmer giles** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:51 pm

Scrat;1360327 wrote: I'm calling BS on it. Just what kind of an air fitting was it? Why did he just sit there and let it blow him up like a balloon? Is he stupid or something? Lots of holes in this one.:-3:-3:wah::wah:

well there was A Hole or was that ahole

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:09 pm

farmer giles;1361475 wrote: :-3:-3:wah::wah:

well there was A Hole or was that ahole

Well I have a pain in the ahole - would that be my Farmer Giles? Gooday blue, well come and well met :-6