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Self Amputee, TV inspired

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  • #2
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    That's my kind of guy-ver.\0/


  • #3
    plein de force
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭plein de force


    after reading that i think i'll sort out that gammy leg of mine

    *gets saw*


  • #4
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Jonathan Metz had his left arm stuck in his furnace boiler for about 12 hours when he asked himself "what would MacGyver do?"

    That guy just took the easy option.

    MacGyver would have built himself an operating theatre out of tin cans & some wire, built himself a new arm & attached it.


  • #5
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    That guy just took the easy option.

    MacGyver would have built himself an operating theatre out of tin cans & some wire, built himself a new arm & attached it.

    No, he would have used his good arm to reach for his mobile and called Chuck Norris.:pac:


  • #6
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    he should audition for a part in the man with the golden arm


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  • #7
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    It's been done:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston


  • #8
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Laney Curved Harpsichord wrote: »
    It's been done:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

    Right, but this was left.

    So it hasn't, no arm done though.:p


  • #9
    minister poxbottle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 439 ✭✭minister poxbottle


    Moral dont stick yer fcuking arm in a boiler :eek: he was lucky he had hacksaw blades at hand arm :confused:


  • #10
    Teutorix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Teutorix


    He must have been handy with a hacksaw blade. :pac:


  • #11
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    So he didn't cut off his arm then.

    And why didn't he use the hacksaw to cut through the boiler ?
    It's not like there was petrol dripping into a headlight nearby.


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  • #12
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    nothing surprises me with yanks no more

    impossible is nothing for them


  • #13
    Teutorix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Teutorix


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    So he didn't cut off his arm then.

    And why didn't he use the hacksaw to cut through the boiler ?
    It's not like there was petrol dripping into a headlight nearby.
    He cut most of the way through, which saved his life from the spreading infection. it fell off when the firemen released it from the boiler
    x in the city wrote: »
    nothing surprises me with yanks no more

    impossible is nothing for them
    made me think of this

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjvxr_aleksey-vayner_business


  • #14
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Same fella would cut off his nose to spite his face


  • #15
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Insert cutting remarks here:


  • #16
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Insert cutting remarks here:

    Whoah, another incisive comment


  • #17
    Greentopia
    Registered Users Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    What's to discuss? The guy took his own arm off. He's a moron! what else is there to say??
    It's gems like this and "poo sex, should it be legalised?" that makes me realise why I never bother with After Hours.
    Thank you and good night.


  • #18
    Teutorix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Teutorix


    Greentopia wrote: »
    What's to discuss? The guy took his own arm off. He's a moron! what else is there to say??
    It's gems like this and "poo sex, should it be legalised?" that makes me realise why I never bother with After Hours.
    Thank you and good night.
    Hes a moron for saving his own life? i hope you get stuck in a boiler lets see how well you handle the situation.


  • #19
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Greentopia wrote: »
    What's to discuss? The guy took his own arm off. He's a moron! what else is there to say??
    It's gems like this and "poo sex, should it be legalised?" that makes me realise why I never bother with After Hours.
    Thank you and good night.

    Comments like those can be very 'armful.


  • #20
    t4k30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭t4k30


    Ctazy !


  • #21
    AskMyChocolate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭AskMyChocolate


    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    That's my kind of guy-ver.\0,

    FYP:p


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  • #22
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    djhunter30 wrote: »
    Essentially a lad cut his own arm off for purposes of self preservation, but drew inspiration to do so from TV.

    http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16029/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Wbkc1rvn

    :eek: Talk about going out on a limb.


  • #23
    AskMyChocolate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭AskMyChocolate


    Fair play to him for his ingenuity.It would have left a lot of people stumped.


  • #24
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    But on the other hand....


  • #25
    Demonon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭Demonon


    He cut his arm off.

    Couldn't be bothered with a pun


  • #26
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    Why is it that only the loonies take inspiration from television? I long for the day that hot wimminz take inspiration from watching "The Sopornos" and "Erotic Tomb Raider"

    Just like that bomber who tried to smuggle a bomb on a plane in his shoe, now we all have to take our shoes off in the airport. Why could it not have been a woman who tried to smuggle on on in her bra and panties?

    Selfish - the lot of 'em.


  • #27
    bossa_nova
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭bossa_nova


    wait did any read the 'he used a telephone cord' as a tourniquet bit?:pac::pac:


  • #28
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Ladies, to understand the human male, realise that most of us would cut off our own arms in less than 24 hours to escape death.

    However were our "third leg"s trapped by that same boulder or in a furnace rest assured you would find us emaciated & dead still in situ.


  • #29
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    bonerm wrote: »
    Ladies, to understand the human male, realise that most of us would cut off our own arms in less than 24 hours to escape death.

    However were our "third leg"s trapped by that same boulder or in a furnace rest assured you would find us emaciated & dead still in situ.

    Speak for yourself my friend, should I find myself in that precarious positions, I would just summon up mental pictures of girls with thongs slightly to one side and use the immense leveraging power of my member to shift the boulder, thus freeing myself unharmed.

    Of course, you mere mortals would still be stuck.


  • #30
    CodeMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭CodeMonkey


    Teutorix wrote: »
    Hes a moron for saving his own life? i hope you get stuck in a boiler lets see how well you handle the situation.

    The 31-year-old West Hartford man, who was released from the hospital Monday, met with reporters Tuesday for the first time since getting his arm stuck in his furnace for two days and nearly cutting it off.

    Firefighters ripped apart the furnace with heavy tools, including a spreader normally used to take the door off a car. Once they did, the arm just gave way.
    He was saved by firefighters. No where in the article did it say he saved his own life. Had he waited 2 days they would've found him.


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  • #31
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    CodeMonkey wrote: »
    He was saved by firefighters. No where in the article did it say he saved his own life. Had he waited 2 days they would've found him.

    But by then, the infection and gangrene could have spread. He could well have died as a result of shock, blood loss etc. Did he know the firemen would be along in two days? His friends became worried when he didn't show up for the softball game.

    You've gotta hand it to him, please lets not all rush to cut him off.


  • #32
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,807 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    CodeMonkey wrote: »
    He was saved by firefighters. No where in the article did it say he saved his own life. Had he waited 2 days they would've found him.
    Yes it does:
    Article wrote:
    Eventually, he began noticing signs of infection and the smell of rotting flesh, and he starting thinking he had to cut the arm off. Doctors said the partial self-amputation prevented the spread of the infection to the rest of his body and saved his life.

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  • #33
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    for those of you who are interested his family have set up a site to help pay for his medical expenses - http://helpjonmetz.com/

    please give generously, the bills cost an arm and a leg!


  • #34
    Cool_CM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭Cool_CM


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw5kH7civTo


  • #35
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    It's exactly for times like this that I make sure always to carry my mobile phone in my pocket.

    I can't tell you how many furnaces/storm drains/vending machines/vacuum cleaners I've had my arm/leg/hand/penis stuck in and would have had to self-amputate if it wasn't for that trusty Nokia 3210.





    ....Now to go retrieve that garden shovel from the wood-chipper. :cool:


  • #36
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    djhunter30 wrote: »
    Essentially a lad cut his own arm off for purposes of self preservation, but drew inspiration to do so from TV.

    http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16029/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Wbkc1rvn

    Give that man a hand...





    ... Grabs coat.


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  • #37
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    It's exactly for times like this that I make sure always to carry my mobile phone in my pocket.

    I can't tell you how many furnaces/storm drains/vending machines/vacuum cleaners I've had my arm/leg/hand/penis stuck in and would have had to self-amputate if it wasn't for that trusty Nokia 3210.





    ....Now to go retrieve that garden shovel from the wood-chipper. :cool:

    Just occured to me that he some stuff at hand, like hack-saw blades and a telephone cord, but no mobile phone.


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