Everyday Superhero

wild_eyed · 17-12-2003 5:26pm #1

has anyone here ever done a really good deed, like triping the bank robber and saving the day, or anything like.

sorry im not very descriptive

ykt0di9url7bc3 · 17-12-2003 5:36pm

I was hiking in the comeragh mts. on a wet day, we came to a steep area and we decided to make our ways around it..

we were pretty high after a while and there was a long way down the the valley with lots of rock out croppings, john was ten - twenty feet above me when he slipped and started to slide down the wet grass towards the bottom, quick thinking got me slide down to nearby rocks and catch him by the jumper in an attempt to hold him...it worked.....

god only knows what could have happened if i didnt catch him

wild_eyed · 17-12-2003 5:43pm

wow, well done, pretty cool, saving a life

Funky · 17-12-2003 5:53pm

i single handedly fought off a bengal tiger and a rabid seal to save a scantily clad amazon

xx · 17-12-2003 6:22pm

I give blood

DRakE · 17-12-2003 6:30pm

Originally posted by Funky
i single handedly fought off a bengal tiger and a rabid seal to save a scantily clad amazon

wow good job.

you're lucky you werent killed

Maximilian · 17-12-2003 6:40pm

I once returned someone's pen. They had lost their pen.

richindub2 · 17-12-2003 6:55pm

i once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die

azezil · 17-12-2003 6:56pm

I wear tights does that count?

Stark · 17-12-2003 7:08pm

no you don't (but your roommate is soon to

).

I kill skangers.

AdMMM · 17-12-2003 7:33pm

I... I recycle!

Helping keep the world a nicer place TBH

Woden · 17-12-2003 7:51pm

Originally posted by xx
I give blood

yeah what he said

Grom · 17-12-2003 9:08pm

I also give blood suppose in a wat id like to think im saving a life , well hopefully I am

DriftingRain · 17-12-2003 11:20pm

I have given blood numerous times, and I donate time/money every year to feed the hungry and assist the "Help a Family" program our hospital does every year at Christmas.

Out of every one of my checks I have transferred money to help an orginazition locally known as RoseHaven. It is a program that helps Abused mothers and childern.

As far, as anything physical like knocking a robber out with my 40 pound pocketbook....UmmmNo...Sorry Never done anything like that!

angelofdeath · 17-12-2003 11:25pm

Originally posted by xx
I give blood

I give man juice....:D

Space Coyote · 18-12-2003 12:25am

I donated one of my livers about an hour ago...i feel a bit faint now... i think..oh oh...darkness......beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

ixoy · 18-12-2003 12:38am

Originally posted by k.oriordan
I kill skangers.

You truly are a Saint then - compassionate to those around you, taking a burden into you own hands. May I buy you a pint?

I'd give blood but I'm not allowed but the fact that I *would* give blood counts just as much and therefore I'm as good as the rest of you.

whosurpaddy · 18-12-2003 11:58am

was walking to the bus the other morning, guy in front of me dropped his roll. i picked it up and returned it to him.. ... take that evildoers

Raz · 18-12-2003 12:34pm

A woman walking in front of me dropped her wallet. She was very grateful when I gave it back.

Seriously though, I saw a girl up the road getting her bag nicked and I didn't do anything. I could have given her my phone to call the police, I could have chased after the guy (I'm a martial artist and I should be able to handle a situation like that), I could have done any number of things to help but I couldn't think of anything at the time so I ended up walking on. I feel very bad about doing that, I'm ashamed of myself, so I have since resolved to do what I can if I ever come across a situation like that again.

Havelock · 18-12-2003 1:29pm

I'm not allowed give blood for a year (well now have only 6 months left), but give regularly otherwise.

Would never want credit for I do in an emergency situation, its just what you do that counts. Not the glory. I am always embaressed everytime I have exiting news because I think I'm gloating when I tell people.

Kold · 18-12-2003 3:34pm

Girl with big schoolbag tripped whilst running cross the road, i managed to run n pull her outta traffic.

Stark · 18-12-2003 4:03pm

And of course the superhero always manages to make love to the girl in the end

Carbiens · 18-12-2003 4:11pm

one night these 4 idiots tried to break into our bar, their idiots coz even though it was 4:30 in the morning, every light was on and we were all up, (twas my aunts 40th)

anywhoo i grabbed my poking stick (a 3 1/2'' rounded piece of ash:D ) and gave chase, i caught up with one and smaked him right on the back-side of his right knee, i heard a crack and he fell like a sack o spuds. screaming like a baby

then i sat on him for 15 mins while the cops arrived. the rest were caught too, and we all lived happily ever after.

Calibos · 19-12-2003 12:43am

1985-Childhood friend and his brother left their bikes in the middle of the green while they had their tea. Saw 2 85' era skangers eyeing up the bikes. Went to stop them nicking the bikes and got a dig for my troubles. No thank you from the friend or his parents for trying to prevent the bikes being stolen.

1986- Same childhood friend and I are 30ft up a tree. (Tree climbing, those were the days, you don't see kids climbing trees anymore.........) Branch gives way under friends feet and he is left hanging 30ft off the ground by his fingertips. He is screaming his lungs out but I remained calm and grabbed hold of his arm. I was only a wee lad and didn't have the strength to pull him up but persuaded him to swing his legs up around the branch. Anyway to cut a long story short, I probably saved his life........No thank you from the friend or his parents. Should have dropped the ungrateful effer!!

:D

1994-I happened to be in the family shop after a game of ten pin bowling when two scumbags burst in, one brandishing a gun (turned out to be an imitation, but a real good one like you would buy on the internet rather than a pink plastic jobby from Toys 'R' Us

). Dad swung a big heavy stick 'that just happened to be behind the counter' and I....................Swing my 14LB bowling ball/bag by the strap and hit the guy with the gun between the shoulder blades nearly knocking him over the counter. He dropped the gun and he and his mate ran out. I like to think I was brave rather then stupid!

:D

DriftingRain · 19-12-2003 1:33am

I like to think I was brave rather then stupid!

I'd like to think it was a great deal of both at the same time...Esp. since you didn't known at the time it was a fake gun!

Tivoli · 19-12-2003 2:02am

when my neighbours house was raided, i let her sleep in my bed,and used it as an excuse to be 3 hrs late for school the next morning

Space Coyote · 19-12-2003 2:11am

I once helped put out a fire in a field of barley, that nearly went out of control. I also helped start the fire. :eek:

Kold · 19-12-2003 9:21pm

Originally posted by k.oriordan
And of course the superhero always manages to make love to the girl in the end

She just ran off all embarassed. I think I lose brownie points for laughing about the comical manner in which she fell afterwards...

Faust · 20-12-2003 2:50am

Originally posted by Havelock
I'm not allowed give blood for a year (well now have only 6 months left), but give regularly otherwise.

Why do you have STI's or something??

I eh got robbed once and shouted abuse at the thieves as they ran off! I showed them....

ixoy · 20-12-2003 3:17am

Well I'm brave in that I go to work each day, faced with the crushing knowledge of the eventual heat death of the universe, and then - after that - the energy death when all live and every particle in existence becomes absolutely nothing.

Faust · 20-12-2003 3:18am

You don't have to be gay to have STI's

tman · 20-12-2003 4:55am

Originally posted by Faust
You don't have to be gay to have STI's

The Beer Baron · 20-12-2003 10:44am

pffft! I would like to propose an "everyday supervillian" thread where people can instead brag about the important things- like inflicting misery on their fellow man.

Woden · 21-12-2003 1:52am

Originally posted by ixoy
Well I'm brave in that I go to work each day, faced with the crushing knowledge of the eventual heat death of the universe, and then - after that - the energy death when all live and every particle in existence becomes absolutely nothing.

yeah well i recommend you build a bridge and get over it

ixoy · 21-12-2003 2:47pm

Originally posted by Dataisgod
yeah well i recommend you build a bridge and get over it

? Unless you mean Einstein-Rosenberg

DriftingRain · 21-12-2003 3:49pm

You don't have to be gay to have STI's

I'm not allowed give blood for a year (well now have only 6 months left), but give regularly otherwise

He coulda gotten a tattoo...you can't give blood here in the states for one year afterwards???

There are many things such as medical injections that could cause you to be turned away from the blood bank......I'm so confused..

Faust...I demand you get back in here and clear this confusion of your posts....

ixoy · 21-12-2003 3:55pm

Isn't there also a limit on giving blood if you got a piercing recently? And the type of piercing also affects the length of time you have to wait?

And if you had say jaundice, you also can't give blood? And active gay or bi men can't also give blood ever? They're quite strict on what they let in and don't let in.

DriftingRain · 21-12-2003 5:12pm

http://www.aabb.org/All_About_Blood/FAQs/aabb_faqs.htm#2

Here is a list of DONOR SCREENING AND DEFERRALS

This of course is the American version...through the American Association of Blood Banking.

Hope it helps Ixoy!

http://www.aabb.org/All_About_Blood/Donating_Blood/donate.htm
~DR~

Agent Smith · 21-12-2003 5:20pm

Originally posted by wild_eyed
wow, well done, pretty cool, saving a life

have done so
jumped into dún laoíre harbor 3 weeks ago to save a drunk.....

oh the horror

Faust · 21-12-2003 5:21pm

TBH I think you're all screwing up survival of the fittest. We'll never evolve at this rate!!!

KlodaX · 21-12-2003 5:28pm

I think they near rule out everyone... "In theory, anyone can donate blood " ... but:

Rules
Who is eligible to donate blood?
In theory, anyone can donate blood but there are certain groups who should not. All donated blood is tested before it is given to patients.

You should never donate blood if you are in one of the following groups:

You are a male who has had sex with another male
You have ever used a needle to take drugs of any kind
You or your partner is HIV positive
You have had jaundice after the age of 13 years or you contracted jaundice under the age of 13 years that was caused by Hepatitis B or C
You have lived in the UK for 5 or more years between 1980 and 1996 (this is to protect against any risk of vCJD transmission via blood).
You should not donate blood for 12 months if:

You have visited a Malarial Area
You have had any part of your body pierced
You have had a tattoo
You received acupuncture by a non-medically registered practitioner
You gave birth to a baby
You received a blood transfusion.
You should not donate blood for 6 months if you have had major surgery or you have visited a tropical area.

You should not donate blood for 1 month if you have had contact with infectious diseases (where you have not been previously infected), e.g., chicken pox, mumps, measles or German measles.

You should not donate blood for 2 weeks if you have recently recovered from the flu or have just completed a course of antibiotics.

You should not donate blood for 1 week if you have a cold sore, a cold or an uncomplicated dental extraction or have been on short-term medication.

In addition to this I was told that you have to be over 8 stone.

mr_angry · 21-12-2003 5:33pm

That's hilarious. They've virtually managed to rule out women there, with the 'baby' and 'piercings' rule. I appreciate that they have to be careful, but that's madness.

Victor · 22-12-2003 9:54pm

Originally posted by mr_angry
That's hilarious. They've virtually managed to rule out women there, with the 'baby'

Thats only for 12 months after having the baby.

Me, I've chased a mugger (he had a getaway vehicle and driver :rolleyes:) and found two burglars in the basement at work (chased 'em down the street carrying a carpenters hammer - never seen two people so motivated to move) and I've made a fair few 999 calls.

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