Is that girl alright?

Bartronilic

The one who got hit by the flagpole? I left minutes before it happened. Sounded crazy!

I was wondering that. Must have hurt a fair bit!

Newb

Hit by the flagpole?

Shay_562

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Shay_562 wrote:

Pretty much it, really (Happened to be sitting literally 5 feet from the girl who got hit at the time) - drunken idiot tried to shimmy up the flagpole on the left (as you look at it from the cricket pitch) side of the Pav. Drunken idiot made it about 3/4 of the way up before the pole leant too far to one side and broke. The plastic part at the top that the halyards run through hit a girl square on the head. At first, she seemed fine and was laughing (to be honest, at first I was more worried about the guy, who was lying on the ground barely moving for the first short while), but then started going all pale and shaky and bleedy. She seemed OK when they hauled her off to the ambulance, but to be fair, it's hard to tell with a head wound.

While I hope neither of them are permanently injured and whatnot, I have to say that the whole thing was absolutely hilarious.

BrenC

Oh I heard about this, I hope they're both ok.

melekalikimaka

what happened to the fella, i've heard mixed reports of 'he was on erasmus last term, over on holidays so it was grand' to 'he's 4th year med and getting expelled'

King.Penguin

yeah ffs make with the details

He's 4th year Med.. thats all I know!

Edwardius

original_psycho wrote:

He's 4th year Med.. thats all I know!

Ha! good way to waste four years!

melekalikimaka

its cos he didnt administer first aid

melekalikimaka

melekalikimaka wrote:

its cos he didnt administer first aid

What is?

Edwardius

Aye, but he's only been studying for four years. You can do fierce damage with a band-aid without the proper training.

mizz.yelof!!!

so this guy is getting expelled???

Prob not.. stern talking to blah blah blah...

He's mates with a mate whoose a mate of friend kinda thing so I'll have a chat with some mates on Monday bout it...

shay_562

Some guy in the House 6 shop told me she's OK, broken jaw and a gaping head wound but nothing critical, but he was repeating what he heard from someone who heard from someone etc.

Shay_562: Bringing you unsubstantiated rumours and innuendo since 2005!

Ha - first hand source says she was chatting around a bit afterward when people were asking her how she was.. so that would debunk the broken jaw!

You also need a substantial bang to obtain a 'gaping head wound'; I split the back of my head open after falling twice my height (I was very young) and landing on breeze block! Wound was not 'gaping' though!

Will try and get more first hand info this Monday now that my curiosity is piqued!

shay_562

So you can't trust random guys working in shops? My world is shattered...

DrIndy

Funny story.... now the flagpoles are gone!

I know the flagpole in question, it snapped again a few years ago with the head of the rowing team at the top before.....

I never climbed that flagpole, my choice was the other one.... climbed it too many times to be wise, there is always a 4 drink minimum for me.

The last time was when I got my final med results, I shimmied to the top and then was waving to everyone, including the Dean and the professor of surgery...... class..... they loved it......!!!

Tricity Bendix

DrIndy wrote:

Funny story

I don't think so.

John

b.ie polar wrote:

I don't think so.

It's a sophisticated type of humour, try reading this thread again in a few years and see what you think then.

Tricity Bendix

John wrote:

It's a sophisticated type of humour, try reading this thread again in a few years and see what you think then.

I could be dead by then. Possibly from a flag-pole to the head.

John

Not if they've been taken away.

Tricity Bendix

Any flag-pole anywhere in the world is a lethal weapon in the hands of drunken college students.