Cannibal Kabob
I found this completely entertaining:
PROVO, Utah (May 19) - A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships - and was speared through the leg by a javelin. Ryan McGeeney of the Standard-Examiner was spared serious injury in Saturday's mishap, and even managed to snap a photo of his speared leg while others worked to help him.
"If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," McGeeney said later.
The 33-year-old McGeeney, an ex-Marine who spent six months in Afghanistan, was taking pictures of the discus event and apparently wandered into off-limits area set aside for the javelin throw. Striking just below the knee, the javelin tip went through the skin and emerged on the other side of his leg.
"It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said.
Much of the javelin was cut off at the scene. The piece in McGeeney's leg was removed at a hospital, and he received 13 stitches. The javelin was thrown by Anthony Miles, a Provo High School student who said when he saw what had happened, "my heart just stopped."
"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,"' Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said Monday. He said Miles was "in a little bit of shock," but he assured the athlete that it was not his fault. With a subsequent throw, Miles went on to win the state title in javelin for teams in Provo High's size classification, 4-A.
CHANGE FOR A BUCK?
The thing that's funny about this is this is the kinda shit you'd see in like, "Final Destination 6" or whatever. The only cool thing about this is that he's literally, as my title points out, a human shishkabob for cannibals. I just want to know what was going through this guys mind, 'cause he GOT the shot he wanted. He's dedicated to his work. But what do you think as you see a javelin hurling towards your face? I tried, as I do every time, to come up with something entirely inappropriate and funny, and for the first time, I'm gonna put the most HONEST and TRUTHFUL thing, 'cause this really IS what he was probably thinking as it hurled towards him:
"SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT"
That's what I'D be thinking anyway.
Besides the question of the work policy? What would have happened if he had moved, would he had been fired, or does his job description relate to those of mailmen? Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor WOOD? They can't have fired him for PROTECTING his health! He could have SUED them! And secondly, I hope he's got good medical health care. Does his health care cover the cost of being impaled by an olypmic star?
This is another thing. The guy who threw it still won. You KNOW he didn't win on good skill alone. This is one of those "adults being kids" instances, where the judges felt SO BAD for him, that they decided to let him win. They were like, "If we let him LOSE, he'll be depressed and think this was his fault." God forbid he feels partially responsible for IMPALING another human being. But MY favorite part, as always, comes here:
"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,"' Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said Monday.
'CAUSE that's just messed up. Because everyone's first reaction after a horrible accident is like THAT, right? You get in a car accident, the other guy's head is smashed in, your car is totaled, and you're just thinking, "Thank god I have a bike!"
I know THAT'S what I would be worrying about.
Fo' sure.
All I can say is that this is another one of those examples where people should not be proud of what they do for a living, whether it's a sport, or taking pictures.
Like me and writing this journal.
M@RK
PROVO, Utah (May 19) - A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships - and was speared through the leg by a javelin. Ryan McGeeney of the Standard-Examiner was spared serious injury in Saturday's mishap, and even managed to snap a photo of his speared leg while others worked to help him.
"If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," McGeeney said later.
The 33-year-old McGeeney, an ex-Marine who spent six months in Afghanistan, was taking pictures of the discus event and apparently wandered into off-limits area set aside for the javelin throw. Striking just below the knee, the javelin tip went through the skin and emerged on the other side of his leg.
"It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said.
Much of the javelin was cut off at the scene. The piece in McGeeney's leg was removed at a hospital, and he received 13 stitches. The javelin was thrown by Anthony Miles, a Provo High School student who said when he saw what had happened, "my heart just stopped."
"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,"' Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said Monday. He said Miles was "in a little bit of shock," but he assured the athlete that it was not his fault. With a subsequent throw, Miles went on to win the state title in javelin for teams in Provo High's size classification, 4-A.
CHANGE FOR A BUCK?
The thing that's funny about this is this is the kinda shit you'd see in like, "Final Destination 6" or whatever. The only cool thing about this is that he's literally, as my title points out, a human shishkabob for cannibals. I just want to know what was going through this guys mind, 'cause he GOT the shot he wanted. He's dedicated to his work. But what do you think as you see a javelin hurling towards your face? I tried, as I do every time, to come up with something entirely inappropriate and funny, and for the first time, I'm gonna put the most HONEST and TRUTHFUL thing, 'cause this really IS what he was probably thinking as it hurled towards him:
"SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT"
That's what I'D be thinking anyway.
Besides the question of the work policy? What would have happened if he had moved, would he had been fired, or does his job description relate to those of mailmen? Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor WOOD? They can't have fired him for PROTECTING his health! He could have SUED them! And secondly, I hope he's got good medical health care. Does his health care cover the cost of being impaled by an olypmic star?
This is another thing. The guy who threw it still won. You KNOW he didn't win on good skill alone. This is one of those "adults being kids" instances, where the judges felt SO BAD for him, that they decided to let him win. They were like, "If we let him LOSE, he'll be depressed and think this was his fault." God forbid he feels partially responsible for IMPALING another human being. But MY favorite part, as always, comes here:
"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,"' Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said Monday.
'CAUSE that's just messed up. Because everyone's first reaction after a horrible accident is like THAT, right? You get in a car accident, the other guy's head is smashed in, your car is totaled, and you're just thinking, "Thank god I have a bike!"
I know THAT'S what I would be worrying about.
Fo' sure.
All I can say is that this is another one of those examples where people should not be proud of what they do for a living, whether it's a sport, or taking pictures.
Like me and writing this journal.
M@RK