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(News.com.au) Scary "Ladies and gentlemen, I need a doctor immediately. This is not part of the performance." OUCH   (news.com.au) divider line 18
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Babwa Wawa [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 08:37:46 AM
TFA: "Local clown who was also injured is resting at home"

I know the aussies don't have a lot of respect for folks who live in Michigan. I mean, who does, right?.

But seeing it in print like that is a bit jarring.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 09:00:18 AM
So while they're performing stunts like that, they did not see fit to have at least a paramedic on hand.
 
Babwa Wawa [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 09:21:45 AM
I_Am_Weasel: So while they're performing stunts like that, they did not see fit to have at least a paramedic on hand.

Yeah, apparently circuses and carnivals are cheap operations that offer dangerous working and living conditions along with low pay to their employees.

I'd never heard that before reading this article.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 09:33:35 AM
Babwa Wawa: I_Am_Weasel: So while they're performing stunts like that, they did not see fit to have at least a paramedic on hand.

Yeah, apparently circuses and carnivals are cheap operations that offer dangerous working and living conditions along with low pay to their employees.

I'd never heard that before reading this article.

BS. Next thing you'll tell me is that they only care about profits and people or their well cared for animals who stand in the way are tossed aside or put down.
 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 09:38:17 AM
And I heard the carnival games are rigged so you lose.


Heard it here first!!!
 
SchlingFocker [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 09:41:14 AM
I_Am_Weasel: So while they're performing stunts like that, they did not see fit to have at least a paramedic on hand.

This.

If I'm seriously injured, one of the last people I want is the average doctor.

Give me a paramedic any day of the week.

Currently practicing ED physicians aside, you don't want your average doc trying to stabilize a trauma victim on scene.
 
Babwa Wawa [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 09:41:27 AM
I_Am_Weasel: BS. Next thing you'll tell me is that they only care about profits and people or their well cared for animals who stand in the way are tossed aside or put down.

I've always heard they were nothing but kind to their animal performers, but the revelation that they would be less than careful about their employees' welfare does make me wonder.
 
Javacrucian [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 10:36:56 AM
OUCH

img.photobucket.com

/ouch
 
asciibaron
2012-02-08 11:35:52 AM
meanwhile, at teh circus, scrolling must not work.
 
LewDux
2012-02-08 11:48:57 AM
They left out the best part - ringmaster skipping to the scene of the accident (new window)
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2012-02-08 11:56:20 AM
LewDux: They left out the best part - ringmaster skipping to the scene of the accident (new window)

No. He just tripped into the lifeboat.
 
ABQGOD
2012-02-08 11:57:48 AM
So that's the ringmaster's real speaking voice then? Interesting.
 
Bf+
2012-02-08 12:12:36 PM
GIS: Local Clown:
images.icanhascheezburger.com
 
Triptolemus
2012-02-08 12:13:38 PM
Ah, alas he aimed too high. A modern day Icharus.
 
CtrlAltDelete
2012-02-08 12:30:19 PM
I love the way Australians say "home."
 
Mike Chewbacca
2012-02-08 12:30:48 PM
As his bike soars through the air and reaches the top of the arena, he suddenly slams headlong into a high wire, and falls 7m to the ground below

I'm not one for extraneous lawsuits, but I'd say one is justified in this case. Either the cable was installed too low/in the wrong place or the ramp was installed too high/in the wrong place. Someone farked up big time.
 
rudemix
2012-02-08 12:37:36 PM
I'm not sure what the problem is here. Every time someone that performs, or lives a life of doing things that are EXXXTREEME and death defying farks up and lives, well, isn't that great success at what he does? He came very close to death and lived. He is at the pinnacle of his game. Give him a medal he's a hero.
 
Precision Boobery
2012-02-08 12:48:22 PM
The fact of the matter is: Bones heal, chicks dig scars, and the United States of America has the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!
 
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