"All I remember is, literally your life goes before your eyes. Really. And then I just passed out. It was really weird because I’m not saying I heard noises but my family was talking to me. Just before I passed out I could see both my grandfathers talking to me as if I was a kid. It’s quite emotional when I think back what I went through. It fills me up. Then I just passed out and the next thing I know they dug me up and dragged me out."
September 9, 2015
Escape artist nearly kills himself trying to replicate Houdini's old buried-alive-in-handcuffs trick.
After 9 minutes, Antony Britton's helpers dig him up, get the dirt out of his mouth and throat, and give him oxygen.
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"Kid, you're an idiot." - Antony's grandfather's ghost.
Back when I was a programmer we called that a core dump.
Honorable mention (Darwin Award).
Better luck next time?
Humperdink said...
Honorable mention (Darwin Award).
I suspect he'll eventually get it right.
Kid, I knew Harry Houdini and you are no Harry Houdini.
I recall, distinctly, that as I once again headed over the bicycle handlebars on my way to another really disastrous fall, the only thought that went through my head was, "Oh Shit! Not This Again." Capital letters and all.
I await the report on this escape artist's next attempt at this trick, and expect his report will be similar to my own experience.
Houdini escaping from New Jersey Kliban
Hold my beer, and watch this...
"Oh Shit! Not This Again."
You and the bowl of petunias.
I was hoping for better than Darwin Award references. People die doing what they love all the time, that doesn't mean they were stupid, or their life less precious, for loving it. Imagine how boring life would be if people lived as though that were true.
More like mikee and Mary Beth, please (mikee's post made me think of petunias too).
I find Harry Houdini interesting, but have never understood how these are "tricks". Plus, I think Mr. Britton missed the part where Houdini cheated like hell.
"For my next trick I will need a pair of unsoiled underwear!"
tim m, My bicycle wrecks all preceded Doug Adams' famous works, so I feel both of us were tapping into a somewhat universal response to repetitive disaster in our similar responses to them.
Research continues on the extent of this response in subjects ranging from petunias to bicyclists to presidential candidates. (I'm looking right at my governor, Rick Perry!)
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