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Fitz Elite user Phoenix, AZ 476 Posts |
Here is a blog posting I found that tells the story of what happens when you mess up the needle swallowing trick. This is usually thought of as a "simple" type of a stunt or trick but turns out it is more dangerous then most people give it credit for. This is the link to the blog http://weeklymagicfailure.blogspot.com/2......nce.html
And below I will post his story Eden-A near life experience for putting myself in the hospital this weekend, I am forced to award myself weekly magic failure. everything below is how I remember it. times given loosely correspond to time stamps on text messages sent and received. saturday, november 7th, 2009. 15:00 get out of bed. skip breakfast. meet september at deighton's well. get a ginger ale and the world's smallest portion of potato wedges. they were free. estimate and cut 5 feet of white upholstery thread. do this twice. start threading 32 size 9 sewing needles onto each length. tie needles about 2 inches apart. 17:30 finally finish threading and tying one set. other set still unfinished and stuffed hastily into pouch. remember thinking they will get tangled but not caring. september leaves and I leave shortly after. walk along cordova street to granville street. I am shivering uncontrollably. it is not that cold. I cannot stop my teeth from chattering. it is really not that cold. 18:10 roll a cigarette. start slowly forming whip cracking motions without cracking them. light my cigarette. start cracking whips for real. trouble with poppers being brand new. start breaking poppers in. not shivering at all any more. gather a crowd. forget to do vanishing cigarette trick. inflate balloon for balloon swallow. crowd starts to cheer. balloon pops. inflate another. swallow balloon. crowd starts to cheer. balloon has a hole. inflate third and final balloon. swallow balloon. crowd does not cheer. 18:20 remove nail from pocket. nail is examined and verified to be a real nail. nail is inserted ten centimeters into my nasal cavity. crowd responds in kind. nail is removed from nose. crowd responds. needles are produced and examined. female volunteer with flashlight brought onto stage. she verifies a needle going into my mouth. she checks inside my mouth. she finds nothing. she verifies another needle going into my mouth. she checks inside my mouth again. again, she finds nothing. several needles are shown. she is asked to guess how many there are. she says ten. there are twenty-two. the whole packet is placed into my mouth. one last time, she verifies that she cannot see anything remaining in my mouth. I produce 1500 m of white cotton thread. I estimate and break off a five foot length. I swallow the thread. nothing remains in my mouth. I reproduce the first needle. it is now tied to the thread. and the next needle. it is tied to the thread. and the next needle. and the next. all the needles are coming back tied to the thread. but wait. I had two more than that. 18:31 **** 18:32 collect the money. hurry. someone asks if I have $45 to make change for a $50. I do not. I empty my hat into my pouch. I jam the needles into my pouch. balloon pump left pocket. sewing thread right pocket. ****. hurry. kneel in the middle of granville street and reach down my throat. nothing. walk to johnny fox's irish snug. say hi to dave. use the restroom. it's occupied. get in. wash my hands. use soap. try to see down my throat in the bathroom mirror. on tiptoes. impossible. lock myself into a stall. reach as far as I can. j hook. nothing. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 18:40 ask dave for closest hospital. st. paul's. tell dave I'll see him later. walk to st. paul's. jay walk. stomach pains along the way. has a needle fallen down? ER entrance. embarrassed to tell reception what happened. tell them anyways. they say: on purpose? no.whips taken by security. fast tracked through ER. check in at fast track waiting room. pushed through to ENT room. have to explain to doctor what I did. doctor looks for specialist. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 18:57 text september with news. use words "retard" and "hilarious dumbassery" to describe self. confident I will be out of hospital in time to grab a beer at johnny foxes. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 19:13 2 x-rays taken to determine location of needles. stomach/abdomen and then throat/jaw. x-rays only show 1 needle. definitely swallowed two. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 19:33 1 more x-ray of stomach/abdomen ordered. no needle. closer examination shows two needles stuck very close together in my throat. try to get copies of the x-ray. they only exist in electronic form now. saddened. back to ENT room. continue texting september. start texting erin. jokingly work out contingency plans in case I die. try to arrange saturday night drinks with erin. use my hospitalization for pity points. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 20:15 whips are returned to me. security guy is done his shift. sent to wait in the fast track waiting room. ENT specialist calls another ENT specialist. watch peachtree TV. movie is about a teenage boy losing his virginity to a much older woman. total milf. TV is on auto timer. TV shuts off by itself. pretend to be interested in my fingernails. notice they need a trim. try to read a waiting room magazine. accidentally choose chatelaine. try to turn the TV back on. cannot find button. continue text messaging. continue examining fingernails. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 21:33 2nd ENT specialist shows up. this is my third doctor. I still do not think the problem is serious. back to ENT room. new doctor is suitably amused with my situation. promises to try get me x-rays to show my friends. machine is produced with which to look into my throat through my nose. numbing spray is determined necessary for me. I protest. they insist. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 22:13 numbing spray is found. seriously. that is the actual time it took. disgusting numbing spray applied to both nostrils. I gag. instrument inserted into my nostril. both needles are visually verified. I figure we are almost done. I text erin to start heading downtown. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 22:33 we walk to the ENT clinic. I text erin and apologize for misjudging the time. hospitals are creepy at night. a third ENT specialist in consulted and will actually remove the needles. this is my fourth doctor. I am still not aware of the potential danger of my situation. new doctor hears my story. new doctor makes me promise to never do it again. I promise. they look for instruments to use. various scary metallic objects in sterile, vacuum sealed bags are produced. a similar instrument as before is used to look into my mouth, but this time hooked up to a TV screen. a mirror feed is behind the surgeon so I can see as well. I try not to swallow, cough, or gag. 23:01 the procedure is described to me. I have to hold my tongue out of the way and control my gag reflex while the surgeon removes the needles. erin arrives downtown. I tell her to grab a coffee and that I will be right out. I grab my own tongue with gauze and pull down as hard as I can. it hurts. I have to pull harder. large tongs and the camera go down my throat. I am told to breathe through my nose. I cannot. I stop breathing. I gag. it hurts. numbing spray is produced. disgusting numbing spray is applied directly to my throat. I gag. it hurts. we try again. I grab my tongue. instruments go in. I gag. it hurts. the disgusting vomiting spray is applied to my throat ten times in rapid succession. I dry heave, but there is no food in my belly. it hurts. we try again to grab the needles. I gag. we try. I gag. 23:40 we take a break. I try to reach my zen place. we try. the surgeon has the needles in his forceps. he works them side to side to free them. they are nearly out. 23:45 **** 23:46 I gag, I gag, I gag. it hurts, it hurts, it hurts. the needles are stuck in my throat sideways. I am asked if I am okay. I am not okay. I am coughing up blood. a lot of blood. I am gasping . the needles are still sideways. I have tears running down my face from the instruments in my throat and I have snot coming out of my nose and I have saliva and phlegm and blood in my mouth and I am scared. I finally realize I am in big trouble. miraculously, one of my convulsions loosens the needles and sets them how they were stuck before. I text erin and tell her to go home because I will be a while. Sunday, November 8th, 2009 00:12 I am going into surgery to have the needles removed. there is no one in the OR. lucky me. erin comes to the hospital to see me. she hates hospitals. another surgeon shows up. this one is dressed in a tux. I am embarrassed for pulling him away from an engagement and apologize. he waves it off. I leave my effects with erin and she goes home. I have to strip naked and put on hospital clothes. I think how one of the gowns is like a snuggie. I try not to cough or gag. 00:20 I get placed onto a hospital bed. I get wheeled around. luxurious. no allergies, no previous medications, otherwise healthy, no family history of complications. I sign forms. they start to stick things to me and in me. a mask goes over my mouth. 01:26 I wake up. I am in another room. I am asked if I want to leave now or in the morning. I choose morning. I get wheeled to on overnight room. I try to sleep. I call erin and thank her for showing up. my phone is running out of batteries. I turn it off. ??:?? my throat hurts. a lot. worse than it did with needles in. I do not dare make a noise with my throat. I do not remember being told how to summon a nurse. I panic and look at instruments around me. I find an unlabelled button. I am paranoid pushing it will kill me. tell myself this is unlikely. I am still afraid to push the button. I try to trace the cord back to the wall. it gets lost in a tangle. my throat still hurts. I close my eyes and jam on the button. I hear ringing in the hallway. a nurse appears. I whisper for painkillers. he comes back with ice water and two dosages of liquid T3s. ice water stings my throat but I have to try for it. I shoot the T3s down. they are surprisingly tasty. I drink some more of the water. does not hurt as much as before. I am told to pee in a bucket. 06:24 turn my phone back on. 07:51 I overhear nurses talking about my case in the hallway. they sound mildly amused. I'll be discharged after breakfast. 08:35 cell phone dies. 11:20 erin shows up and I get to leave.
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Fitz Elite user Phoenix, AZ 476 Posts |
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gsidhe Inner circle Michigan 1725 Posts |
Urg. Uhk. Ungh....
That sounds horrible! If I was ever considering doing that trick...No more. Horrible! Hope you are feeling better! Gwyd |
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Doug Higley 1942 - 2022 7152 Posts |
Gripping to say the least. (shaking head.)
Higley's Giant Flea Pocket Zibit
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
And I thought it hurt when I poked my gums. That's nasty.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Michael K Loyal user Hazleton, PA 249 Posts |
Thanks for the honest story. Hopefully it will all give up thought to be very aware of what we are doing when we are doing it. Sometimes we get comfortable and think that we have done these things so many times that it is safe and it really isn't.
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thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
Exactly who was this that this happened to?
The Great Nippulini: body piercer, Guinness World Record holder, blacksmith and man with The World's Strongest Nipples! Does the WORLD care? We shall see...
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Fitz Elite user Phoenix, AZ 476 Posts |
For the record this is not MY story, I just thought it would be appropriate to share it here on the Café.
From what I can tell it is a performer that goes by the name Eden, and he runs a blog called "The Weekly Magic Failure". Again here is a link to the story on his blog. http://weeklymagicfailure.blogspot.com/2......nce.html Fitz
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gsidhe Inner circle Michigan 1725 Posts |
Oh...Good...
I was so freaked out by the story that I forgot the small detail that it wasn't you! When. Still horrible. G |
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MagiciennesUnlimited Regular user of the phrase 'Bite Me'. 197 Posts |
I thought I'd post this 'fail'
as well. Also involving a needle... http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKj96lmpuIM&h......v-google |
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gsidhe Inner circle Michigan 1725 Posts |
As you know hun, I followed that entire saga...
I was on pins and needles the entire time. So relieved when it was over. That stunt is all yours. G |
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MagiciennesUnlimited Regular user of the phrase 'Bite Me'. 197 Posts |
Luvs you Gwyd
I was playing with the photo movie feature on my pda (I didn't know I had one)...nor did I know I could add music! I made that in the tub. lol Ps...I would rather this than the other story. Poor dude. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Some useful idioms for these occasions:
Chicks dig scars. Blood makes the grass greener. **** happens.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
I'd say you stuck it!
But we needn't have too many pointed remarks. We'd be in BON territory.
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus” -Mark Twain
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thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
Speaking of which, Danny Borneo stopped by my house the other day to pick up his brand new set of swords (buy them now at greatnippulini.com) and mention of ideas swirled about. We both were like "whatever happened to the BON pyramid idea?".
The Great Nippulini: body piercer, Guinness World Record holder, blacksmith and man with The World's Strongest Nipples! Does the WORLD care? We shall see...
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MagiciennesUnlimited Regular user of the phrase 'Bite Me'. 197 Posts |
What is BON? ...other than 'good', en francais?
help? |
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Freak Prodigy Inner circle NYC & LA 1805 Posts |
Bed O Nails. It Slices! It Dices! It Can't Pierce Flesh!
Blog:
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gsidhe Inner circle Michigan 1725 Posts |
Bed o' Nails luv.
Not sure Nips. Perhaps the discussion should be opened again? G |
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MagiciennesUnlimited Regular user of the phrase 'Bite Me'. 197 Posts |
Doh.
tx xo |
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
Quote:
On 2009-11-16 17:02, MagiciennesUnlimited wrote: So, what was this person trying to do that caused a needle to become lodged in the sternum?
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
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