[dean_3326]

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My friend who works in a hospital sent this to me. Everyone please remember it only takes a moment to get into trouble..

dean_3326 :12red:



> Following is an actual emergency room photo of a gentleman who lost
> > > control of his motorcycle on a country road in West Virginia. Troopers
> > > believe that he was traveling at a speed of approximately 75 mph at the
> > time
> > > of the accident. He was unable to negotiate a curve in the road,
>striking
> > > the ditch and being ejected from
> > > the bike. He landed rear-end first on a fencepost. The good
> > > news is that after about 6 months, this man made a full recovery after
> > > suffering a shattered hip, broken leg, several broken ribs, internal
> > > injuries, and "soft tissue" damage. Doctors credited his recovery to
> > > the fact that the post lodged itself so tightly that there was little
>or
> > > no blood loss.
> > >

http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/splinter.asp

 

[jsmith24]

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Wow.

Jack

 

[Shooter]

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Safety has got to be a state of mind. This gentleman must have been living in a state of grace. Let's all be carefull out there please... :gunhead:

 

[exavid]

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I hope the do-gooders don't see that or we will all have to wear kevlar pants to ride.

 

[Phil]

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makes ones nether regions shrink!

rgds

Phil

 

[Grouchomax]

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Is the photo real? It looks kinda blurry on his left hip area even though the rest of the image is sharp, like it's been cloned in Photoshop. Or maybe it's just my aging eyes playing tricks on me.

 

[FitzAl]

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I think it's real, the softness is down to jpeg compression. After all its only a 67kb image file. What a horrible accident though.

 

[Rootman]

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One word - OUCH!

 

[Guest]

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Sad looking affair. :crying:

:crying: :18red: :crying:

 

[philcsand]

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Seen that one before, but with a different story attatched to it...

Here's the snopes.com take on it:



http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/splinter.asp

 

[Goldwinger1984]

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At first look that picture almost makes a guy choose to never leave his home again until you realize that a hurricane could come through your house and do the same thing to you.

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!

Vic

 

[exavid]

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philcsand wrote:

Seen that one before, but with a different story attatched to it...
Here's the snopes.com take on it:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/splinter.asp

It does seem to be unlikely to be related to motorcycling according to the article. I rather wish I hadn't seen it.