on โ22-07-2013 04:45 PM
"Spain's Pamplona bull-running fiesta wrapped up on Sunday with another five seriously injured, including an Australian woman who was gored, after nine days that landed a total of 50 daredevils in hospital."
"A man has died after downing six litres of beer in a drinking competition at a beer festival in Spain."
"A MAN has died after collapsing during a pie-eating contest at a pub in Queensland's northeast."
Why do people do it?
on โ23-07-2013 08:21 PM
on โ23-07-2013 08:28 PM
@shinynewid wrote:
Is posting on the ebay forum considered an extreme sport?
It depends if the nuts are out of their jars.
on โ23-07-2013 08:32 PM
Hi Crikey
Just out of curiosity, if there is no designated crossing, do you not cross the street?
No, usually use a crossing. The traffic in the main st of the tourist town I live in is quite heavy, can wait for ages for a gap, so quicker to go to a crossing and make the cars stop for me. There was a 5yo killed here, unfortunately, not that long ago, run out on the street on a busy Sunday and got hit by a 4wd.
In the city, cross at the lights. Pedestrian Mall (no cars on the old street part).
on โ24-07-2013 09:39 AM
@am*3 wrote:Not many people die in their early 20's (excluding diseases and accidents) from self inflicted activities like the ones in the opening post... if they could live their life again, I doubt they would still choose do those particular things that killed them.
The man who died AFTER participating in the pie eating competition was 64. Any existing medical conditions are not currently known and doctors have not yet determined a cause of death, or at least neither has been released into the public domain.
All that we do know is that the man first required medical attention during half time of the State of Origin. Maybe he was a Blues supporter and choked on his pie when it became appaarent that they weren't going to win. Maybe one of his mates told a joke or similar causing the man to inhale at the wrong moment and have his pie "go down the wrong way".
Blaming the death solely on the fact the man was participating in a pie eating competition at the time just seems like a bit of creative journalism to me.
on โ24-07-2013 10:12 AM
Crikey, the fact remains he died after participating in a pie-eating contest.
If he had a pre-existing medical condition which was exacerbated by entering the contest he was being foolhardy in doing so.
on โ24-07-2013 10:57 AM
I understand what you are saying Icy, and yes, I do agree that he would possibly have been foolish had he have known of any relevant pre existing medical condition, but wouldn't that be his decision to make? Wouldn't that be his right to determine the pros and cons and act accordingly?
Realistically though, the same could be said about childbirth and the associated risks for both mother and child. Most of us are aware that there are risks involved, even with all of the medical advancements of the 21st Century available to us in Australia, yet many of us still participate.
Let's face it, preparation and practise for conception is a pretty pleasurable experience, and arguably, it doesn't generally take a whole lot of skill or talent, but there are risks involved even for those still in the practise stage or only interested in that particular aspect, yet people still do it.
Why? My guess is because the anticipated reward outweighs whatever risks may be involved.
In saying that, my first two pregnancies didn't turn out the way that I anticipated, was I foolish to try again, even knowing the risks involved?
I guess that the point I am trying to make is that every one of us has different yardsticks for how they define or experience happinesss and/or fulfillment in their lives. We may not always agree with whatever another person chooses as their vehicle, but is it really up to anybody else, perhaps with the exception of those directly affected, to determine what is and isn't a worthy activity whilstever it is within the constraintss of the law?
on โ24-07-2013 11:12 AM
are you channeling Iza?