http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-asia-pacific-13537084?SThisFB
Looks like Samantha Munns has some company...
New Zealand Trucker "Blown Up Like Balloon"
Wed, 05/25/2011 - 07:03
#1
New Zealand Trucker "Blown Up Like Balloon"
Wed, 05/25/2011 - 10:15
#3
blowup_boy
http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/51268.html
There is a video interview, not no images no.
(I'm sure it wasn't very pretty anyway. OUCH!)
Wed, 05/25/2011 - 16:16
#4
I can't believe that! I'm so sorry for this guy, though. When you say reality overcomes fantasy...
Thu, 05/26/2011 - 01:26
#5
Inflate123
Thanks for the link. Since it came through the AP, I have seen a few dozen news reports on this today. Co-workers told me about this today and they thought it was the funniest thing they had ever heard in their lives. I played it cool and did not bring up Ms. Munns, but I was thinking, well, it's funny because he lived to tell the tale, I guess. And the less I share, the better. :)
It is a crazy freak accident, though -- so implausible that a few years after it happened to Samantha Munns, some folks here thought it was a hoax! Clearly...no hoax. Just bad luck.
This time, fantasy > reality -- I like our versions better.
Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:13
#6
Someone needs to turn this into a story. How often are you gonna get to use the phrase "based on true events" when writing about inflation? :P
Wow, thanks! That's quite some story. I bet there are no pics though :-( .
http://www.youtube.com/user/nineteenthly