This weeks lucky bugger award goes to Steve McCormack, a 48 year old truck driver from Opotiki, New Zealand. I’m sure some of us have been accused of blowing hot air up peoples arses in our time, but this one takes the cake. In what can only be described as one of the most bizarre of freak accidents, Steven found himself literally blown up like a balloon. At the time of the accident he was standing on the platform between his truck and trailer. Unfortunately for him, he slipped and landed on the brass valve that pumps compressed air to his brake system. Upon landing the valve punctured his skin entering his body in his lower left buttock.
Because of the weight of his body on the valve it activated the compressed air, causing it to enter his body at a rate of 100 pounds per square inch. Now we have all seen what happens when we over inflate a balloon and continue to blow air into it, it explodes. Apparently the same happens to a human body when it is filled with compressed air. But being the lucky bugger that Steven is, his colleagues managed to save him before it got to that point. He did however swell to twice his normal size, causing his eyes to shut and his one of his lungs to fill with liquid. Below is a picture example of what happened to him when his body swelled. The light blue colour in the picture depicts how much his body actually swelled.
The amusing side of this story is that when he was finally safely in hospital, Steven told of how the air left his body. And that is the only natural air does leave our system, through burping and farting. Immature I know but a great fart always gets a chuckle out of me. It was also mentioned that if his workmates hadn’t of been there to help him he would have literally popped like a balloon. Now there is an image I can’t just seem to get out of my head. I keep picturing Violet from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory being rolled out by the Oompa Loompa’s. Slightly distasteful perhaps, but I tend to find amusement in the most dire of circumstances.
And on that note, here is to Steve McCormack, our lucky bugger of the week. Two thumbs up for you!
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