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New Zealand doctor fights off shark, stitches up wounds, goes for a beer
Toronto Sun ^
| January 27, 2014
Posted on 01/28/2014 6:10:23 AM PST by Squawk 8888
After being attacked by a shark, a New Zealand doctor reportedly fought back with a knife, stitched his wound closed on the beach, then hit the pub for a beer before driving himself to the hospital on the weekend.
James Grant was spearfishing with friends when he felt a tug on his leg, he told the website news.com.au.
"(I thought) bugger, now I have to try and get this thing off my leg."
He had a knife in his hand that he used to stab at the animal possibly a seven-gill shark which eventually let go.
Grant made it back to shore where he saw the bites up to 5 cm long. He used a first aid kit to give himself stitches before he and his friends went to a nearby tavern for a beer. While there, a staff member gave him a bandage because he was dripping blood on the floor. He then went to the hospital for more stitches.
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: napl
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:10:45 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
That’s not a bite—its just a nip. Where’s the beer?
To: Squawk 8888
I though only Aussies did that kind of thing.Oh well...live and learn.
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:14:34 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
To: Pearls Before Swine; tx_eggman
“Hold me shark, mate, and pass me a beah!”
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:14:48 AM PST
by
SpinnerWebb
(IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
To: Squawk 8888
wonder he smoked a camel non filter while stitching himself up?
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:15:42 AM PST
by
Yorlik803
( Church/Caboose in 2016)
To: Squawk 8888
Bet he clanks when he walks.
/johnny
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:23:04 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Squawk 8888
That's what real men do.
What liberals want men to be:
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:29:04 AM PST
by
maddog55
To: Squawk 8888
The blokes down under aren't the only ones that do this.
I knew a doctor near Houston that was working with a chainsaw and had an accident.
The chainsaw left a nasty gash in his thigh, so he jumped in the bathtub
so he wouldn't bleed all over the carpet and told his wife to fetch his medical kit.
Stitched his own leg up and had her drive him to the hospital.
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:41:22 AM PST
by
red-dawg
(My book Parallel Connection is free to download on Amazon Kindle 1/27 & 1/28.)
To: JoeProBono
Classic early batman! Thanks for the laugh!
To: Squawk 8888
He used a first aid kit to give himself stitches before he and his friends went to a nearby tavern for a beer. While there, a staff member gave him a bandage because he was dripping blood on the floor. He then went to the hospital for more stitches. Seems like sound medical judgement to me. He needed to replace lost fluids, right? ;-)
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posted on
01/28/2014 6:59:17 AM PST
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: Squawk 8888; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Did the shark get back to its law firm OK?
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posted on
01/28/2014 7:56:54 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows; null and void
Was he bitten by a radioactive shark?
If so, he could be in the next Spider-Man movie as Doctor Sharktapus!
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posted on
01/28/2014 8:02:39 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
To: Slings and Arrows; DieHard the Hunter; shaggy eel
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posted on
01/28/2014 8:03:37 AM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: maddog55; Revolting cat!
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posted on
01/28/2014 8:09:14 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
To: Squawk 8888
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you James “Doctor Mongo” Grant. Don’t try to kill him. You’ll only make him mad.
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posted on
01/28/2014 8:24:58 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Squawk 8888
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
01/28/2014 8:53:48 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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