New Zealand doctor fights off shark, stitches up wounds, goes for a beer

Toronto Sun ^ | January 27, 2014

[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.

[Squawk 8888]

Not a ping.

[Pearls Before Swine]

That’s not a bite—its just a nip. Where’s the beer?

[Gay State Conservative]

I though only Aussies did that kind of thing.Oh well...live and learn.

[SpinnerWebb]

“Hold me shark, mate, and pass me a beah!”

[Yorlik803]

wonder he smoked a camel non filter while stitching himself up?

[JRandomFreeper]

Bet he clanks when he walks.

/johnny

[JoeProBono]

[maddog55]

That's what real men do.

What liberals want men to be:

[red-dawg]

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.

[refermech]

Classic early batman! Thanks for the laugh!

[ThunderSleeps]

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? ;-)

[Slings and Arrows]

Did the shark get back to its law firm OK?

[a fool in paradise]

Was he bitten by a radioactive shark?
If so, he could be in the next Spider-Man movie as Doctor Sharktapus!

[null and void]

ping

[a fool in paradise]

Men's magazine covers have changed a lot...

[RichInOC]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you James “Doctor Mongo” Grant. Don’t try to kill him. You’ll only make him mad.

[martin_fierro]

[Daffynition]