OMG!!! Talk about having a bad day!!!

[AndrewR]

From CNN.com:
January 25, 2001
Web posted at: 6:33 AM EST (1133 GMT)


BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A Pennsylvania construction worker accidentally cut off his hand with a power saw and then shot himself in the head with a nail gun several times, apparently hoping to end his pain, police said.

William Bartron, 25, had at least a dozen 1-inch nails protruding from his scalp, police said. He underwent surgery to reattach the hand and was hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday, said his employer Greg Soltis.

Bartron severed his hand Tuesday while using a miter saw in the basement of another man's home, police said.

After finding Bartron, the man called emergency. Soltis arrived a short time later.

Soltis said Bartron had shot several nails into his head with a pneumatic gun "because he could not stand the pain from the amputation," according to police.

 

[pillage2001]

God, that is.....*ULp* horrifying.

Poor fella.

 

[zbalat]

I agree. Having nails shot into your head is much less painful than having your hand cut off.

 

[flippinfleck]

Got aspirin?

 

[JMaster]

ummm

 

[prodigy]

ow

 

[madmacks]

oh man! looks like something straight out a looney toons episode.

 

[pillage2001]

Having nails shot into your head is much less painful than having your hand cut off.

Would you do that??

 

[RevVveD]

You know, that old commercial for bayer or whatever headache med it was comes to mind...

"I've got a headache this big........"

 

[Bluga]

GEE.

 

[zbalat]

Pillage,
Ever hear of sarcasm?

 

[jorken]

Hmm...

 

[ArkAoss]

hmm sounds like fun!! i think ill shoot my scrote with 6 inch spikes because my back hurts

 

[vi edit]

I tried sarcasm once. It wasn't funny.

I'm not sure what is morepainful - the fact that he will have limited use of his arm for the rest of his life, or the fact that everyone will remember him as "the guy who cut off his own hand and then tried to put himself out of misery by shooting himself in the head with a nail gun 12 times...AND LIVED".

 

[AndrewR]

Do you think that after the first few nails, he would have realized that he wasn't killing himself and should STOP?? I don't know, but twelve nails just sounds a little excessive. Well, actually, ONE nail sounds a little excessive, but then again, I don't commonly sever my hand with a powered mitre saw either.

 

[Maverick319]

Bensbargains.net had a free sample link for a topical pain cream, maybe we should forward it to this guy.

 

[Viper GTS]

...I don't commonly sever my hand with a powered mitre saw either

Haven't you ever been tempted to? My dad has a nice Makita that I used to use all the time. I was always slightly tempted to cut off body parts with it.

Probably the same part of me that is slightly tempted to swerve into the path of semis, drive off cliffs, into walls, etc.

Viper GTS

 

[JonJon]

too bad the nails didn't kill him, that makes me feel all that much sorrier

 

[Azraele]

ow

 

[unxpurg8d]

Haven't you ever been tempted to? My dad has a nice Makita that I used to use all the time. I was always slightly tempted to cut off body parts with it. Probably the same part of me that is slightly tempted to swerve into the path of semis, drive off cliffs, into walls, etc.



Making a note to NEVER accept a ride from Viper. Eek!

 

[AndrewR]

<< Bensbargains.net had a free sample link for a topical pain cream, maybe we should forward it to this guy. >>


Aw, man, that's cold! Funny, but cold!

 

[SmiZ]

Were Itchy and Scratchy involved?

 

[gittyup]

Bartron had shot several nails into his head with a pneumatic gun because he could not stand the pain from the amputation

OK. I don't think Bartron was playing with a full deck prior to the miter saw incident.....

 

[ATLien247]

The guy should've aimed for his temple, or maybe his eye socket...

I guess it goes to show that a hand on the floor is worth 12 nails in the skull!