Man Calls Helicopter for Injured Thumb

[dr_wu002]

It would have been funny if they did pick him up with a helicopter, then took him up to 10,000 and just flung him out the door. Injury and entertainment all in the same day.

-Dr. Wu

 

[MarkJ]

Thumbs up on that one!

 

[WhiteMTHike]

Up until now I thought that Major League Baseball players were the world's biggest crybabies.

 

[eddie]

Hey Willie!

Remember two years ago when you broke your ankle on the Macomb Slide when you were solo hiking in mid-winter and you hiked out the seven miles to the trailhead. The best part is you didn't see a doctor for a week. Now that's tough.

I hurt my widdow thumb, wah, wah, wah...

 

[averagejoe]

Ya know, it's funny. I busted my ankle bouldering in Gloucester Ma, three and a half months ago. I hobbled less than a quarter of a mile out to the road, while my brother got the car. We went to the emergency room down the highway. When the nurse asked me how I got out of the woods, I told her I hobbled out. She said, and I quote "that's what cell phones are for"
I had nothing. I didn't know what to say. She was caring for me, so I wasn't about to tell her... ...well it doesn't matter. I was blown away.

My buddy skewered his leg with his crampon a few winters ago above the Greeleaf hut. We went down to the hut, drank our summit beers, I put a bandage on him and we left.

Ya know.

Joe.

 

[amstony]

Classic........but we all knew it was coming at some time.

Definite thumbs down on this Texas bozo.

At least he wasn't a local boy!

 

[csprague]

A Texan being a wus about a finger injury? It wasn't Tony Romo was it?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/tony_womo_out_three_to_four_weeks

 

[Gillian]

Clearly this guy was not carrying a good knife.

 

[walker]

Going in circles?

This could have been dangerous...Think about it...If you use hiking poles and have a thumb injury, you could walk in circles for days!

MarkJ... I think you meant to say "Thumb" up. Singular, not plural. Don't forget...his thumb had a Boo-Boo.

See you on the trail....(with both thumbs)....Walker

Food for though on Thumb(s)

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. ***Neil Armstrong***

 

[Rob S]

A Texan being a wus about a finger injury? It wasn't Tony Romo was it?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/tony_womo_out_three_to_four_weeks

Now THATS funny!

 

[bobmak]

I could understand calling a chopper to bring up some cold beer on a hot day but to carry down a thumb injury? Actually what they should have done is made a very small litter for the thumb, remove the thumb from the gentleman and carry out the injured thumb on a little. Problem solved.

 

[The Unstrung Harp]

I could understand calling a chopper to bring up some cold beer on a hot day but to carry down a thumb injury? Actually what they should have done is made a very small litter for the thumb, remove the thumb from the gentleman and carry out the injured thumb on a little. Problem solved.

YES. Problem solved. bobmak has proven to be a Reasonable Person.

 

[Head]

HA HA HA HA HA.....You're kidding....aren't you??

 

[Paradox]

HA HA HA HA HA.....You're kidding....aren't you??

Of course not, I've had to do it twice!

 

[sapblatt]

reminds me of the time I was in Eastern Colorado hiking on the prairie - 50-60 mph winds and no shelter anywhere - well, when I went to relieve myself I ended up totally soaked - I just wished there was some one I could have called to come and change my clothes for me - hell - I even wished i had clothes to change into...
These stories get more unbelievable everyday - this guy would yell down the hall to have someone pass him the remote...