Dispensary Corner 01 Jul 11
July 1, 2011
STOCK up on bandaids.
A Tasmanian oval made out of
gravel is up for heritage listing, a
move which may lead many local
and visiting sporting teams to fill
their first aid kits with antiseptic,
bandaids and bandages.
The Queenstown oval is
infamous in sporting communities
for its ability to scratch up
unwitting players, and single
handedly reduce teams to blood
and tears - not to mention sweat..
“You have to know that there’s
going to be consequences and if
you want to have a go,” said
Queenstown Crows Club
spokesperson, Edward Wedd.
BEAR hug breaks bones.
New Zealand rugby player,
Jamie MacKintosh, has told media
how he saved a woman’s life by
giving her a big grizzly bear hug.
The Otago Highlanders prop
was out to dinner with team
mates when a woman nearby
began to choke on steak.
Weighing in at 130kgs, MacKintosh
leapt into action with a Heimlich
maneuver which he later described
as a like a “big grizzly bear mauling
some kind of small animal”.
Having never received medical
training, MacKintosh said he
“buggered it up”, because he
cracked the woman’s rib.
The rib however was of no
consequence to the woman, who
told press that she was now
MacKintosh’s biggest fan.
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