Who remembers Baldric from Blackadder? Baldric was played by Tony Robinson, who has gone on to make a lot of documetaries. One such documetary/reality series he hosts at the moment is Time Team, where a group of archeologists spend 3 days at a dig site, and film the dig and the results. This is often more interesting because they often get permission to dig up city streets, blocks or parks, existing cathedral sites or the grounds of present day Great Houses.
Anyway, a reenactment of jousting went horribly wrong during their last shoot. The balsa-wood safety tip shattered as required, but a splinter of it entered the jouster's (Paul Allen's) eyeslit in his helm. It pierced his eye, and Paul Allen subsequently died a week later in hospital.
As an avid fan of Time Team, I'm profoundly shocked, and felt genuine grief for everyone involved.
and I can't believe we've just had a jousting fatality.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/23/njoust123.xml
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/18908/-Baldrick-pal-killed-in-joust/
Edited, Oct 23rd 2007 7:05pm by Aripyanfar
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Ouch.
Death by balsa wood in the eye seems even more unlikely than a stingray barb in the heart.
Death by balsa wood in the eye seems even more unlikely than a stingray barb in the heart.
Time Team is awesome.
Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:
Ouch.
Death by balsa wood in the eye seems even more unlikely than a stingray barb in the heart.
Death by balsa wood in the eye seems even more unlikely than a stingray barb in the heart.
doesn't it just?
Imagine the official Births Deaths and Marriages entry.
And the entry in the Bereau of statistics:
Death by jousting: 1.
I think the real lesson learned here is that whenever you're facing the possibilty of having the byproduct of a long, hard shaft inadvertantly entering your eye it is beyond prudent to wear safety goggles.
When you go out in a manner such as this, you have to take a moment while hovering over your corpse and think to yourself...
“Who the fuck did I **** off?â€
Edited, Oct 23rd 2007 10:32am by Kyoshindi
“Who the fuck did I **** off?â€
Edited, Oct 23rd 2007 10:32am by Kyoshindi
Actually I'd be thinking "Damn did I just have the coolest death ever".
remorajunbao, Immortal Lion wrote:
Actually I'd be thinking "Damn did I just have the coolest death ever".
Yeah, you'd be the guy in the afterlife with the cool story to tell.
"So, Frank, how did you die?"
"I was ************* jousting and got a ************* piece of ************* balsa wood lodged in my eye! How did you die?"
"I, uh, ate one too many hamburgers."
Tony didn't have a cunning plan this time, then?
well now that is a bummer. i enjoy that show.
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