"Million to one shot, Doc. Million to one shot."

It's Robb's tip and his headline. I'll put it past the jump. It's that kind of story.

Man's Buttocks Impaled By Horseshoe Stake

(AP) NORTHAMPTON, Pa. Enjoying a relaxing 54th birthday in the yard, Mike Colwell went to move the sprinkler, backing up momentarily to avoid the spray, toward a horseshoe pit with a 1-inch-thick rusty steel stake.

“My two heels hit the back wall of the pit. The next thing I know, this thing just tore through me,� Colwell said.

As he fell on the stake, it pierced into his buttocks, fractured his pelvis, and came within a millimeter of his iliac artery, which carries blood to the body’s lower extremities.

“I just felt something tearing right through my leg for 5 or 6 inches. I don’t know how else to describe it...."

I describe this sort of thing as "Thursday Night."

posted by Ace at 11:26 AM

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