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The $10 Bet That Ended in the ER

Name: The $10 Bet That Ended in the ER
Uploaded: 2025-05-05T17:25:52+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Dave Liss
Description: In this first‑person anecdote, the speaker recounts a chaotic emergency department case involving a 350‑pound, heavily intoxicated man who accepted a $10…

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In this first‑person anecdote, the speaker recounts a chaotic emergency department case involving a 350‑pound, heavily intoxicated man who accepted a $10 dare to jump from a third‑story window over a wrought‑iron fence. While his legs cleared the fence, his torso became trapped, forcing the medical team to cut the metal out of his body to bring him inside. Throughout the ordeal the patient remained smiling and claimed he felt fine, illustrating a striking lack of pain perception likely due to his extreme drunkenness.

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I had this guy, 350 pounds, show up in the ER. He'd been at a party just a few blocks away. Someone dared him to jump out of a third-story window, over a wrought-iron fence, for 10 bucks. He actually did it. His legs made it over. His body? Not so much. He crashed through the fence, we had to cut the metal out of him just to bring him in. And he was smiling the whole time, saying, "I'm good to go." He was drunk as a Junk. Didn't feel a thing.