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Ouch! That had to hurt.

flickr.com — Medical personnel stabilize Ogden Standard-Examiner photographer Ryan McGeeney's leg after he was pierced by a javelin directly below his right knee while covering the Utah state high school track championships at Brigham Young University's. The Photographer took the picture of the injury himself, I would be passed out cold.

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  • haydukeqc, on 11/19/2008, -3/+307what? its only a flesh wound
  • brianhood, on 11/19/2008, -2/+106what gauge is that?

    • MasterChief4134, on 11/19/2008, -18/+5skin piercing gauge :(
    • Nubli, on 11/19/2008, -1/+19About 1/8th.
    • xVern, on 11/20/2008, -3/+5I hear that at least 5 times a day.
    • brianhood, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2yeah the singer in my bands ears are at 2 inches. Every day he gets asked the same two questions
      "did dat hurt?"
      or
      "what gauge is that?"
  • Fishn2, on 11/19/2008, -12/+3bugh
  • scribat, on 11/19/2008, -4/+160Mmmmm... people kebab...
  • DickyT83, on 11/19/2008, -2/+79Good point.
  • Blade9932, on 11/19/2008, -21/+4How did this hit front page with only 39 diggs?
    • ExoBit, on 11/19/2008, -1/+21I'm surprised that people are still surprised by this.
      • billbugger, on 11/19/2008, -0/+13I'm surprised that your surprised.
      • DickyT83, on 11/19/2008, -0/+10I'm surprised that your surprised that he's surprised.
      • dantehman03, on 11/19/2008, -1/+9I'm surprised that you're surprised that he's surprised by his surprise.

      • faceless323, on 11/19/2008, -0/+14SURPRISE BITCHES!
      • arah91, on 11/19/2008, -5/+3Well frankly i am am surprised at your surprisyness of his surprised surprise.
      • cartisdm, on 11/19/2008, -3/+4WILDCARD BITCHES!
      • mreggerto, on 11/20/2008, -3/+1Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!
    • WarrenG1983, on 11/19/2008, -0/+8Because the more diverse the diggers that digg it, the fewer diggs it needs to make it to the front page. This helps avoid the top ten stories being about Apple or Ron Paul.
    • bstew22, on 11/19/2008, -0/+3hit the front page? it's headed right through it!
    • dustysquareback, on 11/19/2008, -1/+9Seriously, shut the ***** UP about front paging already. Get it through your ***** heads. IT'S A COMPLICATED ALGORITHM. IT DOESN'T ***** HAVE TO MAKE SENSE TO YOUR PUNY MORTAL BRAIN.

      Get over it fer chrissakes.
  • jmpeagle, on 11/19/2008, -5/+36http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7YiN8f0iA

    which hurt more?
    • abajaj2280, on 11/19/2008, -2/+9the javelin. it went through the skin.
      • xGuerrillaRadio, on 11/19/2008, -2/+19That's what she said.
      • wpc33, on 11/20/2008, -2/+10***** to you! I'd take a javelin to the gut before I landed on a polevault ball-first!
    • zmigliozzi, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2I could hear a slight ding.
    • scojerroc, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3i saw that eight years ago and knew what it was before clicking on it. that's the impression it's made on me.
    • demizer, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3RiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiP!

      That tore that sack for sure.
  • g0tistt0t, on 11/19/2008, -7/+3oooooowwwww
  • tawnos, on 11/19/2008, -7/+3Ouch :x
  • Mike32, on 11/19/2008, -3/+9Never click without reading description first. *shudders*
    • diemunkiesdie, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4The description never shows up (for images) until you get to the comments page. It doesn't show up on the front page (at least not for me), so good luck putting that method in to practice!
    • Laiden, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3You can't tell me what to do.
    • betheturtle, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN... CANNOT BE UNSEEN
  • billizm, on 11/19/2008, -18/+56I remember seeing this story and picture back when it happened, in May.
    • JKAL, on 11/19/2008, -1/+68good for you!, remembering is a normal thing, keep at it you will get used to it.
  • Garmonbozzia, on 11/19/2008, -8/+4Wow, I guess Mormons keep it real!
    • scrotumbrau, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2As a non-mormon in Utah, I say ***** you! ***** stereotyping Digg users. You can't see a story with something to do about Utah and we're all labeled ***** mormons.
  • ishmandoo, on 11/19/2008, -5/+1yagggh! ow!
  • spyd3rweb, on 11/19/2008, -22/+3Uhmm am I the only person that notices this isn't even going through his leg?
  • cgibbo, on 11/19/2008, -10/+2AAAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHA
  • MEGACAMZ, on 11/19/2008, -21/+2Front page with 61 diggs? really?
    • Sisko41, on 11/19/2008, -0/+15good thing you didn't see it when it was front page with 38 diggs. you would have lost it.
    • BadseedJR, on 11/19/2008, -0/+7Yes, ***** really!
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      • mreggerto, on 11/20/2008, -2/+1I appreciate that you keep that saved on your computer somewhere for spur of the moment use.
  • burstaneurysm, on 11/19/2008, -2/+27*****. That.
  • Enishiru, on 11/19/2008, -0/+33don't you know? photographers are badass
  • illogik, on 11/19/2008, -9/+7That would have been a badass way to die though.
    • imitokay, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2about as bad ass as being run through in a sword fight for sport!
  • DasTroll, on 11/19/2008, -13/+2NSFW
  • ShArKSe7eN, on 11/19/2008, -2/+8My knee hurts just looking at the picture.
  • shadowblade989, on 11/19/2008, -5/+6No, its cool, its a new kind of piercing.
  • Anders, on 11/19/2008, -0/+26What a dedicated reporter; takes the picture himself!
    • JRDrummer, on 11/19/2008, -0/+5thats the most bad ass thing about it
  • MazdaEric, on 11/19/2008, -1/+8That'll heal right up
  • lebronjames, on 11/19/2008, -98/+3
  • grantface, on 11/19/2008, -11/+2aagh! Buried for making me squirm!
  • Richie311, on 11/19/2008, -4/+22First Gay marriage, Now photographers. What else well these pesky Mormons spear head.
  • Ogre73, on 11/19/2008, -0/+27Cleveland Brown: "Oooooh... That's just nasty......"
  • MazdaEric, on 11/19/2008, -7/+2((Bob Kelly voice)) "I hurt my knee man, I hurt my knee man....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"

    FFFFFRRRRRRUUUUUUUUNNNNKKKKKKKKIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
  • ggfobster, on 11/19/2008, -8/+90These comments suck.
    • BugsSport, on 11/19/2008, -1/+17I bet you expected this to be a comment about him not making it any better...ADMIT IT!
    • temporaryescape, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2These nuts or those nuts?

      5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
  • peppino, on 11/19/2008, -0/+7It's all fun and games until someone gets a javelin through their leg.
  • Dr0d84, on 11/19/2008, -0/+4it could have been worse.
  • Rikushix, on 11/19/2008, -5/+2It's a javelin. He evidently didn't get out of the way fast enough at the track meet.

    I dunno, maybe that was obvious. Judging from some of these comments I thought some sort of explanation was due.
  • jfdolier, on 11/19/2008, -2/+2Add another thing to the list of things I can never un-see...
  • wolfing, on 11/19/2008, -10/+95That's Chuck Norris version of acupuncture
  • ultraJesus, on 11/19/2008, -1/+39Its amazing how little blood there is in a lot of sports injury pictures.
    • mmembrino, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CI7c-rxFMU

      I beg to differ.
      • zeroshiftsl, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8I was thinking the same thing. That clip is amazing. He was so lucky to survive.
      • shadowblade989, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2I figured that was the guy who got his throat slit with a skate.
  • lagannt, on 11/19/2008, -0/+15http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/19/national ...

    Here's an article that goes into a little more depth about the photo (pun not originally intended.)
  • moxysports, on 11/19/2008, -2/+34Javelin - Cost:20gp Dam:1d10 Crit:18-20/x2 Weight:2 lb Type: Piercing
    • Rodalli, on 11/19/2008, -2/+8Despite the fact that no major organs were damaged, this was definitely a critical hit.
    • OscarBawls, on 11/19/2008, -3/+2role the dice
      • Whaines, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11And which role with the dice be playing?
      • SyntaxErrors, on 11/20/2008, -1/+3Well played, sir. 1 free internets for you.
      • dhVyse, on 11/20/2008, -0/+6Spelling words we learned in the 1st grade is hard.
      • courbple, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3I hope that's a pun...
  • n7ghthawk, on 11/19/2008, -1/+9hey look on the bright side now he could get a giant shin ring or something
  • lcaz319, on 11/19/2008, -5/+3Whale Ho!!!
    • electricwaffles, on 11/19/2008, -0/+4They're the cheapest kinds of hos.
  • wicketr, on 11/19/2008, -17/+3Bama can kiss my ass by the way
    • stayputnik, on 11/19/2008, -3/+3i'll presume that's preceded by "Ala" and not "O", so that i don't have to bury you.
      • cdahlkvist, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2So now you think Obama is Allah? I knew it was just a matter of time...

        /s
  • playscape, on 11/19/2008, -3/+3OW my eyes
  • Davids26, on 11/19/2008, -1/+16Nice description: "The photographer took the picture himself"
    Nooo waaaay
  • iMelrose, on 11/19/2008, -1/+2Breaux Greer got a piercing?
  • dman24752, on 11/19/2008, -2/+2Damn, I was wondering why the javelin was resting on his arm so oddly. Then I realized...
  • sigafoo, on 11/19/2008, -3/+3What is the internet coming to when there's no FAIL! on a picture

    The horror! THE HORRROR
  • celebriticat, on 11/19/2008, -4/+2I would have passed out, too. It may be a flesh wound, but when it's YOUR flesh...

    I almost passed out when my nephew broke his forearm in two places, causing it to take on kind of a Z shape. Ewwwwww.
  • kangy3213, on 11/19/2008, -7/+3What a pussy
  • Mezz43, on 11/19/2008, -9/+3***** you, 2 of my friends were killed by javelins
  • Syphon8, on 11/19/2008, -8/+4I never understand these types of wounds...

    Javelins aren't sharp. Like, at all.
    • zookee, on 11/19/2008, -0/+28Neither are bullets, but put enough speed behind it and... well you get the picture.
    • rmeddy, on 11/19/2008, -0/+15It's called Momentum, man
    • doublefelix, on 11/20/2008, -0/+5Neither are shot puts. I'll spare you the pictures.
    • TwenT4, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4Looks like you and your description of javelins have something in common.
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