View Full Version : just when we all thought David Blaine had gone away...
proud gonzo
5/3/2006, 12:36 PM
Celebrity magician David Blaine started his new stunt of spending seven days underwater in a human aquarium in New York City on Monday. The 33-year-old illusionist will be held in a eight feet wide sphere filled with water and will survive using just a breathing mask and a feeding tube. The stuntman plans to end his superhuman feat by breaking the world record for holding breath underwater - which currently stands at eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds. Blaine will be handcuffed to 150 pound metal chains from which he has to escape after holding his breath. He says, "So basically besides holding my breath for about nine minutes hopefully I will have to escape from all these chains, and if not I will drown and the world will see something pretty insane." Dr. Mourat Gunel, a specialist in the surgical treatment of strokes, has warned Blaine the stunt carries a risk of irreversible brain damage: "David might never be the same again. Even if he is fine immediately after, there is a risk for developing seizures in the long run. We all advised him against this stunt." But Blaine insists, "My only fear is the unknown."
http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/images/504/david_blaine.gif
I love his idea of "death-defying stunts"...I'm gonna be submerged underwater for a week! With...you know...only a breathing mask....and a feeding tube....and TiVo......
Kids today are SO getting ripped off. When I was a kid, televised stunts meant Evel was launching himself over Snake River Canyon in a freaking ROCKET...now you get this crap.
Petro-Sooner
5/3/2006, 02:09 PM
Twaaaa
colleyvillesooner
5/3/2006, 02:13 PM
Mark Harris of the British Free Diving Association spoke out, saying that Blaine will have an unfair advantage. "[Since] he will be breathing compressed air under water... he will have a much higher concentration of oxygen molecules... in competitive freediving, we are positively banned from breathing pure oxygen before the event."
Even if Blaine succeeds in holding his breath for more than eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds, it is unlikely that the feat will be officially recognised as a new world record. This is due to the fact that judges from the International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA) would have to be present to verify that Blaine breathed no pure oxygen for at least two hours prior to beginning his attempt at the world record. The world record for holding one's breath after having breathed pure oxygen is actually closer to fifteen minutes.
heh.
Plus, I get wrinkly and 30 min in the tub, let alone 7 days.
Too much, huh. ;)
handcrafted
5/3/2006, 02:16 PM
I love his idea of "death-defying stunts"...I'm gonna be submerged underwater for a week! With...you know...only a breathing mask....and a feeding tube....and TiVo......
Kids today are SO getting ripped off. When I was a kid, televised stunts meant Evel was launching himself over Snake River Canyon in a freaking ROCKET...now you get this crap.
I remember watching the Snake River jump live on Wide World of Sports. You could tell he had no shot as soon as the rocket left the launch rail.
C&CDean
5/3/2006, 02:20 PM
pffft. I'm so old I once watched some dude named Daniel bring a ****ing lion to his knees.
Hatfield
5/3/2006, 02:22 PM
pffft. I'm so old I once watched some dude named Daniel bring a ****ing lion to his knees.
uhmmm....what you chose to do in the privacy of your own home is your business. :P
Beano's Fourth Chin
5/3/2006, 02:27 PM
I bet that aquarium water gets pretty murky after only 48 hours or so.
BlondeSoonerGirl
5/3/2006, 02:28 PM
I bet that aquarium water gets pretty murky after only 48 hours or so.
Makes the term 'turd in a fishbowl' kinda funnier...
F*ck, Colt Seaver was a better stuntman that this *********. :mad:
heh.
Plus, I get wrinkly and 30 min in the tub, let alone 7 days.
Too much, huh. ;)
I love it that there is an association dedicated to developing Apnea.
Apnea for all!
BeetDigger
5/3/2006, 03:11 PM
Makes the term 'turd in a fishbowl' even more disgusting...
Fixed.
Beano's Fourth Chin
5/3/2006, 03:18 PM
F*ck, Colt Seaver was a better stuntman that this *********. :mad:
My brain froze up when I was trying to decide which line from the theme song to follow up this post with.
How bout...
"He'll never be seen with anything more than a three... tee hee"
sooneron
5/3/2006, 03:42 PM
I'm considering stopping by and whizzing on the fishbowl in question. I wonder if he'll flinch.
walkoffsooner
5/3/2006, 03:46 PM
He had Kelly Rippa in there with him last night.No joke
proud gonzo
5/3/2006, 04:57 PM
the street magic type stuff he does is pretty cool--i'll give him that much. But they shouldn't call him a magician or illusionist. Know what they call normal people who do potentially life-threating things on purpose? Retards. ...or stoners.
He's a professional retard.
BigRedJed
5/3/2006, 05:04 PM
http://www.houstonyoungnak.org/FOCUSMinistries/archives/2000/Yucatan%20Vision%20Trip/images/pruned%20feet2.jpg
proud gonzo
5/3/2006, 05:36 PM
he's gonna be NASTY lookin when he gets done.
Soonerbabeinbama
5/3/2006, 05:53 PM
he's gonna be NASTY lookin when he gets done.
The Blainiacs will get you for talking bad about their homeboy!!:cool:
Scott D
5/3/2006, 05:54 PM
he's gonna be NASTY lookin when he gets done.
you mean he isn't already?
Beano's Fourth Chin
5/3/2006, 08:32 PM
he's gonna be NASTY lookin when he gets done.
http://bittersweet.ondragonswing.com/archives/gollum.jpg
BigRedJed
5/3/2006, 08:51 PM
I'm gonna neg the first person who farks that poor creature. RIP.
BigRedJed
5/4/2006, 08:48 AM
What?
picasso
5/4/2006, 09:40 AM
anybody else seen United 93 yet? the terrorist with the fake bomb strapped to his chest looks just like Blaine.
Ow! I've got prune hands and swimmer's ear!! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060508/ap_en_ot/people_david_blaine_4)
Man, what a little bitch. You're doing a little bitch stunt, and you've got little bitch "injuries". Bitch.
GottaHavePride
5/8/2006, 01:15 PM
Seems he forgot his earplugs. Oh, and moving around while you're in there.
but earplugs would be cheating the magic!
What a f*ckin' weak-*** bitch. The fact that he's even REMOTELY famous makes my soul die a little. :mad:
BigRedJed
5/8/2006, 01:24 PM
Well, here's a thread I was hoping not to see again!
Maybe we can get David Copperfield to make it DISAPPEAR!!!
Beano's Fourth Chin
5/9/2006, 12:00 PM
what a wuss. divers had to go get him.
colleyvillesooner
5/9/2006, 12:02 PM
Anyone who yelled "We love you David!" should have been shot on site.
Or just nuke the area. Sure there will be lots of collateral damage, but just think. Blaine and Stuart Scott. Talk about two birds with one stone ;)
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