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At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« on: July 21, 2012, 10:19:46 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/least-21-treated-burns-robbins-event-070900289.html

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Fire officials in California say at least 21 people were treated for burns after attendees of an event for motivational speaker Tony Robbins tried to walk on hot coals.

Snort - no kidding - ya think!?

I'll pass on this kind of stupidity.....

Of course, I am sure that disclaimers were required, and there is no refund for the stupid injured.
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2012, 10:42:04 PM »
And this happened in California.

What a surprise.
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2012, 11:00:59 PM »
Maybe they ought to put little safety alert stickers on individual coal bricketts...... :laugh: [tinfoil]
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2012, 10:21:30 AM »
One time on a dive trip to Hawaii, the plane was full of Robbins "students" on their way to his seminar. I was unlucky enough to have one of them sit next to me and basically give me the nonstop Robbins spiel all the way to the Kailua airport.

Then to add insult to injury, a bunch of them showed up on the dive boat I'd chartered. Similar to the walking on coals thing, he got a bunch of his students who were afraid of the water to go on their first ever scuba dive. I got lucky in that I'd been diving with this outfit for over ten years and they knew me well, so the guides let me get in the water and go off on my own to avoid the catastrophe in the making. When I got back and was doing my safety stop, students were still flailing around in the water, with instructors having to actually hold on to a couple of them several times so they didn't shoot to the surface in a panic and embolize. The clown music from the circus would have been an appropriate background.  :laugh:
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2012, 11:27:51 AM »
So is Robbins a total mess, or does he just attract losers looking for the magic cure to loser-ness?

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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2012, 11:31:17 AM »
Quote from: fistful on July 22, 2012, 11:27:51 AM
So is Robbins a total mess, or does he just attract losers looking for the magic cure to loser-ness?



Yes
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2012, 02:49:17 PM »
God must love stupid people (s)he sure made an awful  lot of them.
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2012, 03:39:58 PM »
Apparently, like Adam, they didn't let it burn down so there was nice layer of ash, and walk, not run across.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_%282008_season%29#Fire_walking
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2012, 04:07:06 PM »
When I was four or five, I came across what I thought were the cooled ashes of a leaf fire.

I thought walking through them would be fun, so I tried.

Bad mistake.  Neighbors heard my screams, carried me home, and then to the doctor's home office.

I have not been terribly keen on the idea of fire walking since despite having read of the science.
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2012, 04:21:10 PM »
Quote from: Ben on July 22, 2012, 10:21:30 AM
The clown music from the circus would have been an appropriate background.  :laugh:
For some reason, Yakkety Sax is what I imagine as the perfect music for this =D.
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2012, 05:07:52 PM »
Quote from: Viking on July 22, 2012, 04:21:10 PM
For some reason, Yakkety Sax is what I imagine as the perfect music for this =D.

You can never have too much Yakkety Sax!
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2012, 05:10:58 PM »
Quote from: cambeul41 on July 22, 2012, 04:07:06 PM
When I was four or five, I came across what I thought were the cooled ashes of a leaf fire.

I thought walking through them would be fun, so I tried.

Bad mistake.  Neighbors heard my screams, carried me home, and then to the doctor's home office.

I have not been terribly keen on the idea of fire walking since despite having read of the science.


Darwin is foiled again.  :P
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Re: At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2012, 05:34:30 PM »
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Darwin is foiled again.

Yep, some of us actually learn a lesson or two before it is too late.  =D


(I do concede the possibility that I haven't yet learned all such lessons I will someday need.)

Edit:  It occurs to me that at age 70+ I have survived the years that are Darwin relevant!
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