-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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There was this old school guy that would swallow fuels and water and would get a candle really going and then put the fire out with water that he had previously ingested. He was a regurgitator. He died of a heart problem and I think I remeber them mentioning that his occupational hazards contributed to this. I wish I could rember his name. It was black in white footage though. Your body ingests the fuel one way or another. fyi
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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Alcohol is damaging to tissues, as Mike said, and would have had similar effects. Mike, to look for information on this, you can actually find out by investigating illness and deaths associated with drunkeness I was told.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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I don't think it is inappropriate or out of line per se, [offering advice on coating gums] unless we are deciding to use this thread to condemn Fire Breathing altogether and make it a taboo subject for HoP.
I mean, sure Fire Breathing is very dangerous, and I myself won't do it (decided that years ago without even trying it once), but is that where this is going?
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
May the flame on your balls not be too hot
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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So, to answer the question about whether alcohol is a dangerous firebreathing substrate: HECK YES.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
Written by: L i g h t n i n g
...................21 year-old male, otherwise healthy, tried firebreathing with Bacardi 151 while shytefaced drunk. Spray blew back in his face.
I just saw the patient. He's intubated. He's incredibly sick. And his chest X-ray looks awful. He's being given drugs to keep his blood pressure up. Mercifully, he's not conscious.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Written by: L i g h t n i n gThat's what bothers me- most professionals know the score where the dangers concerned- drunken kids at parties don't, and I can't see any reason why this type of incident isn't going to increase.
BTW, this was not a professional performer. Just a drunk fratboy on his 21st birthday.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Why is it that everthing which is fun is illegal, immoral, or fattening?
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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I guess my point is that I don't see how it's possible to prevent drunk stupid people from doing drunk stupid things without stopping people from ever getting drunk or stupid, if you see what I mean.....
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Live life the fun way
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Remember though that it's not just pneumonitis you have to worry about. Incorrect technique can lead to lung collapse when oxygen is pulled from the lungs by the flames and causes an acute chance in pressure.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Live life the fun way
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
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Fire-breathing was linked to pneumonitis and lung collapse whereas fire-eating caused partial blindness in some cases through overheating of the optic chiasm (bitemporal hemianopia)
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Still, plate-spinning remains statistically the most dangerous circus skill having claimed a high fatality rate from accidents..... mind you all it took was that one guy to fall onto a stick and it going straight through his heart to radically alter the statistics. While fire-performers do come a cropper every now and then, thankfully they mostly survive it.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Live life the fun way