Got my Guiness record!

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JohnnyMayhem

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Well, mine and 8 others.

It took 2 years of fighting and arguing, but Dan Meyer, head of the SSAI got it through.

(I'm the one in the utilikilt)

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Here's the link to the press realease.

http://www.swordswallow.org/news.php
 
"Nineteen sword swallowers described side effects such as “sword” throats, usually while they were learning to swallow swords, after performing too frequently, or when swallowing multiple or odd shaped swords. Lower chest pain, often lasting days, followed some performances and was usually treated by abstaining from practice. Six suffered perforation of the pharynx or esophagus. Three had surgery to the neck. Three others also had probable perforations, one of whom was told that a sword had “brushed” the heart, and one had pleurisy and another pericarditis after injury. One had a breadknife removed transabdominally. Sixteen mentioned intestinal bleeding, varying in quantity from finding some blood on a withdrawn sword to large hematemases requiring blood transfusion. No sword swallowers in the study died from sword swallowing, but the cost of medical care was a concern with three receiving medical bills ranging from $23,000-$70,000 US."

You crazy!:eek::D:thumbup:
 
That's the thing about sword swallowing -- it's not a trick. Why do they do it? :confused:
 
Isn't it stoopid enough to put 15 inch to 32 inch long swords down your throat without sharpening them too? :confused:

That Natasha Veruschka is quite a hottie, though ... and she can swallow 13 swords at once.... :eek:
 
Congratulations on the record, but pardon me if my admiration doesn't include following (swallowing?) in your footsteps.:D
 
Well, that does add a whole new meaning to the old phrase, "bottoms up."
:D
 
Congrats on the record.:thumbup::cool:

But, I think that I'll stick to my old Hobbies, thank you.:D
 
The swords are not sharp, but you still run the risk of going through your esophagus.

Why do we do it? Because it's a dying art, much like the old carnival Ten in One sideshow.

I like doing it, it makes me extra knife money :D
 
What's worse is that a friend made me laugh when I had one down in there.

Then again other times I have yaked while doing it.
 
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