The Survival Enema

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IF that was really dirty water (I seriously doubt it was), and he did manage to survive, he was EXTREMELY lucky. Putting dirty water up your ass is a very good way of ending up with an acute colitis (and therefor life-threatening diarrhea) or even with some severe form of surgical emergency - and when I say severe, I'm talking about gut-perforating-severe
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If you really want to stick something up your ass (liquid or solid), make sure it's clean first :rolleyes:.
 
shecky said:
All joking aside, yes, it will generally work. The risk of infection is not as bad as you might think. Think about it for a moment. Your shit is largely composed of nasty stuff that you could not ingest orally. Your colon evolved to do exactly what is called for: extracting water from waste material.

Of course, there's entertainment value to be had from this survival scenario. But if you have to do it, what kind of jackass would refuse? I mean, what's more embarrassing, administering an enema so you could survive a desperate situation, or dying because you couldn't get over the indignity?
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I dont have an issue with the how our colons extract water from our waste, nor do i have an issue with the emergency technique of colonic rehydration. What i have an issue with is they way that jacka** presents it. some poor sod is going to actually do that one day, without knowing about the risks. That poor sod may perform the procedure wrong and get seriously ill, or go into septic shock. It is very irresponsible for that idiot grylls to be showing such a procedure, without having a doctor who specializes in such things explaining the risks if done improperly.

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A case of choosing the best way to die: thirst or diarrhea/sepsis :rolleyes:?

Just a FYI: you will die sooner from sepsis/diarrhea.
 
why, oh why, did the scout association decide this man would be a good figurehead for the scouting movement?
must have been something about equal opportunities for the mentaly dammaged or something.
 
One of the problems that I don't think has been mentioned is the fact that when you absorb something rectally, it bypasses your liver (hence the getting directly to the bloodstream part). This means you cannot detoxify whatever it was you absorbed. Any toxins in the water are now in you.

This is why you've heard of people dying from alcohol poisoning from giving themselves Jim Beam enemas, all the alcohol goes to your blood, whereas it would normally make a pit stop in your liver for metabolism/detoxification.

LUW said:
If you really want to stick something up your ass (liquid or solid), make sure it's clean first :rolleyes:.
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If there's a comment more worthy of being in a sig line, I've not seen it. :D :thumbup:
 
Hey Folks- I am kinda new on this board so just thinkin. If any of you give this a " shot" PLEASE put it on You Tube so I can laugh my ass off. Good Gawd- I think I would rather just let the sharks eat my old ass !!
 
Bushman5 said:
some poor sod is going to actually do that one day, without knowing about the risks. That poor sod may perform the procedure wrong and get seriously ill, or go into septic shock. It is very irresponsible for that idiot grylls to be showing such a procedure, without having a doctor who specializes in such things explaining the risks if done improperly.

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First time I actually read the appropriate use of the words 'Some poor sod...' :D
 
last week he was eating deer shit now he's shoving tubes up his asssssss i think he's trying to get into porno flicks also like the show he was sliding down a tight dark cave to look for water drop into the water flame went out because of getting wet used sparks to get him out of the cave for no reason
 
Also, remember this is the guy squeezing elephant dung to extract a couple drops of water......

It seems to me that ingesting all this.........crap.......is a good way to get diarrhea and end up worse off than you were before you had that bright idea....
 
You have to recognize that they give a disclaimer every time the show starts stating that Bear is not in a survival situation; that he has help. Therefore we can assume that if he did not have help that he would not act this way. His primary duty is to entertain, and at this he does very well.

The best criticism is that he shows people some techniques which would actually hurt you more than help you in a survival situation -the serious risk taking stuff. BUT -If you are stupid enough to do some of those things by yourself in a survival situation then maybe you deserve the consequences -survival of the fittest.

I dont know much about the survival enema, and I would have to do a lot of research before ever thinking I could try it. If I thought it was a good option, yah, I would do it. I would think that the most controversial aspect of this episode was his decision to leave the island. If someone knows where you are, where you are going, where you crashed, etc then you may have a better chance attempting to stay. That island was full of good resources and ships crossed by, therefore eventually someone would see your rescue signal and you could make it bigger.

I love the show BTW.
 
I just hope he never gets into urban survival. I can see it now;

(( Inappropriate in this forum. ))

is there anything he won't do?
 
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DWK2 said:
I'll try to locate it: There's a well-known ocean survival case in which the woman in the family was a nurse and used the technique with nasty water that had built up in the bottom of the family's life raft. As I recall, most of them survived but I can't recall whether any physicians attempted to analyze the role of the dirty water enemas.

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The book and movie were both titled "Survive The Savage Sea". They changed the family name from Robertson to Carpenter for the 1992 movie starring Robert Urich.

The mother who was indeed a nurse, saved her family from dehydration using an empty plastic bottle and rainwater that collected in the bottom of the life raft with this enema technique.

They were adrift for 37 days, with only 3 days of water and food in the emergency raft supplies.

Wild and nasty as it sounds, and as much as I can't stand Bear Grylls, it works.
 
Here is really the crux of my problem with this episode.

My son loves Man vs. Wild. Bear is a great entertainer and the show is really paced for kids.

Some of the pee and dung stuff was funny and we had a good laugh about it.

After this show, I had to spend part of the evening explaining what an enema was and how we can absorb water up our ass... :mad:
 
retzius said:
Here is really the crux of my problem with this episode.

My son loves Man vs. Wild. Bear is a great entertainer and the show is really paced for kids.

Some of the pee and dung stuff was funny and we had a good laugh about it.

After this show, I had to spend part of the evening explaining what an enema was and how we can absorb water up our ass... :mad:
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This story can be made funnier, how old is your son?
 
Bushman5 said:
What i have an issue with is they way that jacka** presents it. some poor sod is going to actually do that one day, without knowing about the risks. That poor sod may perform the procedure wrong and get seriously ill, or go into septic shock. It is very irresponsible for that idiot grylls to be showing such a procedure, without having a doctor who specializes in such things explaining the risks if done improperly.
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Does Grylls present it in a way that seems in any way desirable? Yes, if some dumbass tries it when it doesn't need to be done, he kind of deserves any illness that befalls him. Does this really need to be spelled out?

SpookyPistolero said:
One of the problems that I don't think has been mentioned is the fact that when you absorb something rectally, it bypasses your liver (hence the getting directly to the bloodstream part). This means you cannot detoxify whatever it was you absorbed. Any toxins in the water are now in you.

This is why you've heard of people dying from alcohol poisoning from giving themselves Jim Beam enemas, all the alcohol goes to your blood, whereas it would normally make a pit stop in your liver for metabolism/detoxification.
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Chemicals in solution (such as Jim Beam) would be a problem. However, this is probably less of a problem with what is otherwise just undrinkable/non-potable water. Microbes and other particulates that would make one sick if ingested orally are less of an issue taken rectally. The bugs would generally join the rest of the fecal matter already in the colon (which is also comprised of microbes and other particulates that would make one sick if ingested orally), and get expelled with the rest of the shit.

LUW said:
IF that was really dirty water (I seriously doubt it was), and he did manage to survive, he was EXTREMELY lucky. Putting dirty water up your ass is a very good way of ending up with an acute colitis (and therefor life-threatening diarrhea) or even with some severe form of surgical emergency
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I get the impression that folks wouldn't attempt this procedure just because they need to wet their whistle, but rather if there was a serious risk of dying of thirst. Certainly most folks are capable of weighing the options.
 
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Sharp_newbie said:
I just hope he never gets into urban survival. I can see it now;

(( Inappropriate in this forum. ))

is there anything he won't do?
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That's my "Quote of the Week".

I think most of the stuff Bear does on the show, no one would try to emulate.
Drink water from elephant dung? Eat a live spider? Climb 100 metres up a sheer waterfall? How many people will actually do this in real life?
It's the same for the enema. Sure, it's possible to do it, but how many people will ever actually be in that situation and need to consider it?
 
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Yes it was nasty but this thread has gone downhill fast. Nothing good will come out of this and its done now.
 
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