Thursday, April 17, 2008

'Things Happen When You Drink'

Yes, things happen when you drink. Like you get so shit-faced you don't even realize someone knifed you in the back.
A RUSSIAN man was so drunk he did not notice he had been knifed in the back by a colleague, newspapers reported today.

The newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda and Gazeta both reported the case of a factory electrician in the town of Vologda, north of Moscow, who was stabbed by the building's security guard as they were having a drunken argument.

Passing out at the factory, the man, Yury Lyalin, 53, awoke the next morning and tried to resume his work duties, but was sent home by his superiors due to his inebriated state. No one noticed the 15cm blade stuck between his shoulders.

Lyalin took a meandering course home - at first missing his bus stop - had a bite to eat, decided to lie down for a while and was only alerted to the knife in his back when his wife woke him hours later, the newspapers reported.

The knife "went into soft tissue and by pure luck did not touch any vital organs", a doctor who treated Lyalin, Victor Belov, was quoted by Komsomolskaya Pravda as saying.

Lyalin was philosophical after the event.

"We got drunk together. Things happen when you drink," he said.
Lyalin is resting comfortably and has reduced his vodka intake to a half-gallon a day.

Thanks to Hot Air for the link.

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