Things that make your eyes water!

21st December 2009, Cedar Rapids, USA

This 71-year-old man castrated himself with a razor blade and then rang the police to report the incident himself. He was taken to hospital by emergency responders where he was treated for his injury. He claims to have done it for religious reasons. Mmm …

Source: www.www.ap.org

10th January 2010, St Petersburg, Florida

Okay, so when it gets cold and you don’t have any heating, perhaps putting on some more clothes or wrapping up in a blanket would be a safer choice than the option chosen by these three Woftams.

The family used a charcoal barbecue grill for around 12 hours to heat their home after the power had gone out.  They subsequently poisoned themselves with carbon monoxide, a by-product of the burning process. Read more »

2nd November, 2009, North Phoenix, USA

I love it when justice is served by the victim as happened in this case …

A 33 year-old man broke into an apartment in North Phoenix on Halloween wearing a skeleton mask. He entered the property through an open kitchen window and demanded money from the occupant, who thought he was joking. Read more »

Personal Submission – 2009

Another three for the price of one Woftam story … priceless!

We were heading back to our ambulance depot one afternoon and as we crossed over the freeway, we noticed a man lying in tall grass on the side of the road. Puzzled as to why he was laying there, we pulled over onto verge, parking behind a car with a trailer attached. We were greeted at the scene by two men who explained that their friend was hurt. Read more »

13th January 2010, Scottish Highlands

Umm, this might have hurt but I’m sure the hospital staff had a good laugh.

When 29 year old actor, Channing Tatum, was filming a movie in the Scottish Highlands last year, he struggled with the cold. Part of the filming required him to stand in freezing water wearing a wetsuit. In an attempt to keep warm, the crew boiled water, mixed it with river water and poured it down the suits. Read more »

27th January 2010, Manchester USA

My friends, there are several lessons to be learned from this story … always count your change, just don’t count on it,  Driving 101, D means Drive and P means Park and finally fast food is clearly NOT good for your health.

After this 70 year old lady dropped her change as she drove through a McDonald’s drive through, she stopped her car to pick it up … as you do. Clearly more focused on the money than personal safety, as she jumped out of her car to grab the coins she left the car in drive.  Read more »

1st December 2009, Galveston, USA

There’s nothing like a family get-together to bring on a fight. This brother and sister team earn a Woftam nomination for bringing the game of pie fighting into disrepute.

The 26 year old brother and 23 year old sister began to argue during the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day. The brother, who was heating a piece of pecan pie in the microwave during the argument, threatened to throw the pie at his sister. Despite attempts by their mother to bring some sense of calm to the household, the brother removed the pie from the microwave and pushed it into his sister’s face. She sustained first and second degree burns to her face and neck and required medical treatment. Her brother was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. He faces a possible jail term.

Source: www.chron.com

17th November 2009, Seattle, USA

A 25 year old man, who thought he was a ninja when he attempted to jump a 5-foot fence and failed, impaled himself in the process. Thankfully for him, he was intoxicated which we assume provided some anaesthesia. Read more »

Personal Submission – 2010
Whilst on a summer night shift several years ago, I walked through the emergency department of a metropolitan hospital. As I passed by a triage room, I noticed a male patient laying on a bed, loudly groaning and putting on quite a show.  I was somewhat bemused at this spectacle and as I walked back to the ambulance asked one of the nurses on duty what was going on what the guy in the triage room. She laughed as she repeated the story that he had gone to the local nudist beach that day, laid down to work on his tan … and had fallen asleep. It gets pretty hot here in summer so yep, you guessed right, it was burned goolies for this Woftam. Ouch!
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13th January 2010, New Jersey, USA

These three Woftam nominees, kidnapped a man in New Jersey and drove him to Missouri, a trip of almost 2000kms. Unfortunately, it seems they had mistaken the identity of the kidnapped victim for someone else when they took him captive. Read more »