7/6/2006: Guy's skull falls off

Undertoad · 07-06-2006, 09:11 AM

Hat's off to electrician Sambhu Roy, who is holding part of his head.

And you thought you had a bad day. According to this BBC story, Roy was repairing high-voltage wires when he suffered a massive shock and electrical burn. His scalp was so heavily burnt that it had no blood supply, and so it slowly decayed and fell off.

Well it sure looks like his skull bone, but maybe not. An Indian doctor says it is, thinking that maybe "the skull's inner covering and the membrane which helps produce bone were 'miraculously unaffected', allowing fresh bone to grow." The alternate theory is that the "hard outer portion of the scalp came off" and "If the skull itself came off with the brain of the patient being exposed, the patient wouldn't have survived." Whichever explanation is right, the guy has to consider himself extremely lucky and he is busy basking in the excitement.

Trilby · 07-06-2006, 09:23 AM

numbskull.

floatingk · 07-06-2006, 09:50 AM

does that look chunk look like africa to you? I guess what you dont use you lose...

Sundae · 07-06-2006, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

"...allowing fresh bone to grow."

It looks like a manky piece of towel on his head to me. Still, I guess you can't be too fussy when you're a medical miracle & all that.

Shawnee123 · 07-06-2006, 11:16 AM

Hats off to that guy for trying to get ahead in the world.
(Groan)

TropicFever · 07-06-2006, 11:43 AM

Maybe I'm just naturally skeptical, but that rag on his head appears to be digitally superimposed. This guy may be the Indian version of finger-in-my-chili.

Tse Moana · 07-06-2006, 12:48 PM

Nah, don't think so. You can see a dip in the gauze where the hole in his head is and around the gauze you can see the stripy edge of where I think the rest was attached. Amazing he survived.

Elspode · 07-06-2006, 01:16 PM

Dude needs the Skull Club for Men...

Can you imagine how it must have smelled while the top of his head rotted off?

07-06-2006, 01:20 PM

Mmmmm.... rotten noggin'.

bbro · 07-06-2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Can you imagine how it must have smelled while the top of his head rotted off?

Wouldn't you have done something before it rotted off? Wonder how it was in the shower? Hunks of rotting off skin in your hands while you try to lather. EW!

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He said that he intended to keep his prized possession for life and not hand it over to the hospital when he left.

well, at least he got a souvenir!

milkfish · 07-06-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

According to this BBC story, Roy was repairing high-voltage wires when he suffered a massive shock and electrical burn.

I would find this easier to believe if his last name were Simpson.

capnhowdy · 07-06-2006, 04:42 PM

the luckiest unlucky dude I've ever seen.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-06-2006, 06:04 PM

The part of his head without hair looks smaller than that thing in his hand.
What in hell is the "hard outer portion of the scalp"?
Is it a giant scab?

dar512 · 07-06-2006, 07:44 PM

It'd make a heck of a conversation piece, though. Wouldn't it? "Yeah, my head fell off a couple of years ago. Don't you hate it when that happens?"

Nothing But Net · 07-06-2006, 10:56 PM

Hannibal Lecter has developed a taste for Indian?

07-06-2006, 09:11 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/6/2006: Guy's skull falls off Hat's off to electrician Sambhu Roy, who is holding part of his head. And you thought you had a bad day. According to this BBC story, Roy was repairing high-voltage wires when he suffered a massive shock and electrical burn. His scalp was so heavily burnt that it had no blood supply, and so it slowly decayed and fell off. Well it sure looks like his skull bone, but maybe not. An Indian doctor says it is, thinking that maybe "the skull's inner covering and the membrane which helps produce bone were 'miraculously unaffected', allowing fresh bone to grow." The alternate theory is that the "hard outer portion of the scalp came off" and "If the skull itself came off with the brain of the patient being exposed, the patient wouldn't have survived." Whichever explanation is right, the guy has to consider himself extremely lucky and he is busy basking in the excitement.

07-06-2006, 09:23 AM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	numbskull. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-06-2006, 11:16 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hats off to that guy for trying to get ahead in the world. (Groan) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-06-2006, 01:16 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Dude needs the Skull Club for Men... Can you imagine how it must have smelled while the top of his head rotted off? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-06-2006, 04:42 PM	#12
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	the luckiest unlucky dude I've ever seen. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-06-2006, 09:50 AM	#3
floatingk The desert SW sucks.... Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 36	does that look chunk look like africa to you? I guess what you dont use you lose...

07-06-2006, 11:43 AM	#6
TropicFever Jotter of Notes Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 11	Maybe I'm just naturally skeptical, but that rag on his head appears to be digitally superimposed. This guy may be the Indian version of finger-in-my-chili.

07-06-2006, 12:48 PM	#7
Tse Moana You're just jealous 'cause the little voices talk to me Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 203	Nah, don't think so. You can see a dip in the gauze where the hole in his head is and around the gauze you can see the stripy edge of where I think the rest was attached. Amazing he survived.

07-06-2006, 01:20 PM	#9
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Mmmmm.... rotten noggin'.

07-06-2006, 06:04 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The part of his head without hair looks smaller than that thing in his hand. What in hell is the "hard outer portion of the scalp"? Is it a giant scab? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-06-2006, 07:44 PM	#14
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	It'd make a heck of a conversation piece, though. Wouldn't it? "Yeah, my head fell off a couple of years ago. Don't you hate it when that happens?" __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-06-2006, 10:56 PM	#15
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Hannibal Lecter has developed a taste for Indian?

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