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Clever Pun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10904691

idiots

The annual World Sauna Championships in Finland have ended in tragedy with the death of one of the finalists.

Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky and his Finnish rival, Timo Kaukonen, collapsed after suffering severe burns. Mr Ladyzhensky later died in hospital.

The event requires participants to withstand 110C (230F) for as long as possible. The men managed six minutes before judges noticed something amiss.

Its chief organiser said all the rules of the event had been followed.
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It is not so unusual to have 110 degrees in a sauna. A lot of competitors before have sat in higher temperatures than that”

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"All the rules were followed and there were enough first aid personnel. All the competitors needed to sign in to the competition with a doctor's certificate," Ossi Arvela told reporters in Heinola, where it was held.

Half a litre of water was added to the stove inside the sauna every 30 seconds, and the last person remaining was the winner. There was no prize other than "some small things", he told the Associated Press.

"I know this is very hard to understand to people outside Finland who are not familiar with the sauna habit," he said. "It is not so unusual to have 110 degrees in a sauna. A lot of competitors before have sat in higher temperatures than that."

Mr Kaukonen, the defending world champion, had refused to leave the sauna during the final despite appearing sick, Mr Arvela said. He is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

Mr Arvela said police were already investigating Mr Ladyzhensky's death, which he said had left the organisers grief-stricken.

The event, which had over 130 participants from 15 countries, had been held since 1999. The organisers said it would never be held again.

il_principe

As a spectator sport that sounds duller than cricket (or baseball)...

spen666

Clever Pun wrote:

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idiots

Can you post stories, not just links please

Many of us have filters/ firewalls at work that stop us accessing the stories linked to

Cheers

spen666

PS

I'm sure someone deserves to be hauled over the coals for this

biondino

spen666 wrote:

PS

I'm sure someone deserves to be hauled over the coals for this

Chapeau!

MonkeyMonster

biondino wrote:

spen666 wrote:

PS

I'm sure someone deserves to be hauled over the coals for this

Chateau!

No, more of a small hut...

Christophe3967

And the ball goes out for a throw in to Chelsea....now, quickly over to the Darwin preliminary playoffs from Finland, where we have, just maybe, an Award nomination in the offing. The boy Ladyz Hensky (say no more, nudge, nudge) from Russia has given it 110%, but you have to say that the big Scandinavian lad, Timo, he's really bottled it at the death. When it came to the Finnishing touch, his heart wasn't really in it. Now, back to Wembley where....

DCowling

spen666 wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

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idiots

Can you post stories, not just links please

Many of us have filters/ firewalls at work that stop us accessing the stories linked to

Cheers

In brief
In Finland someone died in a sauna whilst participating in the world sauna championship which involves a game of who can stay in the longest

Next month there is the East European non drowning event where contestants can take turns at not drowning themselves

always_tyred

Is it any more eccentric than racing cheese down a hill?

tailwindhome

DCowling wrote:

Next month there is the East European non drowning event where contestants can take turns at not drowning themselves

That would be swimming then?

DCowling

TailWindHome wrote:

DCowling wrote:

Next month there is the East European non drowning event where contestants can take turns at not drowning themselves

That would be swimming then?

No although I can see why you would think that
This event involves the person to hold their head under water for as long as possible then a little bit longer a bit like a ducking stool but without the witch ( although during these times of equality it may be difficult to exclude them )
It's all part of the new extreme events, there are plans to have endurance for exposure to extreme cold where people can sit in a walk in freezer and see how long they can last.
I think it could catch on

SimonAH

Darwinism in action, bring it on!

DCowling

SimonAH wrote:

Darwinism in action, bring it on!

Maybe start a spin off from the Darwin Awards
Could call it The Evolution Games
imagine the podium
1st place = coffin / urn / body bag
2nd place = ressus / CPR / paramedics
3rd place = blanket and a cup of tea

The winner would be the ultimate loser,

Clever Pun

Always Tyred wrote:

Is it any more eccentric than racing cheese down a hill?

Not really but it's a challenge to beat the cheese down the hill, people can see that and appreciate the effort involved

yet sitting in a wooden box at silly temperatures as long as possible isn't really up to much and it's kind of the dumb things you try as a kid.. imo

Headhuunter

Il Principe wrote:

As a spectator sport that sounds duller than cricket (or baseball)...

What? Watching someone essentially roast themselves like a pork loin vs watching some blokes hit a ball around a field? I'm up for watching the porki roasting any day!

Clever Pun

Headhuunter wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

As a spectator sport that sounds duller than cricket (or baseball)...

What? Watching someone essentially roast themselves like a pork loin vs watching some blokes hit a ball around a field? I'm up for watching the porki roasting any day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWgg20IqibM

NGale

Hell, judgment from a country with has Cheese Rolling, Swamp Soccer and Worm Charming as national past times

Believe me as a first aider the cheese rolling event is not a pretty one to watch and we have paramedics from work go up to watch and run a book on 'guess the injury' :shock:

sandy hill

Always Tyred wrote:

Is it any more eccentric than racing cheese down a hill?

I would do this again any day rather than spend another minute in any sauna.

rjsterry

Although there are some regular limbs pointing the wrong way, I don't think anyone's actually died from it. There's also a possibility that you could do it without injuring yourself, whereas subjecting yourself to temperatures above boiling point - literally as hot as an oven - is only ever going to end in disaster.

Headhuunter

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10922428

What do they put in Maccy D's Nuggets out there?!

ketsbaia

All about perception, innit.

I bet your average Finnish person thinks we're raving loonies for commuting by bike in London.

lost_in_thought

ketsbaia wrote:

All about perception, innit.

I bet your average Finnish person thinks we're raving loonies for commuting by bike in London.

Ooooh dear me no.

They do all think we're wusses for not cycling in the snow, though. And for not drinking beer in our saunas. And for not drinking as much as them.

Finland's great. Obsessed with saunas though.

ketsbaia

lost_in_thought wrote:

Finland's great. Obsessed with saunas though.

And peas and performing cats and Moomins.

At least they were last time I was there.

Greg T

ketsbaia wrote:

I bet your average Finnish person thinks we're raving loonies for commuting by bike in London.

Your average Finnish Person is battered so probably doesn't think about anything but Reindeer kebabs and not freezing to death.

lost_in_thought

Greg T wrote:

ketsbaia wrote:

I bet your average Finnish person thinks we're raving loonies for commuting by bike in London.

Your average Finnish Person is battered so probably doesn't think about anything but Reindeer kebabs and not freezing to death.

Hence the saunas.

Agent57

lost_in_thought wrote:

ketsbaia wrote:

All about perception, innit.

I bet your average Finnish person thinks we're raving loonies for commuting by bike in London.

Ooooh dear me no.

They do all think we're wusses for not cycling in the snow, though.

Who doesn't cycle in the snow? Wusses! I cycled in the snow, and on ice, last winter.

SmellTheGlove

Agent57 wrote:

I cycled in the snow, and on ice, last winter.

...that was indeed a blast - roll on winter!