Lids you admire

[Allezfan]

My Dad is better than your Dad.

He's got eight cars and a house in Ireland.

 

[tsubaki]

Dr George Murray Levick - who spent an Antarctic summer observing the mad sexual habits of penguins, and then spent an Antarctic winter eating them.

 

[heatmeiser]

Cut his own frost bitten fingers off with a saw.Lol

In 2000, he lost the tips of his fingers on his left hand during an unaided attempt to reach the North Pole.
On returning home, his surgeon insisted the necrotic fingertips be retained for several months before amputation, to allow regrowth of the remaining healthy tissue. Impatient at the pain the dying fingertips caused, Fiennes cut them off himself with a fretsaw, just above where the soreness was.

The tip of his little finger was removed after two hours sawing; it took five days to complete the job.

Like a boss.

All the people I admire are dead.

 

[micknick]

My Dad is better than your Dad.

No offence brother but my dad can definitely have your dad

 

[bluebottle]

No offence brother but my dad can definitely have your dad

Your Dads gay?
How does that work?

 

[Allezfan]

My band is better than your band.
We've got more songs than a song convention, sing it.

My love is bigger than your love.
We do more drugs than a touring funk band, sing it.

My dad is bigger than your dad.
He's got eight cars and a house in Ireland, sing it.

And we're all going straight to hell.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

If I was him I'd have legally changed the spelling of my name to Ra'ph, Rayph or Rayf yonks ago.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

He makes Grylls look like he picks daisies in the park.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

This guy for me

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/messner.html

By 1986, the 42 year old had ascended the 14 highest mountains in the world (taller than 26,000 feet), becoming the first (and for a long time only) human to ever accomplish the feat. Oh, and he did it all without supplemental oxygen or fixed ropes. And with only three toes ffs!

he was so hardcore he did two 8,000 meter peaks (Gasherbrum I and II) one right after the other without even returning to camp first, and didn't even slow down. ffs!

 

[njligernj]

Is there a possibility that these people are just mentally ill? There is nothing there. You aren't going to come out with a Yeti -- it's pretty pointless. I don't know about all this "because it was there" nonsense ... maybe just go volunteer at a old folk's home? Spending five days hacking off your own fingers with a saw is not typically the preserve of a stable mind.

 

[sbbefc]

 

[steken1]

Roman Abramovich.

 

[Elong]

This 10 year old has inspired me a bit today, how horribly sad, but how amazingly brave he is. I won't lie, it brought a small tear to the eye.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/8369163/Rare-disease-takes-awful-toll-on-boy

Jack Peacock is one of two people in New Zealand who suffers from Hunter syndrome - a life-threatening and debilitating genetic disease.

In his decade of living the 10-year-old has had open heart surgery twice, double hip surgery, battled ear infections, swollen optic nerves, problems with his respiratory tract, joint stiffness, limited mobility, extra fluid in his head and carpal tunnel surgery.

He has constant trips to the hospital, followed by months of rehabilitation work and frequent psychology visits.

Speaking on Rare Disease Day yesterday, his mother, Kirsty Taylor, said Jack was an intelligent kid who loved history, the universe, facts and figures, and computer games.

''He can't go outside and kick a ball, he's just physically not able to," she said.

''He knows he's not here for long.''

In October, when he was in Starship children's hospital after undergoing open heart surgery, he started talking about dying.

''He was tired, he'd had enough and he asked me what would happen if he died unexpectedly.

''I'd never really talked to him about the fact his disease was terminal, because for a very long time there I believed, wholeheartedly, that getting him treatment would give him the opportunity to live a longer life.

''That he'd get to do all those things that we get to do and he wouldn't miss out on having a girlfriend, driving a car or reaching birthday milestones.''

Jack started asking about picking his cemetery plot and where he was going to be laid to rest, Taylor said.

''He wanted to know it was ready, so we bought some land, went up there and he lay down in it and said to me, 'This is a good spot mum, lie down with me', so I did.

''He's started ''signing off'' and asking his mum to tell family members he loved them, and that his younger brother, Alex, could have his computer.

''It really did get to me and I went into a depressive state wondering how much longer he was going to be with us, but once he chose his plot it all went away.''

It wasn't death that he wanted, it was escaping the body he was trapped in, she said.

''When I told him there wouldn't be any more pain when he died, his whole face lit up.''

But now he talks about becoming an adult, an archaeologist and travelling the world, she said.

''Jack's been on medication for four years now and without it he wouldn't be here, but he's a lucky one to get the treatment he needs, because there's so many people with rare diseases that don't.''
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Rare Disease Day was important because it built a sense of community and camaraderie among sufferers and their families, she said.