Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: ATV Danger!!!

Best just to Google "ATV." It is short for "All-T...

2009-06-19T00:42:28.943-07:00

Best just to Google "ATV." It is short for "All-Terrain Vehicle."

*** Nerd alert ***
Note the word terrain. Terrain comes from the Latin term terra. Terra means land or earth. It does not mean water. :)

-- 5th year pharmacy intern

ATV= all terrain vehicle. I'm not sure of a collo...

2009-06-18T22:34:43.470-07:00

ATV= all terrain vehicle. I'm not sure of a colloquial term for them, except maybe 4-wheeler. They'll drive on just about anything. Except water. (They're not made for street use either.) Rednecks love 'em like they do cheap cigarette and Miller Lite. In fact, those three things often go together.

WOW...I feel like I'm missing the party...What's a...

2009-06-18T19:36:28.192-07:00

WOW...I feel like I'm missing the party...What's an ATV?!?!

Bushpigeon, it happened in rural Herfordshire UK o...

2009-06-18T10:02:34.530-07:00

Bushpigeon, it happened in rural Herfordshire UK on the open road ,not far from our little town and yes, the little girl died. It was the parents that should have collected a Darwin Award :-(

My SIL and her family (3 people total, 2 adults/1 ...

2009-06-18T06:54:48.026-07:00

My SIL and her family (3 people total, 2 adults/1 10 year daughter) have a total of FIVE ATVs - 4 full-size and one for the child. They wear no helmets, no gloves, no protective gear whatsoever. We wait for the call of someone's demise on a weekly basis. They also have 2 motorcycles, a boat, and at least 4 or 5 cars at all times (some of which actually run). The best part? They shop for the child's clothes at Goodwill - but hell, they got the money for them toys!!

A farmer here in New Zealand let his 4-year-old dr...

2009-06-17T22:04:28.886-07:00

A farmer here in New Zealand let his 4-year-old drive the ATV a couple of years ago. Yes, she was killed.

I guess the fact you saw him as a patient meant he...

2009-06-17T20:03:39.802-07:00

I guess the fact you saw him as a patient meant he was still alive and didn't qualify for the darwin awards...hmm. too bad.

Dudes must have been friends with my guy who agree...

2009-06-17T19:54:13.961-07:00

Dudes must have been friends with my guy who agreed to let himself be shot by a BB gun to make some $$. Ijits!

But I was able to get to the middle of the lack du...

2009-06-17T17:12:14.527-07:00

But I was able to get to the middle of the lack during February!!!

Was your patient Ozzie Osbourne by any chance?

2009-06-17T16:41:42.249-07:00

Was your patient Ozzie Osbourne by any chance?

I love it when parents buy them for 8 year olds. ...

2009-06-17T14:52:27.468-07:00

I love it when parents buy them for 8 year olds. "Isnt it cute!! Its soo tiny!!"

stupid asses.

Um...there goes my neighborhood. Alcoholic #23 m...

2009-06-17T14:40:33.063-07:00

Um...there goes my neighborhood. Alcoholic #23 moved out of the house next door, alcoholic #24 moved in. I now have a broken down ugly RV blocking the sun to my garden, a "work" trailer ful of canisters (please don't blow up my house) and the greatlakes version of the atv:a "personal watercraft" with trailer. Hopefully he will use the little populated boat access ramp nearby (to the niagara river). It is one of the closest to niagara falls. Maybe he will get drunk and run out of gas.

I am usually a nice person. However the guy just moved in and already got into a fist fight with his friend.

I live near a very large lake... I think things li...

2009-06-17T13:55:45.281-07:00

I live near a very large lake... I think things like this happen much more often that we would like to think. I guess it is like natural selection... kind of.

But I could get to the middle of the lack on it wh...

2009-06-17T13:43:09.182-07:00

But I could get to the middle of the lack on it when I was ice fishing in February!!!!

Ugh. I HATE ATVs. Could write a whole post about ...

2009-06-17T11:23:22.140-07:00

Ugh. I HATE ATVs. Could write a whole post about ATVs and the people who drive them.

Anyway, I haven't heard of people trying to ski with an ATV. I have heard about people using snow mobiles to skip across melted lakes. When I first learned about this activity, my relatives were telling me about how a guy tried to skip across a lake. The snow mobile sunk, and he drowned. The reason he drowned? He didn't know how to swim.

Oh, in Wisconsin, they actually hold contests for snowmobile water skipping.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercross

-- 5th year pharmacy intern

Was camping in the Ozarks this past weekend and ac...

2009-06-17T10:58:00.037-07:00

Was camping in the Ozarks this past weekend and actually witnessed another human being doing just this. The same family also let their 4-year-old child jump in the lake alone, into a bunch of rocks in a high traffic boating area

Thanks for the timely and direly needed public service announcement! Perhaps you work in Arkansas?

What Tex said...hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaaha...

2009-06-17T10:40:36.231-07:00

What Tex said...hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahhahahahaha,,,

Unforunately, this type of behavior runs rampant on certain branches of my family tree...have seen stunts equal to or great than this...with the same catastrophic result...

No, you don't need to be rich to own an ATV. The ...

2009-06-17T08:34:47.705-07:00

No, you don't need to be rich to own an ATV. The guy in the trailer across from me (and mind you, these are all single-wides) has an ATV. He is also the only person I know to use one while not drunk.

I'm reel shur alcohol helps me stay relaxed and no...

2009-06-17T08:26:39.272-07:00

I'm reel shur alcohol helps me stay relaxed and not get hurt much - now hold my beer and watch this!

My cousin would try this whether he had 2 beers or...

2009-06-17T08:19:32.484-07:00

My cousin would try this whether he had 2 beers or 20 beers in him.

"Just cuz you all have dat fancy book learn' stuff behind ya, doesn't mean it ain't possible. Everybody whoz learnted, is just tryin' to keep dat common man down."

Uncle Darwin just another cull with Mr Aqua ATV.

Don't worry, Mr. Aqua ATV be back in the ER on July 4th. He'll have played lets toss M 80s at each other. One will explode in his face.

Alcohol and stupidity will play a factor in this situation too.....

Rat

I wonder if the patient said, "Hey Y'all, watch TH...

2009-06-17T08:00:00.844-07:00

I wonder if the patient said, "Hey Y'all, watch THIS!"

Just how many ER patients have said that as their last able-bodied words?

To have an ATV you must be rich right? While I wa...

2009-06-17T07:37:35.520-07:00

To have an ATV you must be rich right? While I was reading this post, I was more mourning the quick loss of the ATV at the bottom of the lake rather than the person. What a waste of money.

You can't cure stoopid!

2009-06-17T05:27:50.144-07:00

You can't cure stoopid!