Comments on: Don't Panic

Don't Panic

homunculus — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:30:43 -0800

Man buried alive saved by air trapped in his hat. [Via MoFi.]

By: horsemuth

horsemuth — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:37:01 -0800

the man who mistook his life for his hat

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:42:48 -0800

What an airhead.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:46:02 -0800

Hats off to him. No, wait.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:47:38 -0800

He must have been able to get air through the gravel or something.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:00:11 -0800

Gotta say, delmoi, I love you, but you ruined a great run of comments, there, buddy.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:11:19 -0800

This is why Indiana Jones always wears a hat.

By: !Jim

!Jim — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:18:42 -0800

[pun about hats]

By: bluejayk

bluejayk — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:21:38 -0800

Great, more propaganda from the American Hat Council. FedoraBlue!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:21:59 -0800

Flapjax.. does three hat puns constitute a great run? Wait... three in a row is a Hat Trick, no?

By: unSane

unSane — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:22:27 -0800

The cat in the hat came back.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:23:12 -0800

The power of positive thinking ionic ironic.

By: kitchenrat

kitchenrat — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:25:14 -0800

i envy this man. the last time this happenedc to me i was forced to breathe my own farts.

By: loiseau

loiseau — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:32:06 -0800

Holy crap. Suffocating, drowning, being buried alive: the stuff of nightmares.

By: hortense

hortense — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:00 -0800

He must have been able to get air through the gravel or something.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:20 -0800

That was when the Buddhist turned to meditation to control his intake of oxygen. "I knew it would not last, so I made myself relax and concentrated on slowing down my breathing by meditation." What special powers do believing in Jesus confer?

By: nola

nola — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:41:06 -0800

Alway keep a little air in your hat.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:46:01 -0800

I guess if he'd gotten hungry he could've eaten his hat. Course, then his air supply would've run out...

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:49:00 -0800

Okay then, just in case, the hat's going with me in the coffin, not on top of it.

By: agentofselection

agentofselection — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:56:21 -0800

And to think you assholes all attacked the kid with the Fedora. Were you trying to get him killed?

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:10:30 -0800

I have never read a headline that gave me more absolute joy than this. Thank you, Metafilter; thank you.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:20:02 -0800

What special powers do believing in Jesus confer? Ruling the fucking world for like a thousand years?

By: six-or-six-thirty

six-or-six-thirty — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:20:17 -0800

He must have been able to get air through the gravel or something. The problem is that the matrix of the sediment shown in that picture is incredibly fine-grained (if I know my Chinese geology, likely loess, a silt-sized particle). With a poorly sorted sediment like that, even with a recent fall the sorting of various-sized particles would close up pore space pretty fast. I'd say he's pretty lucky he had his helmet.

By: six-or-six-thirty

six-or-six-thirty — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:27:38 -0800

Hmm. Less certain about the loess bit now that I see Ningbo is so far north in China. But the rest, I stand by. Hastiness shall be the end of me.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:28:23 -0800

This is why Indiana Jones always wears a hat. Is Indiana Jones a Buddhist?

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:37:15 -0800

Confucius say, "He who get buried by Great Wall of China should hire a hat man."

By: zach4000

zach4000 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:43:08 -0800

I don't care how calm you are, you still need oxygen. I don't buy it.

By: Clave

Clave — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:52:15 -0800

I read a lot of headlines, and rarely do I have the "Holy Shit, I have to read this one right the fuck now!" reflex. Then I get to the "Made in China" part and the meh sets in, and then here I am back in my stinking life again.

By: The Monkey

The Monkey — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:55:22 -0800

I suspect that while he may have been stuck in the mud for a couple of hours, his head was probably unearthed within a few minutes.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:40:33 -0800

Just think, if it weren't for China's atrocious worker's rights record, we wouldn't have this great story to talk about!

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:17:06 -0800

I will now wear a stovepipe hat every day....just in case.

By: tracicle

tracicle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:25:48 -0800

I'm going to fill up my iPod with soft-rock ballads. By Air Supply. Just in case.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:50:15 -0800

I'm going to fill up my iPod with soft-rock ballads. By Air Supply Or you could go instead with the exquisite free jazz interplay of Henry Threadgill's old band, Air. They were great.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:01:44 -0800

I keep my extra supply of oxygen in my boots, with my money roll and a bowie knife. There's enough air in there to live on for a week, although it smells rather bad, admittedly, admittedly.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:53:38 -0800

This is not possible without homeopathy treatments!

By: hal9k

hal9k — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:10:14 -0800

To air in Hunan; to live, divine.

By: bwg

bwg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:17:16 -0800

Call Adam Savage, stat!

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:37:48 -0800

If I ever I visit a Chinese building site... this is what I will be wearing.

By: Anything

Anything — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:45:33 -0800

I haven't slept for nearly 20 hours, and it seems I'm now in the phase where I read funny, mentally randomly copy-pasting bits from one word to another: Man buried alive saved by salad trapped in his hat. Well, thank goodness he had salad trapped in his hat, and thus didn't starve while buried. Wait a minute, how on earth does one get salad trapped in one's hat, in sufficient amounts. That must be quite uncommon. Lucky guy.

By: kcds

kcds — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:09:36 -0800

From the article: There was nothing to distinguish Mr Wang from the tens of thousands of men across China labouring in one of the biggest building booms that the world has seen. That's because THEY ALL LOOK SAME, AMIRITE?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:52:25 -0800

Or you could go instead with the exquisite free jazz interplay of Henry Threadgill's old band, Air. They were great. Seconded. (And needless to say, I too love the headline.)

By: prostyle

prostyle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:26:02 -0800

There was nothing to distinguish Mr Wang from the tens of thousands of men across China labouring in one of the biggest building booms that the world has seen. He was the one they dug out, the other 9,999 didn't make it?

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:55:05 -0800

I feel sorry for the Buddhists that they don't get excited. All that serenity sounds BORR-RRRING. I would trade IN A SECOND the possibility of dying a ditch collapse for my blessed ability to go crazy high-fiving nuts over a walkoff homer, or finding an egg with two yolks.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:02:37 -0800

All ya suckers is playa hatters.

By: doctorschlock

doctorschlock — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:37:36 -0800

He cheated death by using a stand-in.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:52:40 -0800

What special powers do believing in Jesus confer? Jesus is really more for water related catastrophes, flooding, sinking boats, etc. His walk-on-water talents are really effective here. He's also good for emergency catering and some basic healing, but for serenity and calmness in the face of cave-ins you gotta go with Buddha. Now, if you are moving, Vishnu is the god you are looking for; those extra arms make big jobs a snap.

By: webnrrd2k

webnrrd2k — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:55:47 -0800

To stupidsexyFlanders: it depends on the sect, but Buddhists get plenty excited. Maybe not while meditation, but during day-to-day life. In Buddhist terms the important things are equanimity and awareness. In other words, the trick is not to get too attached to it, and to be aware of the exact sensations going on at the time. It's a big plus if you can summon up some loving-kindness too.

By: samsara

samsara — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:05:13 -0800

This would never have worked in the land of Rand McNally...

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:48:17 -0800

I feel sorry for the Buddhists that they don't get excited. Some do: Thai monks told to behave on networking Web sites

By: mannequito

mannequito — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:56:20 -0800

i envy this man. the last time this happenedc to me i was forced to breathe my own farts. Let me guess, you're from San Francisco right?

By: aurise

aurise — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:51:22 -0800

Talk about luck, the guy should go to casino or play the lotto. What are the chances!

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:53:14 -0800

Wow, I've been known to get freaky when trapped in an elevator. I can't even imagine being that calm. Yay him!

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:44:27 -0800

Not from Frisco, he was forced.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:44:30 -0800

Practicing self-control consumes real energy