Russians have long used drink to take the edge off workplace stress: lately one man's senses were so dulled he failed to notice a knife stuck in his back by a colleague, newspapers reported Thursday.
The newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda and Gazeta both reported the case of a factory electrician in the town of Vologda, north of Moscow, who was stabbed by the building's security guard as they were having a drunken argument.
Passing out at the factory, the man, Yury Lyalin, 53, awoke the next morning and attempted to resume his work duties, but was sent home by his superiors due to his inebriated state. No one noticed the 15-centimeter blade stuck between his shoulders.
Lyalin took a meandering course home -- at first missing his bus stop -- had a bite to eat, decided to lie down for a while and was only alerted to the knife in his spine when his wife woke him hours later, the newspapers reported.
The knife "went into soft tissue and by pure luck did not touch any vital organs," a doctor who treated Lyalin, Victor Belov, was quoted by Komsomolskaya Pravda as saying.
Lyalin was philosophical after the event: "We got drunk together. Things happen when you drink," he said.
The workmate faces likely prosecution for assault, Gazeta reported.
© AFP
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geronimo2006
Talk about messed up. Doesn't get much more ridiculous than this.
And , "No one noticed the 15-centimeter blade stuck between his shoulders". Pretty noticable I would have thought. And he even walked around town.
Things happen when you drink....right....only in Russia me thinks. I will have to check out Russia one day for myself.
Xinef
"I will have to check out Russia one day for myself."
That would be the least you'd have to do before posting any sort of opinion about Russia (or anywhere else in fact). Yet it would still not give you the right to expose readers with such low level comments...
This news belongs to the "odd news" category. Just go to the closest hospital you can find, and ask the doctors the oddest cases they've ever dealt with. I'd bet you'll be able to find cases in your own country that would beat this one on the odd scale.
You can laugh at it for it is incongruous, just forget about judgments (particularly general statements / stereotypes about countries or groups).