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12-05-18 | 03:22 AM

chewybrian

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https://www.bicycling.com/news/a2539...knife-in-head/

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After being stabbed in the head, a South African cyclist wasn’t going to wait around for an ambulance—and perhaps another assault. Instead, he rode his bike to a nearby doctor’s office, the knife still protruding from his skull.

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12-05-18 | 04:41 AM

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That's how you HTFU

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12-05-18 | 04:54 AM

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12-05-18 | 07:20 AM

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guy still got his miles in!

12-05-18 | 08:29 AM

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That's how you HTFU

"Shut up head!"

12-05-18 | 08:39 AM

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And I thought I had a tough commute. Wow.

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12-05-18 | 08:41 AM

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Wow! What a story to tell the grandchildren. He's so hard headed that he bent the blade.

The other patients in the Dr's office were nice enough to let him cut the line! - They were probably as stunned as I was when I saw the pic.

12-05-18 | 08:50 AM

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guess cyclists should avoid Gordon’s Bay Drive Capetown South Africa, huh? or at least bring a bag of money to give muggers. what's that Dillon song? "gotta serve somebody"

12-05-18 | 12:54 PM

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It's not all bad, he got a free knife out of the deal.

12-05-18 | 01:46 PM

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It's not all bad, he got a free knife out of the deal.

12-05-18 | 07:50 PM

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That story doesn't surprise me at all, not even that the attack took place in daytime either. South Africa's got a crazy-high crime rate that just keep getting worse, and anyone who is wealthy (or is suspected of being wealthy) is a target. There's also a real possibility of a civil war breaking out in the near future. When apartheid ended and Mandela became President the crime rate started slowly climbing, but its really taken off since Mandela died. A white college chum (early 1980s) was able to get out and immigrate to the Netherlands about 15 years ago due to family ties in Europe, and he's glad he did.