Skins24 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 step 1. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030410/80/dxgkw.html Knife thrower slices assistant live on TV LONDON (Reuters) - A record-breaking knife thrower shocked viewers when one of his daggers sliced into the head of his assistant on live TV. Circus performer Jayde Hanson, 23, was demonstrating his skills when one of his knives hit his assistant and girlfriend, 22-year-old Yana Rodianova on Thursday. As she clutched the side of her head, horrified presenter Fern Britton shouted: "Oh my God, there is blood, quick -- get her off." A spokeswoman for ITV's "This Morning," one of the country's most popular daytime programmes, said the wound was only "a nick". "She's absolutely fine and recovering well," the spokeswoman said, before adding ruefully: "You don't really expect that kind of thing from a world record-holder." Over one million viewers had been watching as Hanson, who works for the Cottle and Austen Circus, showed off how many knives he could hurl at Yana in 60 seconds. He had been trying to emulate the pace of his world record-breaking effort of 120 knives thrown in two minutes which he achieved as part of National Circus Day on Tuesday. "He felt confident as he has been throwing his mother's kitchen knives since the age of 10," the show said on its website before the accident. Perhaps not surprisingly, Hanson, whose father was an elephant tamer and mother a trapeze artist, is currently having to advertise for a new assistant as Yana, who bears two scars from previously mis-directed knives, wants to concentrate on her hula-hoop act. His previous assistant reportedly left the job after being hit in the foot, her third injury from a wayward knife. "In 11 years of performing, I've only hit my assistant on five occasions," he told the Daily Mail recently. **** ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchogs Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 only five occasions :laugh: his girlfriend must not be too bright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Originally posted by dchogs only five occasions :laugh: his girlfriend must not be too bright I believe you meant to say "sharp", not "bright". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchogs Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 only if i were as witty as you, red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarhog Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 suggestions for 'make-up' lines after impaling your girlfriend with a sharp knife? I'll start... 'That knife in your head takes ten pounds off honey.....you look fantastic!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Originally posted by Tarhog suggestions for 'make-up' lines after impaling your girlfriend with a sharp knife? I'll start... 'That knife in your head takes ten pounds off honey.....you look fantastic!' :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is so bad!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No really, that is so bad. Hehehehe. Blondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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