Chilean Miners

[waynetta]

I wonder if the muppets who appear on big brother would be prepared to be trapped in a mine for 2 months so that they could become famous?

[Emerson Crane]

waynetta Wrote:

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> I wonder if the muppets who appear on big brother

> would be prepared to be trapped in a mine for 2

> months so that they could become famous?

If celebrity, and money is waiting at the end of it? Oh yes.

[HAL9000]

With those sunglasses on they look like a 33-man boy band - when will they take them off, I wonder? The normal eye shouldn't take more than about 30 minutes to acclimatise.

Could they have done a sponsorship deal with the manufacturer?

[Loz]

HAL9000 Wrote:

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> Could they have done a sponsorship deal with the

> manufacturer?

Sort of. Someone in Oakley spotted an opportunity and sent over 33 pairs of $450 sunglasses. Not a bad idea.

[Moos]

According to the news yesterday, the miners' prolonged stay in the dark has rendered their corneas very sensitive. Not sure how long it's expected to last, but apparently their hospital ward is being kept dark.

I really hope their government protects them from the sharks who'll be waiting to take advantage of them and help them spend their new money.

[waynetta]

I wonder if any of them will ever go down a mine again? I also wonder if they will keep in contact with each other?

[HAL9000]

Probably sick to death of each other's company by now - but, no doubt, they have psychologically bonded for life or until the squabbling over fame, money and sponsorship deals begins in earnest.

[waynetta]

I wonder if any shagging went on down there?

[EDKiwi]

Apparently they made a pact to split any money that is made from their stories, etc.

Will be interesting to see if the Presidents promises to overhaul the countries saftey standards to make mining safer and improve conditions for miners actually come to anything.

[waynetta]

Yes that's all very interesting.....but I wonder if any extra 'tunneling' and 'mining' went on down there in the darkness?

[*Bob*]

what goes on down the mine, stays down the mine

[waynetta]

At least until the first book comes out.

[HAL9000]

What miner will care about safety now when fame, fortune and free designer sunglasses beckon from the daylight end of a rescue shaft?

[woofmarkthedog]

Miners eh....?

Bicker, bicker, bicker

W**F

[Jah Lush]

"They're not very rigorous the coal mining exams. They ask `who are you?' and I got 75 per-cent on that."

[SteveT]

During the drilling they found rich deposits of gold and silver ore, which is nice!

[waynetta]

There now 30 miners trapped in a Chinese Mine after an explosion. 20 were killed. China has a terrible record in mining safety and 2,600 miners were killed last year alone.

[EDKiwi]

SteveT Wrote:

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> During the drilling they found rich deposits of

> gold and silver ore, which is nice!

Wonder if any of the miner found any when they were down there.....apart from the fellas wheeling them away on the trolleys when they got out thinking 'how did these guys put on so much weight?' who would know :)

[waynetta]

I have just watched Panorama about the Chilean miners.

My god, it really hit home what those poor men went through and the effect it has had on them.

One of the miners, a 31 year old man, is really suffering from post traumatic stress.

He was shown, after his rescue, screaming at his family 'you don't know what it's like to die'.

His wife said to him 'Edison,you are not dead'

He responded by crying and saying how they could not ever know what it was like to be down there in the darkness.

Fuckk me!

I don't think any of my top tips could make him see the funny side of life.

Mind you, I don't think it makes most of you lot see it either. At least he doesn't spend his time worrying and moaning about Iceland being an eyesore or picking up a PCN because he was dopey enough to drive like a muppet.

[daizie]

waynetta have you been buried underground at some point?

A TOP TIP: CONVINCE your family you're a Chilean Miner by wearing sunglasses in an Ambulance

[Narnia]

Says she who write

He's not on his own.

[waynetta]

Fukking well feels like it sometimes.

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Take no notice of the naysayers, Waynetta, I like your top tips. Always manage to crack a smile on my face :-)

[waynetta]

Cheers (tu):))

There's plenty more where they came from.

[Narnia]

What do you call the relatives tented village near the scene of a German mining disaster?: Mein Kampf