California students lose fingers in tug-of-war game - Polidicks

[t]http://imgkk.com/i/ag39.jpg[/t] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-usa-california-fingers-idUSBRE91414W20130205[/url] [quote]Two Los Angeles-area high school students severed fingers while participating in a lunchtime group tug-of-war contest, authorities said on Tuesday. A boy and a girl from South El Monte High School were rushed to a local trauma center with amputated fingers on Monday afternoon following the incident, a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman said.[/quote] That fucking hashtag, Reuters... [img]http://puu.sh/1XZEf[/img]

You're supposed to wrap the rope around your wrist not your finger.

[quote]He declined to elaborate on their injuries or say how many fingers were sliced off.[/quote] I'm dying to know how does that even happen

Did they just have such inhumanely tight grips that their finger muscles somehow couldn't handle it?

The hell was this rope made out of, razors?

#holdontight

[QUOTE=The DooD;39485751]Did they just have such inhumanely tight grips that their finger muscles somehow couldn't handle it?[/QUOTE] They probably had the rope wrapped around the base of their fingers, so when it got pulled and they were losing it just ripped them off. Which is a shame cause now they can probably never tug again.

My guess is they pulled some shit like this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w7Pl9je.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=The DooD;39485751]Did they just have such inhumanely tight grips that their finger muscles somehow couldn't handle it?[/QUOTE] I once pulled on a pipe so hard trying to unscrew it that I pulled the skin off my fingers, would hate to see what it'd take to snap your own fingers off. :v:

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;39485758]The hell was this rope made out of, razors?[/QUOTE] I see Razer has taken to outfield gaming..

[QUOTE=Forumaster;39485785]My guess is they pulled some shit like this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w7Pl9je.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] You usually curl it around your hand not your fingers, what the fuck. Also scissor hand.

They probably had their fingers like that, and I'm guessing they other team did one of those "1, 2, 3, PULL!" kind of things where they all pull together. They probably pulled the rope taut, taking the fingers with it.

Well, that's cheesewire off the list of 'great things to use for a tug of war', let's try razorwire next... [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=urbanmonkey;39485866]They probably had their fingers like that, and I'm guessing they other team did one of those "1, 2, 3, PULL!" kind of things where they all pull together. They probably pulled the rope taut, taking the fingers with it.[/QUOTE] That would make sense. Because if they pulled the rope loose, it probably wouldn't have cut their fingers off. And pulling together? Ooooh... that must be why we never win a tug of war. Who would have ever thought of these things?

[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;39485788]I once pulled on a pipe so hard trying to unscrew it [b]that I pulled the skin off my fingers[/b], would hate to see what it'd take to snap your own fingers off. :v:[/QUOTE] I cringed reading that.

Ive heard about someone losing his ARM in a tug o war before. Lucky

[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;39485866]They probably had their fingers like that, and I'm guessing they other team did one of those "1, 2, 3, PULL!" kind of things where they all pull together. They probably pulled the rope taut, taking the fingers with it.[/QUOTE] Probably that, and / or: [quote]A total of some [B]40[/B] students were involved in the game, KTLA said.[/quote] That seems like [I]way[/I] too many people for one game of tug of war.

I don't wrap the rope around any part of my hand/arm, shit can dislocate your shoulder.

Do not wrap the rope around your arm/hand in such a way that it locks by friction when pulled. (I learned that the hard way...)

How do you even

......so why did A: they let the kids hold it wrong and B: put so many in one tug-of-war at once?[QUOTE=BloodYScar;39485918]Ive heard about someone losing his ARM in a tug o war before. Lucky[/QUOTE] I've seen the video. I'm not linking it for very obvious reasons, though.

What obvious reasons? Link away, people can work out if it's NSFW. And I guess people often pull their shoulders so it's not too far fetched

[QUOTE=Jimbojib;39486482]What obvious reasons? Link away, people can work out if it's NSFW. And I guess people often pull their shoulders so it's not too far fetched[/QUOTE] The obvious reason that you're not allowed to link to gore on FP? It's a man getting his arm [I]ripped off.[/I]

[QUOTE=Jimbojib;39486482]What obvious reasons? [/quote] The guy's arm gets ripped off fifteen feet from the camera. The arm lands a good 20 feet from its owner with a large red patch on the grass between the two. It's a huge mess. A [i]literal[/i] bloodbath. I'm risking getting banned for gore just mentioning it, posting it would be a guaranteed gore ban. It's not figuratively getting ripped off. It's literally getting ripped off. As for why I've seen it? I've always had a morbid curiosity, and I can at will completely shut that part of my brain that freaks out and panics when presented with gore off. [quote]Link away, people can work out if it's NSFW. [/quote] Someone's arm getting ripped off is safe for work somewhere?!

[QUOTE=TestECull;39486374]......so why did A: they let the kids hold it wrong and B: put so many in one tug-of-war at once? I've seen the video. I'm not linking it for very obvious reasons, though.[/QUOTE] can you message me the video link please

[QUOTE=Stormcharger;39486625]can you message me the video link please[/QUOTE] No.

[QUOTE=ratman_122;39485737]You're supposed to wrap the rope around your wrist not your finger.[/QUOTE] Oh god no... So instead of just a finger he would have lost his wrist? ...There are incidents of that happening.. Ideally... Tug of war is supposed to be a GRIP STRENGTH test as well.. Wrapping the rope around anything takes out the whole gripping part of it making it less impressive.

I've seen a photo on snopes of a guy with his arms ripped off after tug of war.

Does anyone actually find tug of wars fun? I'm an athletic person but I just don't get it

Tug-of-war is hella awesome if it's just a few people. Though larger groups obviously lead to some problems.

well as some one has said before its the friction. When the two teams are pulling on the rope it creates a massive amount of force. Now having two teams pulling on it at the same time is fine because the amount of force thats being exerted on either side has a small difference in it. However, let's just say that the other team has half of the people let go. All of a sudden you have a great deal of force coming from one side and depending on the amount of torque and friction they're generating + your contact on the rope can lead to something small as being thrown to the ground or having things ripped from you. Another idea about the amount of force thats being released when this happens is to think about a guitar string or a violin string snapping. The amount of force that the string has can seriously cut you.