DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese brothers who tunneled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT Brothers Meng Xianchen and Meng Xianyou became trapped while working at an illegal mine in Beijing's Fangshan District late on Saturday, August 18, the latest in a series of disasters to strike the world's deadliest coal mining industry. Two days later, rescue efforts were called off and relatives began burning "ghost money" at the entrance of the mine for the dearly departed. "At first there was no feeling, but then I was so hungry I couldn't crawl any more," Xianchen told the Beijing News. "I got so hungry, I ate a piece of coal, and I thought it quite fragrant. "Actually, coal is bitter and unsmooth but you can chew up pieces the size of a finger. In the mine, we picked up two discarded water bottles, and drank our urine. You can only take small sips, and when you've finished, you just want to cry." He said because they were eating coal, and were in the mine for nearly six days, they did not defecate. "We were only able to do that the day before yesterday in hospital. It was full of coal." Both said they would not go back into mining. But their younger brother, Meng Xianjun, who has a decade of experience in the mines, cut in to the interview to add: "I'll still do it." Chinese mine owners regularly flout safety regulations to meet insatiable demand for a fuel powering the country's booming economy. A gas explosion in an Inner Mongolian mine that was operating illegally killed seven people on Saturday, as officials began handing compensation to families of 181 miners trapped and presumed dead after a flood last week in eastern China. But in a second miraculous rescue, four builders trapped more than a week ago inside a collapsed tunnel at a hydropower project in the southwestern province of Yunnan were pulled out alive early on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Rescuers in Yunnan's Yingjiang County dug an extra passage to reach the workers and used a ventilation pipe to carry food and drinking water to the four, who were being treated in a local hospital following their rescue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSHIT Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 wow no shit good on them for surviving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mind@ease Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 we ... drank our urine. You can only take small sips, and when you've finished, you just want to cry." I can see that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 minErs MINERS i thought this was about chinese children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 uhhh that would be the fucking worst coal blocking your bowels rankkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foneiz2 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 i think being trapped in a mine thinking you were going to die would be worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 holy shit drinking your own piss and eating coal to survive and then they shit it out after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 That is mad, that is all you can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 i wonder if theyll shit out diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amongst Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 that would be pimp. but all jokes aside, that is fucked up. life is worth living tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 lets see bear grylls do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngoner Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 thats pretty pimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENO ELPMIS Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 real grimey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 in other news: two former Chinese coal miners invent new colon blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_R_O_N Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Damn they would be in trouble if someone happened to light a match near them while they farted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 ^LOL! Spontainious combustion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podrido Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Why eat the coal? There's no nutritional value I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podrido Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 ahahaha yo i saw some funny shirt today check it PEEP GAME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frate_Raper Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 when my homie o'd they gave him carcoal to drink and he said he puked for hours, wouldn't straight coak to the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"inkie" Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I think Chinese people will eat just about anything when they need to, when I was in Japan for a month, the News would constantly run this story about these poor Chinese folks that used cardboard as meat substitute and how when cooked properly it actually tastes just like meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yet proving again how lazy American workers have become.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I can really see a title change coming soon for this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 minErs MINERS i thought this was about chinese children. Hahaha... typo my dude. My fault.:biglaugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 when my homie o'd they gave him carcoal to drink and he said he puked for hours, wouldn't straight coak to the same? yeah....thats how they do it in the emergency room... liquid coal is porous, and the drugs bind to the porousness and come out.... but eating straight coal would come out too...but out of the shitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 what ever happened to those American miners who got trapped...didnt the rescuers give up *edit..yeah i was right...fuck being a miner Officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah said Sunday that six miners trapped for nearly two weeks may never be found. The pessimistic tone follows new information from a fourth hole drilled down into the mine that indicated there wasn't enough oxygen present to sustain life. Officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah on Sunday conceded that six miners trapped for nearly two weeks may never be found. "It's likely these miners may not be found," Murray Energy Corporation Vice President Rob Moore said at a news conference Sunday. The six men have not been heard from since the Crandall Canyon Mine collapsed on Aug. 6. Tunneling efforts to find the miners were halted after part of the mine collapsed on Thursday, killing three rescue workers. In the wake of that accident, those leading the rescue say it may not be safe for anyone to go back in to continue the search. The pessimistic tone follows new information gained from a fourth hole that was drilled down into the mine. A camera showed the area was partially collapsed, and air readings indicated there wasn't enough oxygen present to sustain life. Moore says that his company intends to re-open other areas of the mine where coal reserves exist. Family members responded to the news with emotions ranging from frustration to anger. Despite the faded hopes, rescuers still plan to drill a fifth hole into another part of the mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 imma eat me some coal, nigguh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23rakim45 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 wow no shit Literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 i wonder if theyll shit out diamonds. Only time will tell.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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