{"id":1185,"date":"2008-01-28T23:01:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/bits\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2008-01-28T23:01:53","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T23:01:53","slug":"hotw-tiki-bars-johnny-johnny-will-save-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/?p=1185","title":{"rendered":"HOTW: Tiki Bar's Johnny Johnny will Save You"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve held back on the HOTW<\/a> and VOTW<\/a> of late. The side reason is the sweet new layout and relaunch(crosses fingers. punches wooden table.) I’m planning. The big reason is it becomes too much of a schtick if done too often. I’m not saying I’m above a constant schtick, only that churning one out weekly gets boring and tried.<\/p>\n

‘You should wait for something special to share,’ I say to myself. ‘Something meaningful.’<\/p>\n

Then I learn podcast famer Johnny Johnny, aka Kevin Gamble<\/a>, from Tiki Bar TV <\/a>saved a woman from the L train, not to mention electrocution, in New York City the other day.<\/p>\n

Methinks that’s a bit special, yes?<\/p>\n

\"first_aid.jpg\"<\/a>See, I was waiting for the L train at 3rd Avenue just minding my own business when this lovely lady in her 50’s decides to peer down the track to see how far away the oncoming train is. You know the one I’m talking about; the one with the 6 foot drop from the platform that leads down to two metal rails?<\/p>\n

When all of a sudden… she falls over the edge.<\/p>\n

She hammers the back of her head on the second rail and goes basically limp. I figure the next train is about 60 second away, so I immediately leap over the edge and basically break all forms of first aid protocol<\/a>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To know the rest, you must go to his blog<\/a>. It’s his moment of glory after all.<\/p>\n

(Thanks to Ponzu<\/a> for the heads up and Digg.com <\/a>for making the Google search so easy.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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