British Army Captain Bernie Bambury is one tough son of a bitch. He has already survived six months in Iraq and now he has had doctors re-amputate his lower right leg. He lost the leg the first time around while bombing down an icy tobaggon track. Bambury was flying down the track at 80+ MPH when his right foot clipped a marker post severing his leg below the knee. When he reached the bottom of the track (Yeah, he finished the toboggan run without even noticing his fucking leg was missing.) he had the following exchange:
“Is my ankle broken?” He was told: “It’s not broken, it’s gone.”
After 9 surgeries by Swiss microsurgeons his lower leg was re-attached but the doctors told him it would take two years to recover and he may never have full mobility again. At that point Bambury ordered the doctors to “Cut it off.” He has been fitted with a prostetic leg and hopes to back in command of his men within the year.
For some reason this story reminded me of this line from Denis Leary’s 1992 comedy album No Cure For Cancer
Denis Leary: I can remember a time in this country when men were proud to get cancer, goddammit! It was a sign of manhood! John Wayne had cancer twice. Second time, they took out one of his lungs. He said, “Take ‘em both! I don’t fuckin’ need ‘em! I’ll grow gills and breathe like a fish!”
