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Subject: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Steve_H on 01/16/03 at 07:22 p.m.

Man Pierces Record with 702 Needles
Thu Jan 16,12:22 PM ET  Reuters
By Roberta Rampton

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - With speed-metal music on his headphones and a picture of his deceased mother beside him, a 34-year-old Canadian pinned down the world record for body piercing on Wednesday.
Finishing with one in each nipple, Brent Moffatt pushed 702 needles into his body in a little less than eight hours. Most went into his legs and feet.
He had hoped to reach 1,000 piercings but stopped when the pain became too much to bear.
"I'm in a lot of pain. It feels like somebody's electrocuting my legs," said Moffatt, a piercer at the Metamorphosis tattoo studio in this Canadian prairie city.
But, he added: "I'm pretty happy. I would've liked to do 1,000, but now that I'm done, I realize 700 is a helluva lot. And right now it looks like I've been in a car accident ... There's quite a lot of blood."
The previous world record-holder had 200 piercings.
Moffatt wore gloves and sterilized forceps to carefully lift his skin and slide a lubricated 18-gauge needle in neat lines into his skin. He said a desire "to be different" led him to seek the record, after considering it for a couple years.
Moffatt had already stretched his earlobes with holes almost 1-1/2 inches wide, allowing them to dangle thick steel carabineers normally used for rock-climbing. His eyebrows sport the beginnings of what he hopes will one day be a full Maori mask tattooed on his face.
He prepared for his latest feat by taking antibiotics, getting a good night's sleep and eating a hearty breakfast.
"You get yourself used to discomfort, because it's part of the process," Moffatt said, noting his needles are several times thicker than those commonly used to draw blood.
His hands shook lightly as he inserted the needles, and he feared going into shock before reaching his goal, especially while working on tender areas like his inner thighs.
"I'm more nervous about the (television) cameras than the friggin' piercing," he said to a crowd of reporters.
"This is too weird: I'm not used to all this attention."
Moffatt only took a few short breaks for a light lunch and cigarettes. "I just wanted to get it over with," he laughed.
Once done, he left the needles in for more than five minutes. Taking them out, he said, hurt far more than putting them in. He did not expect the holes to scar.
Moffatt said he planned to celebrate with a long bath and would try it again, he answered, "Sure, I'd do it again. After I forget about the pain."
He plans to send a videotape, witness statements and media coverage to Guinness Book of World Records officials in London.

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Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Race_Bannon on 01/16/03 at 08:17 p.m.

:P :P :P ???

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 01/16/03 at 10:26 p.m.

I suppose next he will complain that people won't employ him  ::) :P ;D

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: southernspitfire on 01/16/03 at 10:30 p.m.

Guess he can't hold his water!!

Mph..hahhhhhhhhaaaaaaa!!!!!!! ;D

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Jonman on 01/17/03 at 01:41 a.m.

Dude! Move out of Manitoba and come to BC where we have lots of FUN ways to spend our time!! Sheesh......

Of course with that much metal in you it would be no time at all before you'd rust....

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: philbo_baggins on 01/17/03 at 05:06 a.m.

D'you think he felt a prick?

;-)

Phil

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: cs on 01/17/03 at 07:00 a.m.

That's just not right.

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: TripsMom on 01/17/03 at 09:05 a.m.

Probably has that ""holier" than thou" attitude now. ;D

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Hairspray on 01/17/03 at 10:31 a.m.

Geez, hope he got paid good money for that.  :P

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: philbo_baggins on 01/17/03 at 11:35 a.m.


Quoting:
Geez, hope he got paid good money for that.  :P
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...otherwise what would be the point? ;-)

Phil

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Hairspray on 01/17/03 at 11:52 a.m.


Quoting:

...otherwise what would be the point? ;-)

PhilEnd Quote



THE Point!!!  :o :D :D :D Wooo-ha-ha-ha!  ;D  Get it?

Woo-hoo! I'm done.

;) :)

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Race_Bannon on 01/17/03 at 01:28 p.m.

I hate to ask such pointed questions but does he really need to react so prickly when when needeled about his pursuit?  I do have to say he has a lot of metal in him and a steely manner to go through with it. ;)

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Rice Cube on 01/17/03 at 02:19 p.m.

I reeeeeeeeeeally don't like putting holes in my body that aren't there in the first place...besides, I get enough holes through all the stupid crap I do ;D  Don't need more!

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Steve_H on 01/17/03 at 04:12 p.m.


Quoting:
I reeeeeeeeeeally don't like putting holes in my body that aren't there in the first place...besides, I get enough holes through all the stupid crap I do ;D  Don't need more!
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Just pour some liquid nitrogen on it, Earl.  Stops the bleeding right quick... http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/cool/cool031.gif

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: dagwood on 01/17/03 at 05:08 p.m.

Ok...so this doesn't help my needlephobia.  Ewwwwww

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/17/03 at 05:19 p.m.

He probably can't fly anymore. The metal detector will go off big time. My question is WHY would anyone WANT to do that? He really must be a masochist. I was such a wimp when I had my ears pierced when I was 13. That was the first and only time I ever had it done.




Cat

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: Steve_H on 01/17/03 at 05:47 p.m.

Not just pins, gang.  Remember "Moffatt had already stretched his earlobes with holes almost 1-1/2 inches wide, allowing them to dangle thick steel carabineers normally used for rock-climbing. His eyebrows sport the beginnings of what he hopes will one day be a full Maori mask tattooed on his face."

Now, I'm assuming he's not married... http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/cool/cool027.gif

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: The_Ghetto_John on 01/17/03 at 05:59 p.m.


Quoting:


THE Point!!!  :o :D :D :D Wooo-ha-ha-ha!  ;D  Get it?

Woo-hoo! I'm done.

;) :)
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lol  ;D

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: dagwood on 01/18/03 at 10:17 a.m.


Quoting:
Now, I'm assuming he's not married... http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/cool/cool027.gif
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Or ever will be ;D

Subject: Re: That HAD to hurt!

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/18/03 at 10:39 a.m.


Quoting:


Or ever will be ;D
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Can you imagine his girlfriend/wife trying to hug him-not to say other things.


Cat