Quicksand Fans

We all have our favorite sinking scenarios, but these are generally fictions. Even most of the scenes dreamed up by producers are ficticious.

Yet, once in a while, I have found a real-life scene that mirrors one of our fictions - like this beautiful, Greek, female reporter who purposely wandered into deep mud on live TV: https://en.protothema.gr/greek-reporter ... air-video/

Granted, she did not sink beyond her knee, but the concept of a reporter purposely walking into a deep, dangerous situation - well, that is something I was not expected to see in real life.

Have others found similar, real life examples?

Michael

She certainly wasn't dressed for it. I can't recall any unintended experiences like that. Nice to see that television personalities are still hired just for their camera appeal in a few places though. Makes me want to keep an eye on Brazilian news for when that supermodel reporter in a mini-skirt wanders too close to an Amazon mud bank and sinks to her...microphone.

MichaelL_Photo wrote:We all have our favorite sinking scenarios, but these are generally fictions. Even most of the scenes dreamed up by producers are ficticious.

Yet, once in a while, I have found a real-life scene that mirrors one of our fictions - like this beautiful, Greek, female reporter who purposely wandered into deep mud on live TV: https://en.protothema.gr/greek-reporter ... air-video/

Granted, she did not sink beyond her knee, but the concept of a reporter purposely walking into a deep, dangerous situation - well, that is something I was not expected to see in real life.

Have others found similar, real life examples?

Michael

Did anyone else find themselves chanting “Push her in! Push her in!”?

Just me?

Ok, I’ll just see my way out then

TK421 wrote:
Did anyone else find themselves chanting “Push her in! Push her in!”?

Just me?

Ok, I’ll just see my way out then

it's fine to admit that among us--- but outsiders probably wouldn't understand

Sounds like the sort of thing that would happen to Trisha Takanawa in "Family Guy";
"Tom, I am standing here mmmggggbbl..."

Do Greek new reporters always talk over each other? I guess it would be handy, as you could do an hour-long newscast in about fifteen minutes and hear five stories at once.

I wish I knew what they were saying... it's all Greek to me.

I also wish that guy would've taken a lesson from Matthew Stafford and minded his damn own business, and I wish she would've stepped out a little farther. Maybe someone should've shouted to her, "just keep going! It should get more firm the farther out you go!"

somebodyelse wrote:Do Greek new reporters always talk over each other? I guess it would be handy, as you could do an hour-long newscast in about fifteen minutes and hear five stories at once.

We do have that, it's called "The View."

MichaelL_Photo wrote:We all have our favorite sinking scenarios, but these are generally fictions. Even most of the scenes dreamed up by producers are ficticious.

Yet, once in a while, I have found a real-life scene that mirrors one of our fictions - like this beautiful, Greek, female reporter who purposely wandered into deep mud on live TV: https://en.protothema.gr/greek-reporter ... air-video/

Granted, she did not sink beyond her knee, but the concept of a reporter purposely walking into a deep, dangerous situation - well, that is something I was not expected to see in real life.

Have others found similar, real life examples?

Michael

Personally I have not found other real life examples.

Well that was fun.

Thanks for sharing.

I can relate one real-life quicksand story, but it in no way fits the version we would tend to like:

I discovered that there really was real quicksand on the grounds of Studio 588. In fact it was within 50 feet of the location of the current clay pit. Unfortunately it was, and probably is, only about five inches deep. I found it during one of my trips to the Studio location for the purpose of digging the clay pit about a year before the house was built. I arrived, parked as close as I could get to my work site, and proceeded to do a day's work with a shovel. When I stopped work about 3PM I returned to my car to find one of the wheels had sunk into the now wet ground about 5 inches. The spot where I had parked was dry when I arrived and it dd not rain that day so obviously the ground was saturated and the water was forced up by the weight of the car.