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To be fair I don't think much has changed in the sword swallowing world since it's apparent inception in 2000BC.
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> (Neon tubes, by the way, have an added risk of shattering inside the throat, with seriously disabling and sometimes fatal effects.) I was lucky enough in my life to see someone do exactly this -- he even talked about how deadly it was before he did it. Though for his performance, he used a metal cage around the neon tube. It prevented the esophagus from breaking it, but still allowed the light to escape out. He ope…
That pull quote and first sentence made me think you saw a neon tube shatter inside a performer
I assume you have to ensure you haven’t inherited Haemochromatosis. :D
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The tube must have been made of glass, otherwise it could not keep the air out of the low-pressure interior. However, you are right that a minimal precaution would be to wrap the tube in a transparent plastic film, preferably glued to the glass, in order to contain any broken shards.
It may not have been a neon tube, it may have been a plexiglass tube with LED lights and a diffuser. How can you tell from inside an esophagus?
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> he even talked about how deadly it was before he did it I would not immediately believe a performer saying that. Saying something is extremely dangerous can be part of the performance. In this case the tube may not have been made of glass, or there might have been a layer of plastic between the glass and the metal cage. That wouldn’t make it zero risk, but certainly would have decreased the risk.
There’s a thing Penn and Teller talk about (in the nail gun routine) about how it is immoral for a trick to have any real danger as it makes the audience complicit in risk. This resonates with me considerably. But then you move further from magic and closer to acrobatics and things like tightrope acts without nets have real danger.
Even the NFL has a good amount of danger during every game -- and people get injured.
But spectators have died during Airshows [0] and during, say, the Indy 500 [1].
[0]: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/air-show-acciden...
[1]: https://www.sportscasting.com/indianapolis-500-tragedy-rarel...
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The tube must have been made of glass, otherwise it could not keep the air out of the low-pressure interior. However, you are right that a minimal precaution would be to wrap the tube in a transparent plastic film, preferably glued to the glass, in order to contain any broken shards.
It may not have been a neon tube, it may have been a plexiglass tube with LED lights and a diffuser. How can you tell from inside an esophagus?
I also had no doubt to believe it wasn't a glass neon tube.
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It may not have been a neon tube, it may have been a plexiglass tube with LED lights and a diffuser. How can you tell from inside an esophagus?
I recall it looking bright like a neon tube with the glow that neon tubes emit -- also with heavy duty cable going into the neon tube. He swallows the sword on stage so everyone sees the sword go in and out. I also had no doubt to believe it wasn't a glass neon tube.
Though, what happened to the other end of the wire?
One does not read sword swallowing without mentioning professor Hans Rosling's sword swallowing during his statistic talk(s?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling https://youtu.be/TAMMPA4kg70?t=512
One does not read sword swallowing without mentioning professor Hans Rosling's sword swallowing during his statistic talk(s?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling https://youtu.be/TAMMPA4kg70?t=512