It’s amazing what some people will sleep through. For example, that earthquake we had this morning in Illinois that was felt all the way to Tennessee and Michigan? I have a friend in Rockford who slept through it. Not only that, she slept through the aftershocks, too! That’s a pretty impressive feat of sleeping through something, but there’s a Russian man who has that feat beaten hands down. Yuri Lyalin got so drunk on vodka that he was able to sleep with a knife buried six inches into his back. More impressively, he staggered into work the next day with the knife stuck in his back, and NOBODY NOTICED!
I’ve seen some drunk people in my time; I went to college, after all, and drinking is everyone’s undeclared major at most colleges. I know people who’ve woken up in strange places, with strange bruises, and even outside. All of that makes sense to me, but falling asleep with a knife impaling you is pretty impressive. Even more impressive is Mr. Lyalin’s attitude about the whole thing: “We got drunk together,” he said. “Things happen when you drink.”
Indeed! Remind me never to go drinking in Russia.
Tags: Russia, Yuri Lyalin, sleeps through stabbing, heavy drinking
