Jun 13 2009Meat Hero: Man Gets Struck By Lightning While BBQing, Only Utters 'Sausages'
Eric Brocklebank, 64, got struck by lightning while manning the barbecue. And what did he have to say about it? Sausages.
"It was like an implosion inside my body."
"There was so much pressure inside of me and I couldn't see properly. I could just make out the faint outline of people heading my way."It came in through my arm, which is burnt, then it must have gone down through my body and out through my feet."
He added: "I was told the only thing I could say as I was drifting in and out of consciousness was 'sausages'."
Somebody get this man an award. Not only does he brave the elements to cook some delicious meat, but he gets struck by lightning and SOMEHOW KEEPS HIS BURNT EYES ON THE SAUSAGE-Y PRIZE. My God they must have been delicious.
Lightning bolt heats up BBQ [thesun]
Thanks to Vask, who nominates Eric for a 2009 Wiener Award.
Reader Comments
1. Nick - June 13, 2009 4:11 PM
Soooooo gay.
2. Yeags - June 13, 2009 4:14 PM
lol, ironically he too becomes a burnt sausage.
3. jared - June 13, 2009 4:16 PM
hahahahhahhahahahahha
that is one of the funniest things, ever.
4. dave - June 13, 2009 4:23 PM
sausages indeed my friend. sausages indeed.
5. Boost - June 13, 2009 4:24 PM
Meat is funny cause it's a dead animal.
Just putting that out there.
6. black sausage - June 13, 2009 5:09 PM
sausages and explosion.
kick ass
7. GINORMAGANTUAN - June 13, 2009 5:42 PM
yes...... my sausage is delicious!!!!!! hmm...... ain't it thumperchicca? or whatever name you go by now. Yeah you should give me a call sometime. for some gool ol' pokafication know what i mean? yeah... someday, someday it will happen.
8. 3.14chan - June 13, 2009 5:44 PM
I would say "bacon"
9. Watch-303 - June 13, 2009 6:13 PM
whoa
10. Becki - June 13, 2009 6:49 PM
"Cornhuts"
Heathers - if you get that reference - 10 brownie points
11. Tennist0 - June 13, 2009 6:57 PM
This guy is my hero...I know I've said that about the policemen and firefighters...and my mom, but they couldn't hold a lightning-lit candle to this guy..*hat over heart* This guy is the real Jesus..people, we have found the mesia!
12. Lizzie - June 13, 2009 7:03 PM
Snausages!!
13. Russell - June 13, 2009 7:11 PM
Eric Brocklebank? more like Eric BROKEBACK, amirite?
14. jaja - June 13, 2009 7:22 PM
why does everyone reference this to homosexuality ? O.o
THIS MAN IS A HERO! I COMMAND THEE TO TAKETH IT BACKETH!
And i mean NAO!!!
15. jaja - June 13, 2009 7:23 PM
btw, no-one claimed it !!!
FIRST!
16. naas - June 13, 2009 7:28 PM
sausages sound good right about now, good hangover food
17. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - June 13, 2009 8:41 PM
Maybe he got punished because god is vegeterian, he took one for the carnivore team, respect
18. Erik - June 13, 2009 8:51 PM
I nominate this guy for a Nobel prize.
19. ikiness - June 13, 2009 9:01 PM
You did it again, GW! The Sun is a tabloid. Daily Mail is a tabloid. Oh you have much to learn.
That said, you won't get this kind of story in the respectable newspapers. The ones that you won't get eggs thrown at you for reading/referencing.
20. obi wan - June 13, 2009 10:20 PM
hahahaha wtf this is awesome
21. Alex - June 14, 2009 12:18 AM
haha ....My God they must have been delicious.
22. Breakup Makeup - June 14, 2009 12:31 AM
Thank God I'm a vegetarian.... ;)
23. Alphaookami - June 14, 2009 12:31 AM
Looks like that guy on Fringe
24. GLADIATOR - June 14, 2009 12:51 AM
Sausages eh ... did he bother to check the sausage in his pants? Grilled or barbecued black boyo? :)
*
*
*
Come and join the short and easy game mybrute:
http://burpnassker.mybrute.com
The game takes less than 5 minutes to play!
25. Captain - June 14, 2009 4:55 AM
Must See!!!
http://captain-hash.mybrute.com
--------------------------------------------
26. HAHAHA - June 14, 2009 6:57 AM
That guy rules!!!!1
http://driftwood-x.mybrute.com
27. lunchboxx - June 14, 2009 7:47 AM
*NOM NOM NOM NOM*
28. Daisy - June 14, 2009 8:24 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was cooking chicken and sausage for a school outing. He mentioned to Baja that he handled the breasts of every woman in the school, and later most would have his sausage in their mouth. She got a little jealous and then shared some bacon ice cream with him.
29. johnsonville - June 14, 2009 11:39 AM
I don't think those are the real sausages he was cooking on the right. Those are stunt double sausages. The originals were so delicious they were eaten by the EMT's who initially responded to his lightning filled, back yard sausagefest.
Have you ever tried cooking hot pockets with lightning? Damn things explode all over the neighborhood!
30. Dave - June 14, 2009 12:30 PM
lol sausages rock
31. the weather channel - June 14, 2009 3:02 PM
Couldn't they wait until after the tornado/severe storm had passed to take a photo of this guy? Look how overcast it is in that photo. It's no wonder he got fried by lightning. I'll bet your chances are pretty good, too, if you went and stood out in your yard with a giant metal fork up in the air during a severe storm!
32. Carl Malarski - June 14, 2009 4:28 PM
KNOCKWURST....DITKA....SAUSAGES...DAAA BULLSS..
33. Heather (on vacation!) - June 14, 2009 4:29 PM
Somebody throw this guy a parade. Well played, sir.
34. jab - June 14, 2009 11:22 PM
I would pay $30 to eat one of those
35. pro - June 15, 2009 4:19 AM
No wonder he got struck down. he looks like the devil with the trident! I like his focus, always keeping his mind on the prize!
36. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 15, 2009 7:25 AM
Turkish: What's happening with them sausages, Charlie?
Sausage Charlie: Five minutes, Turkish.
Turkish: [Stares at Charlie in disbelief] Hang on, it was two minutes, five minutes ago.
37. Darth - June 15, 2009 3:29 PM
This truly is a die hard cook folks!
38. Nero - June 15, 2009 3:31 PM
This kinda people we like! No matter what,you're doing your duty!
39. John - June 15, 2009 3:53 PM
I wonder how his sausage turn out.
40. LC - June 16, 2009 5:24 AM
Sausages, you say?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiGRpm6Tf3I
41. MAYNARD - June 16, 2009 5:32 PM
that is one of the funniest things that i have ever read...tuesday was pretty slow, but telling that story numerouls times at work lit things right up!
42. destiny 16 - August 11, 2009 6:24 PM
FUNNY!!!
43. WASHINGTON - August 11, 2009 6:26 PM
FUNNY!!1 AND ALSO SAD:[