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Thursday, 24 September 2009

Two Heads are better than One...

Before the Great North Run ever came into the RC experience, there was a moto x where a mysterious being was created...

Using two giant neon yellow potato sacks, or RC hi vis jackets, Helena and Andrew, in the midst of a moto x race, decided to zip their jackets together and thus become joint at the hip.
They then proceeded (with the help of myself and Caitlind) to tie a bumbag around their 'joint' waist, attach the radio to the mic clip and pocket, and all together become a two-headed first aider known as Helandrew Palker.

As you can imagine, this turned quite a few heads.

The beauty of it is, they became so in sync with one another that walking at the same pace and turning round in the same direction soon became second nature. They even tried finishing each other's sentences, which perhaps not surprisingly, was not quite as successful as perfecting walking and manoeuvring. Oh yes, shoe lace tying was also an achievement, using a hand each to do so. And clapping hands. And playing hand games. And more embarrassingly, buying food and drink from the burger bar.
Even Steve was impressed, and our Gordonstoun/A&E nurse associate, Rob.
In fact, while Helandrew Palker got to grips with living life as one, Steve and Rob had two runs to Dr Grays; one with a man who had a suspected fractured hip, and one with a boy who had hit his head on falling from his bike and couldn't remember anything because of it.
Helandrew Palker actually had to hide behind a tree when Steve reversed the ambo into our usual parking space, with hip casualty and Rob inside. A few checks justified a run to the hospital, so when the ambo pulled out again, our two-headed member was left standing in full view of the crowds.

As I said, a few weird looks. Surely people must wonder about us lot now.

Ah, the variety of moto x... it just never gets old =]

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