‘Better Call Saul’ Actor Todd Latourette Admits He Sawed Off His Own Arm To Impersonate A War Vet Fo

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Watch it! lol

    That is funny though.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    Seen and smelled, in fact.  Another hurdle lol
    What does an amputation smell like?

    The only time I've smelled anything out of the ordinary was when I cut the bladder on accident.  That smells.  Everything else wasn't  bad at all.
    what the hell is "cut the bladder"???
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    Seen and smelled, in fact.  Another hurdle lol
    What does an amputation smell like?

    The only time I've smelled anything out of the ordinary was when I cut the bladder on accident.  That smells.  Everything else wasn't  bad at all.
    Igh, that smell of the saw going through the cortical bone, that half-burnt smell from the intense friction heat, the blood, obviously, and worst of all...the incredibly acrid smell of bovie on bone.  Accckkkkk!  I can taste it in the back of my throat just thinking of it, it's like sucking on a tailpipe full of meat scraps.
    You know I didn't think about when the saw gets hot.

    I know what you mean now.  I was thinking of just skinning but yeah that would be an awful stench.
    Yeah and I was thinking specifically, if you are doing it at home...no ventilation, no suction, low velocity saw with a used blade, no ortho hood. 
    Ever been in the room with a few liters of blood on the floor?  Gut-clentching.  Obviously that doesn't happen often in an OR, a little more in an ER...but in your garage, on the workbench, probably a crude tourniquet.  Yikes.   Dexter shit.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    My spidey sense is tingling on this story.  There must be news archives of someone cutting their arm off with a Skilsaw if this happened in the last 20 years.  
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    PJ_Soul said:
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    WTF?
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Damn, that's a good what if.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    WTF?
    Yeah, we lack filters, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    WTF?
    Yeah, we lack filters, lol.
    Well don't leave us hanging, would you??

    I would, no hesitation.  Financial security for my son's entire life... that's a no-brainer for me.
    Still though, eeeeewwww.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    edited November 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    So, who said yes? 

    :lol:

    Edit: just realized that this sounds like I’m offering! Not what I meant. 
    Post edited by oftenreading on
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Mental illness caused him to cut off his arm?  I would think that is psychotic but maybe that is part of mental illness?
    I’m not sure what you are getting at. Psychosis is a state involving symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations. Psychosis can be part of bipolar disorder as well as lots of other mental illnesses. It’s a syndrome, not a diagnosis on its own. 
    What I'm getting at is if you choose to take a skillsaw to your own arm to cut it off that would be "psychotic" and apparently a cause of that is mental illness.  

    Who knew?
    WTF else would make you cut your arm off?  

    I wasn't aware that being psycho was a symptom of MA.. I thought it was in a league of it's own.

    A really good hallucinogenic could make you cut an appendage off too.
    How are you using the word “psycho”?  Doesn’t seem like you are using it in the medical sense. 
    Psycho as in short for psychotic.
     
    Like njnancy says “psycho” is just a slang term. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    Seen and smelled, in fact.  Another hurdle lol
    What does an amputation smell like?

    The only time I've smelled anything out of the ordinary was when I cut the bladder on accident.  That smells.  Everything else wasn't  bad at all.
    what the hell is "cut the bladder"???
    When removing the innards you don't want to cut the bladder open because it stinks.


  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,892
    Makes you feel sorry for all those who did it for free, coulda had $10M.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    rgambs said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    WTF?
    Yeah, we lack filters, lol.
    Well don't leave us hanging, would you??

    I would, no hesitation.  Financial security for my son's entire life... that's a no-brainer for me.
    Still though, eeeeewwww.
    I said absolutely yes. That shit isn't curable, but it's treatable, lol. I think I got a psycho-socio-economic lesson that day though. My bro-in-law is totally rich, so he and my sister said they wouldn't even take it for $100 million.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    mace1229 said:
    Makes you feel sorry for all those who did it for free, coulda had $10M.
    I know a girl (in my wife's family) who has it. it ain't no picnic. 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    oftenreading said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    mace1229 said:
    I'd give my right arm to be famous.
    Reminds me of the conversation my family had last Christmas (because we're a bit weird) about whether or not we'd agree to get genital herpes for $10 million. :lol:
    So, who said yes? 

    :lol:

    Edit: just realized that this sounds like I’m offering! Not what I meant. 
    :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mace1229 said:
    Makes you feel sorry for all those who did it for free, coulda had $10M.
    I know a girl (in my wife's family) who has it. it ain't no picnic. 
    Is there different degrees of herpes?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited November 2018
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mace1229 said:
    Makes you feel sorry for all those who did it for free, coulda had $10M.
    I know a girl (in my wife's family) who has it. it ain't no picnic. 
    Is there different degrees of herpes?
    Yes there are. Some people have terrible breakouts, others not so much, and some barely at all, and treatment can be much more effective for some than for others. Also, I have an ex-boyfriend who was a herpes medical researcher, and he told me that they have a cure for it all figured out, but the pharmaceutical companies make too much from just treating a life long disease, so the cure has never been developed for the public. Of course, I'm sure this isn't surprising to any of you.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mace1229 said:
    Makes you feel sorry for all those who did it for free, coulda had $10M.
    I know a girl (in my wife's family) who has it. it ain't no picnic. 
    Is there different degrees of herpes?
    no clue.  
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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,892
    PJ_Soul said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mace1229 said:
    Makes you feel sorry for all those who did it for free, coulda had $10M.
    I know a girl (in my wife's family) who has it. it ain't no picnic. 
    Is there different degrees of herpes?
    Yes there are. Some people have terrible breakouts, others not so much, and some barely at all, and treatment can be much more effective for some than for others. Also, I have an ex-boyfriend who was a herpes medical researcher, and he told me that they have a cure for it all figured out, but the pharmaceutical companies make too much from just treating a life long disease, so the cure has never been developed for the public. Of course, I'm sure this isn't surprising to any of you.
    The only thing surprising is that they put the research into it in the first place if they make that much money on the treatments. 

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