Shuff264 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Teenager loses finger at Croydon rave but continues dancing 'because the bass was hard' "http://cdn4.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article30366965.ece/feaef/ALTERNATES/h342/rave" alt="rave"> 'Josh' posted a picture of his injury on Instagram 19 JUNE 2014 A16-year-old teenager continued dancing at an illegal rave in Croydon after severing his finger on the dance floor. "Rave f*cked me up #rumnbass want my finger back...#**** #happens," the reveller wrote on Instagram, alongside a picture of him holding a rollie cigarette with his remaining fingers. Astonishingly, given the setting of the accident and the fact he partied on undeterred, Josh claims he was sober at the time of the injury. In an interview with Vice, he explained what happened: "Well, at about 1AM we were up in the house room, but I don’t really like house so I was waiting for the drum 'n' bass to kick in. "As soon as I heard it, me and my mate went down there. Five minutes in, the fire alarm starting going off and everyone was like, "Rip it off! Rip it off!" So I thought I’d give it a go. "I was completely sober at the time. I jumped up, grabbed it and my little finger got caught in the case because it was all broken, and as I came to rip it back down, my little finger got ripped off completely." Asked what he did next, Josh replied: "I looked at my hand and my little finger was gone – the bone was sticking out. It’s the weirdest feeling; one second you’re fine and your little finger is there, and the next second it’s gone. It shoves reality up your backside. "I was in so much pain and shock that the first thing that hit my head was the beat and the bass. The bass was hard, so I just ripped off my top, wrapped it around my finger and tied it up as tight as I could and skanked it out for half an hour. "My mentality was, 'I’ve only been here for an hour, I’ve paid £10 for this night, I’ve lost my little finger – am I seriously going to go? Nah, I’m going to skank until I can’t skank any more.' After that, my mate dragged me down to the paramedics." The boy asked paramedics if he could just be bandaged up and "rave on", but was told he needed to go to hospital immediately. Pressed as to why he persisted to dance after losing a digit, Josh said: "Well, what can you do? There are fit girls around you, the bass is hard, the music is popping. I didn’t want to be the sore thumb sticking out – or the sore pinky – so I was like, "F*ck it, let's skank on and enjoy it." Friends later told him that a "bunch of stoners found [his] little finger and were playing catch with it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbeard Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 What a tit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Is that a roll up in his hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 It's one of them candy fags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Kin ell fire. Words fail me, they really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLACML Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 "My mentality was, 'I’ve only been here for an hour, I’ve paid £10 for this night, I’ve lost my little finger – am I seriously going to go? Nah, I’m going to skank until I can’t skank any more.'" - To be fair, try arguing with his logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbeard Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Skank? F'kin skank? WTF is that? Is it anything like the twist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 "Well, what can you do? There are fit girls around you, the bass is hard, the music is popping." Makes sense to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Fair play to him. Would love to have that attitude to losing a finger. Drum 'n' bass is w*nk though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Borstal roll up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 So hardcore. There is no chance in hell he was sober, no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Tw at.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Incredible story. He showed more desire in a £10 illegal rave than the whole bloody England team did in Brazil! Who are we to judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Might have been better to nip and have it sewn back on though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssendonRam Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Awes, come on. What would you have done at 16 with fit girls around? Imagine how much action he'd have got after that. And it WAS only his pinky. Not sure it was only the bass which was hard at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 If I found myself in the rave I would lose my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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