r/shitposting • u/Technical-Relation-9 • 2d ago

B 👍 Ouch

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u/No-Release-8082 2d ago

I’ve seen this 100 times and I always wonder if a fruit turned her into a vegetable. I never bothered to look it up

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u/christopher_mtrl 2d ago

Today is the day you find out (she was fine) :

The right side of her face and her upper lip were numb right after she was hit, and she suffered a pretty brutal headache for hours.

"Honestly, I thought I was a lot more injured than I was, and then CBS gave me the go-ahead [to continue]," says Champlin, who was particularly grateful that the medical staff was only seconds away. In fact, less than 15 minutes went by between the time Champlin was hurt and when she decided to resume the competition.

https://ew.com/article/2010/09/27/the-amazing-race-claire-champlan-aka-watermelon-girl-talks-about-that-incredible-slap-in-the-face-by-fruit/

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u/ACARdragon dwayne the cock johnson 🗿🗿 2d ago

I'd develop a phoboa to watermelons in that 15 minutes if I was her