Man Impaled By Air Hose, Inflated to Extreme Proportions, Survives?

Anthony Weiner is not the only man filled with a lot of hot air these days, as a truck driver in New Zealand suffers one of those "one in a million" events that proctologists only dream of. 

McCormack, 48, was standing on the rigging between his truck and trailer at Waiotahi Contractors when he slipped and fell onto a brass valve that was connecting the truck's brakes to the compressed air supply. The nozzle pierced his left buttock and air rushed into his body at 100 pounds per square inch.

"In a matter of minutes, my body blew to twice its size," McCormack told New Zealand's 3News.

His boss, Robbie Petersen, witnessed the accident and told ABCNews.com, "His body started to literally blow up and before we knew it, his face went up like a balloon."

Definitely a "wow" story from last week's news, and fortunately McCormack is OK and recovering after his coworkers managed to shut off the power to the air supply and keep him still until paramedics arrived. I guess the driver now knows first hand why Dig Dug was so successful hunting down Pookas and Fygars in his garden.