Today's Doofus is a 'magician' from Latvia.
A magician is in hospital suffering from severe frostbite after spending more than 64 hours as a human ice cube to break a world endurance record.
Latvian illusionist Gennady Palychevsky, 40, spent 64 hours and 32 minutes in the six foot square ice cube in Moscow before signaling for help.
The event tops American magician David Blaine's 63 hours in ice in New York's Times Square 10 years ago.
Palychevsky - known as Mr Fix in magic circles - staggered from the ice after his frozen ordeal and was rushed away by paramedics.
His horrified wife Jelena said: "The last night was the most difficult. Each hour we thought would be the last in the ice and at five in the morning we began panicking.
"He wasn't in good shape when he left the ice, he was very bad, but he's much better now."
Medics say Palychevsky was on the verge of literally freezing to death before he called a halt to the stunt.
There's more at the link.
Y'know, there's not much 'magical' about freezing your ass(ets) off in an ice bath! Now, if he could somehow magic away the frostbite and restore them (and himself) to full health, that might qualify . . .
Peter
Being able to keep cool is an important trait in magicians. And if this new record pisses off David Blaine, so much the better.
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