A British man sailing solo across the Atlantic suffered an injury on the deck of his yacht, prompting him to call his local pub for help and making me want to get a LifeAlert necklace that connected me to

Alan Thompson, 61, was 600 miles (960 kilometres) off the coast of Bermuda when he injured his pelvis in a fall on his 37-foot (11.3-metre) yacht, the Padolu, on Saturday. But rather than putting out a general SOS, he picked up his satellite phone and called the landlord of his local, the Bull's Head, in Fishbourne near the port city of Southampton. "We received a call from him saying he was in trouble. He said he'd been on deck and taken a fall," said 62-year-old publican Roger Pocock … 

How badly do I want a BoozeCall necklace right now?  "Help… I'm sober, and I need a beer!" Dispatcher: "We're sending a cocktail immediately, Mr. Ufford." 

The Briton, whose yacht was not insured, initially did not want to leave the vessel. "He was upset at the fact he was going to have to leave it," said a spokesman for Falmouth Coastguard

Dude, don't even get me started on how expensive yacht insurance is.  That's one of the biggest problems our country has in terms of taking care of rich people.