Sean Bean was stabbed

He's okay.

June 14, 2011 at 8:57PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The technical term is "glassed." It's such a common feature of English pub fights it's a miracle the government hasn't insisted everyone drink from plastic cups. Fablife says:.

True to form, though, he declined to go to the hospital - I'm sorry; this is England, so it would be "he declined to go to hospital; they leave out the article, just as we do with "school" - and he resumed drinking. So it's unlikely the fellow speared an artery. If he had, Bean would have ordered one to go.

A shot taken shortly before the altercation:

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