Not As Stupid As Those Boxes In Bryant Park . . . Which Isn’t Saying Much

There was a reason I ignored David Blaine all week:

Water-bubble boy David Blaine, wrinkly as a raisin and dangerously dehydrated, was pulled out of his fishbowl at Lincoln Center last night after holding his breath under water for seven minutes and eight seconds — well short of his nine-minute goal.

It was a glitzy failure for the Houdini wannabe, who didn’t even match the world record of eight minutes and 58 seconds.

He also failed in an escape stunt.

Blaine managed to wiggle out of chains holding his wrists, but blacked out and was pulled to the surface before he could get out of leg shackles.

The stunts, televised live by ABC, followed a 177-hour endurance challenge underwater — aided by breathing and feeding tubes — during which he was visited by thousands of New Yorkers, tourists and celebrity pals.

“He said over and over again that he failed,” said diver Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, who helped haul the waterlogged Blaine out of his water bubble.