Darwin Award nominee? Aw, spit!

[Oeditpus Rex]

Spitting Swiss plunges from balcony



The 29-year-old Swiss had been taking a run-up to help get extra distance, but lost his balance and fell six and a half metres to the street below.

[TZ]

1. I'm thinking

alcohol was involved here. I would LIKE to believe sober people are not THAT stupid.

[Orrex]

2. For the metric-impaired

Six and a half metres is 524 feet.

[Suich]

3. Huh?

Isn't it 21.45 feet? 1 meter = 3.28 feet

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. It's like the difference between 'ton' and 'tonne'

One ton = 2,000 lbs.

One tonne = 2,204.6 lbs.



One meter = 3.28 ft.

One metre = 80.6 ft.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. Anyone that falls for that Orrex...

is severely impaired in other ways as well.

:rofl:

[khashka]

4. Not funny.

He died from his injuries. Why are straight boys so dumb? But a sad story....

But as Bob Heinlein said - there is only one sin, stupidity, and only one punishment, death.

Khash.

[harmonicon]

8. ummm......

where did it say he was straight?

would it be fair if I'd written, "why are gay men so stupid?" - no, I don't think it would have.

[khashka]

9. Go right ahead!

I won't be offended. There are lots of stupid gay guys. It just seemed like a dumb thing a straight guy would do. And not all straight guys are stupid by far.

I shouldn't have said it I guess.

Khash.

[harmonicon]

10. no, you shouldn't have

It's completely uncalled for, and prejudiced. I also don't think it said anything about his race. What if you assumed a racial identity for the man and wrote something like, "why are black people so stupid?". Maybe that makes more sense, huh?

[khashka]

12. No I shouldn't have said it

Most of my friends are straight.

But after having the living hell beaten out of me by a couple of straight guys ... I'm still in pain, the bones are still healing - so I know I'm being an asshole, but I think I earned it, the right to complain.

There are lots of great het men. Just look around on DU!

I'm just in a lot of physical and emotional pain and need to vent.

Sorry,
Khash

[Elidor]

7. I fell that far once and landed on my head

It was not a fun weekend, overall. I'm still surprised I didn't break my neck. Thankfully, I landed on dirt. This poor guy probably hit pavement.

[Initech]

11. Definitely meets all the qualifications!