Man dies in spitting contest plunge (Darwin Award Nominee)

Herald Sun ^ | May 14, 2008 | From correspondents in Zurich

[kingattax]

A SWISS man died when he fell from a hotel balcony during a spitting match with a friend, a Swiss newspaper has reported.

The daily Blick said the 29-year-old man took a run-up from inside the room so he could spit further, but lost his balance and plummeted 6.4m to the street below.

He died in hospital.

The man had suggested the contest when he and two friends returned from a disco to their hotel in Cadempino in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino canton in the early hours.

One of the men went to sleep, but the two others decided to see who could spit furthest from the balcony of their room.

[kingattax]

[1rudeboy]

Imagine how embarrassing. Not only are you dead, but the measured distance is probably inches.

[Izzy Dunne]

OK, you win.

[Natchez Hawk]

“One of the men went to sleep.”

Just goes to show you—laziness won’t kill you ;)

[Jaxter]

That was one magic loogy.

[mountainbunny]

Good to know that the “Hold muh beer and watch this” gene is universal.

[Abathar]

"two friends returned from a disco to their hotel"

Not sure which guy it was that took the header...

[Froufrou]

How was the run-up going to make him spit farther? I’m just sayin’...

[caver]

He was within spitting distance of winning.

[xJones]

Darwin Award with gold oak leaf clusters. His funeral must have been good. What kind of eulogy do you say in that situation?

[Izzy Dunne]

You're looking for logic?

I suspect alcohol was involved.

[Hoffer Rand]

Can you post that in a more Germanic accent?

[Red Badger]

Did he win?.............

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Darwin Award with gold oak leaf clusters. His funeral must have been good. What kind of eulogy do you say in that situation?”

They had a spitting contest in the parking lot outside.

[Doomonyou]

Hold muh spittoon and watch this!

[Red Badger]

What kind of eulogy do you say in that situation?

He was the spittin image of his father?......

[xJones]

Did he win?.............

He won by a nose.

[Froufrou]

Logic, no. But I admit I wondered, “what if it had been a pi$$ing contest?”

[Izzy Dunne]

Halten Sie meine Bier und passen Sie dieses auf!

[Red Badger]

If you throw a ball from a stand still it goes X feet.
If you throw a ball while running it goes X feet plus the momentum from your forward motion .......

[Izzy Dunne]

LOL!

Sure. you can pee farther if you're running!

[CJ Wolf]

He was very competitive. Gave his life for the sport. Spitters everywhere are in mourning over this but please take solace in knowing that while he couldn’t get laid at the disco, he still died while doing the very thing he loved; Competition spitting.

[WayneS]

Suspect?

[Froufrou]

If they were that smart, would they even have had the contest?

[xJones]

Dear Hans, we will forget his last word, “HOOOOOOCK!”

[Red Badger]

There are actually official spitting contests.......I can’t wait for it to become an Olympic event!..............

[WrightOnTarget]

Does the spit technically have to leave your mouth in order to win the distance contest?

[Miles the Slasher]

“Did he win?.............”

Adding insult to mortal injury, he was disqualified for crossing the line.

[Froufrou]

This, after ballroom dancing was added...1-2-3-4...

[CougarGA7]

But what we really want to know is....

What was his distance?

[Condor51]

Those Swiss are a nutty bunch. No wonder Hitler left them alone.

[kingattax]

......I can’t wait for it to become an Olympic event!..............

the russian judge would have only given this guy a 4

[libs_kma]

"Dear Hans, we will forget his last word, “HOOOOOOCK!"

Ok, the office beauty queen just walked past while I read that and she looked at me like I'm some kind of lunatic.

Thats what I get for trying to laugh silently and turning red with the effort....

[xJones]

Sure. you can pee farther if you're running!

I've tried that in airports running for the restroom, and trust me, it doesn't work.

[indcons]

“Halten Sie mein Bier und beobachten Sie das”

[Miles the Slasher]

“But what we really want to know is....”

‘What was his distance?’

Given said contestant’s bodily fluids were certainly and widely ‘distributed’ upon impact; the other (surviving)contestant would surely protest whether the the ‘final’ spit could actually be distinguished with any degree of certainty from the aforementioned collateral damage of impact.

[CougarGA7]

I think Bier is masculine so it would be mein Bier.

[CougarGA7]

They didn’t have instant replay?! What a cheap contest that was.

[rod1]

They forgot to tell him to release the spit before sending it hither.

[BibChr]

Inertia

[Koblenz]

I think Bier is masculine so it would be mein Bier.

Actually, Bier is neuter. It is "mein Bier" but if Bier were masculine, it would be "meinen Bier" because in that sentence Bier was accusative, not nominative.

[grjr21]

He went spit splat

[AngelesCrestHighway]

O.K.....I’ll ask it. Which landed first, the spit or him?

[CougarGA7]

You’re right. Masculine would be meinen. So it I was right in saying mein then it would be neuter.

Been too long since I spoke German I guess. Havent had use for the language in 15 years.

[xJones]

O.K.....I’ll ask it. Which landed first, the spit or him?

He landed first, right on the top of the chicken that was trying to cross the street before the egg.

[tet68]

You’re looking for logic?
I suspect alcohol was involved.

Sure you didn’t mean Loogic?

[proudpapa]

Your German is better than your reading comprehension:

“The man had suggested the contest...in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking Ticino canton...

How’s your Italian?

[Sax]

PATOOIEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee-SPLAT!

[gridlock]

Hold my kirsch and watch this...

[highimpact]

This same thing happened a couple years ago in Spokane, Wa. A coed freshman at Gonzaga University was in a spitting contest on the third or fourth floor of her dorm, made a running attempt, and her momentum carried her over the railing. She landed on her head and died. It was really tragic. If I remember correctly, alcohol was not involved.