Posted on 12/17/2013 11:42:12 PM PST by Olog-hai
A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone, officials said Wednesday.
The woman was walking along a bay in Melbourne on Monday night when she became distracted by her Facebook feed and plummeted off the pier into the chilly water, Victoria state police said. …
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I was shopping last week and there were three teens walking in the parking lot texting or whatever. One of them walked right into a light post.
The others kept on walking as he picked himself up off the pavement. I laughed loud enough for him to know I saw how stupid he looked.
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