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Man falls off balcony in spitting contest
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| 6/1/07
| Reuters
Posted on 06/01/2007 8:20:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 43-year-old German man was taken to hospital in critical condition after he fell off a second storey balcony during a spitting contest with his 12-year-old son, police said Friday.
A spokesman for the police in the eastern town of Cottbus said the man in Forst had apparently lost his balance after thrusting too far forward in his attempt to outspit his son.
He tumbled over the ledge and landed on a balcony of the ground floor apartment, police said. He was taken to hospital in a rescue helicopter.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: balcony; contest; spitting
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To: NormsRevenge
Getting into a spitting contest with someone always carries some unique risks ...
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posted on
06/01/2007 8:34:43 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: NormsRevenge
Didn’t Michael Jackson hold up one of his kids over a balcony in Berlin? Must be that strong German beer...
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posted on
06/01/2007 8:35:37 PM PDT
by
joonbug
To: NormsRevenge
Good thing the balcony caught his fall.
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posted on
06/01/2007 8:35:43 PM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: NormsRevenge
To: Thrownatbirth
More than likely the balcony on the ground floor was just a railing around a concrete deck, which is generally part of the sidewalk.
Ouch!
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posted on
06/01/2007 8:52:08 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: NormsRevenge
The poor kid just saw the results of his gene pool first hand. Scarred for life I’ll bet.
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posted on
06/01/2007 8:54:27 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/01/2007 8:56:33 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: NormsRevenge
Well good thing it wasn’t a pissing contest.......
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posted on
06/01/2007 9:43:26 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/02/2007 12:07:43 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: NormsRevenge; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Lousy article - doesn’t even tell if the guy won.
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posted on
06/02/2007 2:02:58 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
To: Slings and Arrows
Maybe it’s me, but I don’t think the word “winner” was the word I was looking for with this guy.
“Winner”’s antonym, well, perhaps...
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posted on
06/02/2007 2:10:37 AM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(FReepmail me to join the FR Idaho Ping List.)
To: NormsRevenge; Slings and Arrows
A couple of weeks ago, I was at this beluga encounter, and I think the beluga won the spitting contest. No animals were hurt during this
filming spitting.
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posted on
06/02/2007 3:21:52 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.)
To: NormsRevenge; All
Darwin rules ... here's another contest gone bad ...
egg dropping.
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posted on
06/02/2007 3:36:41 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.)
To: NormsRevenge; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
A 43-year-old German man was taken to hospital in critical condition after he fell off a second storey balcony during a spitting contest with his 12-year-old son, police said Friday. Ich bin ein badspitter.
To: martin_fierro; NormsRevenge; Charles Henrickson
You’d expectorate more from an adult....
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posted on
06/02/2007 9:35:38 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(He did end up in Forst place, though)
To: NormsRevenge
Mein Bier halten, während ich dies tue.
(Hold my beer while I do this.)
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posted on
06/02/2007 9:45:32 AM PDT
by
LibKill
("RUDY GIULIANI" is just "HILLARY CLINTON" misspelled and wearing a dress.)
To: NormsRevenge
Well, this didn’t happen before he was able to pass on the “stupid” gene.
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posted on
06/02/2007 9:48:27 AM PDT
by
LantzALot
(Yes, it’s my opinion. No, it’s not humble.)
To: NormsRevenge
6-10 years ago, a young woman attending Gonzaga University in Spokane, who I believe was a freshman at the time, died exactly this way. She was in a spitting contest from a dorm room balcony (don’t recall which floor...I think 2 or 3). She went over the edge, landed on her head on the concrete below, and died instantly at the scene. It was a real tragedy for all those who knew her.
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posted on
06/02/2007 1:09:52 PM PDT
by
highimpact
(Abortion - [n]: human sacrifice at the altar of convenience.)
To: NormsRevenge
Poetic justice.
(public spitting is a pet peeve of mine/and teaching his son the same charming behavior/hope he cracked his stupid skull ... maybe a little spillage of the ‘ol grey matter will work the same as the old time ‘bleed’ and improve the situation)
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