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Possible Darwin Award Nominee Aug 18th 2008
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Posted on 08/19/2008 9:19:08 AM PDT by 7thOF7th

A kite surfer gets taken out of the ocean and gets lifted by the wind and crashed and gets seriously injured and is rushed to the hospital.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: kitesurfing
What was this guy thinking? I don't think it takes much sense to know you do not strap yourself to a kite when there is a tropical storm overhead. I hope he wins the 2008 Darwin award for all that it stands for.
1 posted on 08/19/2008 9:19:08 AM PDT by 7thOF7th
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To: 7thOF7th

He got banged up but he’ll be alright. In a perfect natural selection world this guy would kill himself before he can pass his idiot genes onto the next generation.


2 posted on 08/19/2008 9:21:34 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
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To: 7thOF7th

Why didn’t he let go! Jeez!


3 posted on 08/19/2008 9:21:44 AM PDT by Vanbasten
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I was thinking the same thing, Darwin award, when I saw this on the news.....


4 posted on 08/19/2008 9:23:28 AM PDT by Kimmers (Liberalism: Where fun goes to die)
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To: Vanbasten

The news said he was strapped into a harness.


5 posted on 08/19/2008 9:24:16 AM PDT by neal1960 (This space for rent.)
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6 posted on 08/19/2008 9:27:43 AM PDT by edzo4
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Why on earth would anyone be flying those kites in that kind of weather?!


7 posted on 08/19/2008 9:29:28 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: 7thOF7th

Run on sentence award.


8 posted on 08/19/2008 9:31:47 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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Saw this on Fox News a short while ago. Who in their right mind goes wind surfing in high winds? Probably votes Democrat.


9 posted on 08/19/2008 9:34:32 AM PDT by mass55th
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To: 7thOF7th

And DUmmyland loses another long-time poster . . . .


10 posted on 08/19/2008 9:50:13 AM PDT by surely_you_jest ( Obamarrhoids are a pain in the ass . . . .)
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A few years ago there is footage of a kite surfer who got caught in a vortex. It took him up about 120-200 feet. He made it back down okay though.


11 posted on 08/19/2008 9:50:47 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: 7thOF7th

Another victim of global warming (c)...


12 posted on 08/19/2008 10:07:35 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: Born to Conserve
Run on sentence award.

diarrhea of the ands... and, and, and,

13 posted on 08/19/2008 10:18:46 AM PDT by latina4dubya (self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdgUFKH9rDw&feature=related


14 posted on 08/19/2008 10:39:45 AM PDT by valkyry1
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