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India: Three die as kite string slits their throats
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| 08/17/2016
Posted on 08/17/2016 7:43:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:43:01 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
glass-coated stringsWho is the genius that came up with that one? What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:44:14 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Probably some guy named No-Fingers Rajasha...
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:47:40 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: dfwgator
We used to do that when I was a kid.
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:48:17 AM PDT
by
dinodino
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:48:36 AM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson))
To: dfwgator
Who is the genius that came up with that one?
I'm pretty sure I remember that from the Cub Scout book.
Albeit, the glass coating was a section towards the kite, and used to duel another kite, severing the other kite's string, rather than the throat of the other kite flier.
Or, anybody else, for that matter.
To: dfwgator
Probably the same guy who first realized that Roman Candles could make good anti-personnel weapons for fireworks wars...
Seems like every culture has its share of stupid.
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:51:26 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
To: Calvin Locke
exactly, read a book called Kite Runner, its what they do, sort of like a race i guess... though i dont see how you could cut THREE peoples throats...
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:51:51 AM PDT
by
wyowolf
(Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
To: BenLurkin
Brings a whole new meaning to telling someone to “go fly a kite.”
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:52:30 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: BenLurkin
We need kite-string control laws!!
To: wyowolf
“though i dont see how you could cut THREE peoples throats...”
==
Wind whipping it around several people?
To: dfwgator
Who is the genius that came up with that one?
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:55:40 AM PDT
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: BenLurkin
Damn!...That’s probably the worst case of dumb luck I’ve ever heard of.
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:56:51 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: dfwgator
They put blades and razors on their kites to cut the strings of their opponents. The glass coating was the answer to prevent the string from being cut. Unfortunately it also effectively converts their string into a piano wire which is not a good thing to have flinging around on a windy day in a crowd.
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posted on
08/17/2016 7:59:32 AM PDT
by
Marko413
To: dfwgator
glass-coated strings Who is the genius that came up with that one? What could possibly go wrong? Ever heard of kite fighting?
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posted on
08/17/2016 8:00:01 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: LouieFisk
Seems a bit unlikely but I guess so :)
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posted on
08/17/2016 8:00:08 AM PDT
by
wyowolf
(Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
To: BenLurkin
Glass-coated strings are used to bring down competitors’ kites
what ever happened to mounting Machine Guns on your kite ?
To: NorthMountain
We did that as kids, but we hung fishhooks off of our kites. We also made a ton of bombs, rockets and flaming ordnance. We were stupid back then.
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posted on
08/17/2016 8:05:13 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: butlerweave
“What ever happened to mounting Machine Guns on your kite ?”
I know. Kids today, huh?
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posted on
08/17/2016 8:07:18 AM PDT
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
To: BenLurkin
I had no idea kite flying could be such a cutthroat affair.
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posted on
08/17/2016 8:15:52 AM PDT
by
pa_dweller
(Let the baby seal clubbing begin.)
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