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India: Three die as kite string slits their throats
BBC ^ | 08/17/2016

Posted on 08/17/2016 7:43:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 08/17/2016 7:43:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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glass-coated strings

Who is the genius that came up with that one? What could possibly go wrong?

2 posted on 08/17/2016 7:44:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Probably some guy named No-Fingers Rajasha...


3 posted on 08/17/2016 7:47:40 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: dfwgator

We used to do that when I was a kid.


4 posted on 08/17/2016 7:48:17 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: BenLurkin

Yikes!


5 posted on 08/17/2016 7:48:36 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson))
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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.

6 posted on 08/17/2016 7:49:07 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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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.


7 posted on 08/17/2016 7:51:26 AM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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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...


8 posted on 08/17/2016 7:51:51 AM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: BenLurkin

Brings a whole new meaning to telling someone to “go fly a kite.”


9 posted on 08/17/2016 7:52:30 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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We need kite-string control laws!!


10 posted on 08/17/2016 7:53:27 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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“though i dont see how you could cut THREE peoples throats...”
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Wind whipping it around several people?


11 posted on 08/17/2016 7:54:36 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: dfwgator
Who is the genius that came up with that one?

12 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)
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Damn!...That’s probably the worst case of dumb luck I’ve ever heard of.


13 posted on 08/17/2016 7:56:51 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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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.


14 posted on 08/17/2016 7:59:32 AM PDT by Marko413
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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?

15 posted on 08/17/2016 8:00:01 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: LouieFisk

Seems a bit unlikely but I guess so :)


16 posted on 08/17/2016 8:00:08 AM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: BenLurkin

Glass-coated strings are used to bring down competitors’ kites

what ever happened to mounting Machine Guns on your kite ?


17 posted on 08/17/2016 8:00:20 AM PDT by butlerweave
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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.


18 posted on 08/17/2016 8:05:13 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: butlerweave

“What ever happened to mounting Machine Guns on your kite ?”

I know. Kids today, huh?


19 posted on 08/17/2016 8:07:18 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
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To: BenLurkin

I had no idea kite flying could be such a cutthroat affair.


20 posted on 08/17/2016 8:15:52 AM PDT by pa_dweller (Let the baby seal clubbing begin.)
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