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Student Trying to Impress Woman Gets Stuck Between Buildings
U.S. News & World Report ^ | Aug. 23, 2016

Posted on 08/26/2016 10:42:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A University of Pittsburgh student trying to impress a woman by leaping from one rooftop to another instead fell into a narrow gap between the buildings near campus and had to be rescued

lA University of Pittsburgh student trying to impress a woman by leaping from one rooftop to another instead fell into a narrow gap between the buildings near campus and had to be rescued, police said Tuesday.

The student, a 22-year-old from nearby Indiana Township, fell awkwardly between buildings in the city's Oakland neighborhood and became wedged in a narrow, debris-filled space. It took rescuers about four hours to free him.

The couple apparently got onto the roof by climbing an exterior fire escape. After the man fell, the woman alerted campus police, who called city police.

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1 posted on 08/26/2016 10:42:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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My late father would have laughed about this till his sides hurt. It’s like a skit from the Jackie Gleason show.


2 posted on 08/26/2016 10:45:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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They had to tear a hole in the wall to get to him? Reminds of those skeletons found wedged in the fireplaces. That stuff gives me the heebie jeebies. No way would I ever buy a house where that had occurred.


3 posted on 08/26/2016 10:49:26 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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So, was she impressed or what?
Another “Nadia is NOT impressed” moment.


4 posted on 08/26/2016 10:49:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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What men won’t do to impress and conquer the ever-elusive female quarry.


5 posted on 08/26/2016 10:52:40 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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The student, a 22-year-old from nearby Indiana Township, fell awkwardly between buildings

I wonder if I could fall deftly in such a situation.

I imagine that this fellow did his best to fall gracefully since a lovely young woman was watching but apparently he failed according to this report.

6 posted on 08/26/2016 10:54:14 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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He was lucky he got stuck, instead of dropping all the way to the ground, from the roof, possibly getting killed.


7 posted on 08/26/2016 11:23:57 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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8 posted on 08/26/2016 11:37:39 PM PDT by SIDENET
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Apparently he left his Spidey suit at home?


9 posted on 08/26/2016 11:41:00 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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And he wanted her to fall for him.


10 posted on 08/26/2016 11:45:40 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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They had to tear a hole in the wall to get to him? Reminds of those skeletons found wedged in the fireplaces.

Yep, heard of them too. If they didn't have an accomplice, they were screwed. No one to call for help.

11 posted on 08/26/2016 11:58:37 PM PDT by Mark17 (The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure.)
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Guys trying to impress girls have explored the globe, made revolutionary discoveries, created brilliant works of art and started wars. And now, in 2016, they’ve also started wedging themselves between buildings.


12 posted on 08/27/2016 12:16:49 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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You would think if the distance was that small he would have made it. Perhaps all is not lost, he may have won her over by sympathy. That won’t last unless she is a stupid as he is.


13 posted on 08/27/2016 12:21:00 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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And now, in 2016, they’ve also started wedging themselves between buildings.

I'm sure they were wedged between building back then, too. It just wasn't recorded like the revolutionary discoveries, etc.

14 posted on 08/27/2016 12:32:02 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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The woman wasn’t even impressed.


15 posted on 08/27/2016 12:53:25 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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Hey, it beats getting wedged between the sofa and the wall at his mom’s house.


16 posted on 08/27/2016 12:57:51 AM PDT by Yardstick
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Well, she did go report it. She could have just left him there.


17 posted on 08/27/2016 1:00:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Maybe he got saved from falling the rest of the way because he had something sticking out


18 posted on 08/27/2016 1:03:18 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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If the guy couldn’t jump across a space between two buildings that was so narrow and he couldn’t make it and got stuck betwixt the two, well, the girl needs to move on and find a more suitable mate. Natural selection and all that. I’m thinking this guy was really, really drunk or high or both.


19 posted on 08/27/2016 2:11:30 AM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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20 posted on 08/27/2016 2:48:17 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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