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Darwin Award - Death by Catapult
2004 Reader Submission - Darwin Awards ^
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Posted on 02/19/2004 4:02:31 PM PST by vannrox
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To: Restorer
The big question is whether or not the "billion" figure in the article refers to a British billion (which is one million times one million, and not the American convention of one thousand times one million)...
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posted on
02/19/2004 5:14:16 PM PST
by
Zeppo
To: Restorer
I have been through several major hurricanes. During the most sever, even the most devastated areas did not lost 1 out of 5 trees. Maybe one out of 50. Thick forested trees actually hold each other up in place. The majority of downed trees were those on the edge of the forested areas, where there was no protection.
To: vannrox
UK weather is almost as fun as Texas weather, although it takes them centuries to achieve really interesting reports.
British weather.
Excerpt: "Strange showers - 1984
It rained Dover sole and flounder in east London, possibly due to a tornado"
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:04:44 PM PST
by
xJones
To: vannrox
Too hokey to bother with snopes.com
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:05:25 PM PST
by
George W. Bush
(It's the Congress, stupid.)
To: Rebelbase
hahaha you're smart
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:07:26 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: Rebelbase
Everyone know they use the metric system in Britain. Do they?
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:12:25 PM PST
by
Jeff Gordon
(arabed - verb: lower in esteem; hurt the pride of [syn: mortify, chagrin, humble, abase, humiliate])
To: cyborg
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:18:21 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(The gravy train makes unscheduled stops.)
To: Jeff Gordon
s
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:18:48 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(The gravy train makes unscheduled stops.)
To: Rebelbase
*LOL* You read my mind hahahaha
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:21:19 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: vannrox
His body was found in a neighbour's garden over 1 mile away I say it's bogus as well. One mile by a naturally ocurring catapult? Impossible.
If there was that much stored energy in the tree trunk it would have ripped the soffit free from the house.
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:22:38 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The way that you wander is the way that you choose. The day that you tarry is the day that you lose.)
To: Jeff Gordon
I went there and all the speed limit signs were in miles per hour. Go figure.
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:52:21 PM PST
by
babaloo999
(Zionist troll since 2001)
To: babaloo999
When I was there, they had KM Per Hour signs up, but they drove on the wrong side...
To: vannrox
Doesn't add up.
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