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Eiffel Tower parachutist killed (Some Norwegian Dude)
CNN ^
| 5/17/2005
| AP
Posted on 05/17/2005 11:15:53 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz
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To: EQAndyBuzz
Ban the Eiffel Tower NOW!
To: EQAndyBuzz
I have a quibble with the headline. A parachutist is someone who successfully parachutes. This guy was a parachuter for about 10 feet. After that, he was indistinguishable from a jumper.
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:38:48 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: theDentist
He was probably pining for the fjords.
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:39:04 AM PDT
by
Restorer
To: Restorer
"He was probably pining for the fjords."
ROFL... you owe me a keyboard.
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:40:48 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
To: Restorer
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:41:36 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
To: Restorer
Should have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express!
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:42:11 AM PDT
by
Former
To: EQAndyBuzz
It wasn't the fall that killed him, it was the sudden stop.
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:43:15 AM PDT
by
Wiggins
To: reagan_fanatic
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:43:35 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri Schindler <strike>Schiavo</strike> - www.terrisfight.org)
To: EX52D
Looking at the design of the structure...why would you want to jump from a structure with a base larger than where you're jumping from? LOL, that's exactly what I was thinking. Base jumping off something shaped like that that also has a lot of pokey-outey things sticking out of the sides is just asking to get Darwinized.
LQ
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:47:50 AM PDT
by
LizardQueen
(The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Once again proving gravity does indeed work...
To: SteveMcKing
"Investigators believe his parachute got caught in the tower's structure, causing it to detach from his body.
He continued his fall without the parachute"
That last line is hilarious.
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:53:46 AM PDT
by
BadAndy
(Specializing in unnecessarily harsh comments.)
To: franksolich
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:55:25 AM PDT
by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com)
To: VA_Gentleman
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posted on
05/17/2005 11:58:31 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: Restorer
He was probably pining for the fjords I am so ashamed at myself for laughing at that - but I can't help it.
By the way, I wonder if he used a French Army parachute?
To: EQAndyBuzz
Like the old saying, "...it's not the first 1000' that's the problem but that last inch (or centimeter in France) which makes all the difference." The old, indefatigable law of gravity always wins out.
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posted on
05/17/2005 12:02:36 PM PDT
by
Skybird
To: Calpernia
Actually, it should read: 'Parachutist killed by Eiffel Tower'Maybe you meant Evil Tower?
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posted on
05/17/2005 12:02:39 PM PDT
by
melancholy
(There are no columnists in the MSM, only fifth columnists.)
To: andy58-in-nh
""By the way, I wonder if he used a French Army parachute?""
Don't know, but I have a French WWII rifle for sale.
Never fired and only dropped once.
To: EQAndyBuzz
Stop! Stop! I'm laughing so hard I choked on my sandwich. There are some really funny FReepers here.
To: commonerX
I figured that a French Army parachute would also have only been dropped once. Besides, it's easier to surrender when your hands are already up in the air.
To: Reo; EQAndyBuzz
<< "part of publicity for a Norwegian clothing brand,"
Darwin Dungarees?? >>
Nope.
Darwin diapers!
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posted on
05/17/2005 12:20:40 PM PDT
by
Brian Allen
(I fly and can therefore be envious of no man -- Per Ardua ad Astra!)
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