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| April 7, 2006
Posted on 04/10/2006 11:41:38 AM PDT by presidio9
A Wisconsin man is warning others about the dangers of binge drinking after he jumped over the edge of a parking garage wall and fell four stories to the pavement below.
Matt Mathe survived the fall, which was caught on surveillance video.
The video shows him running full speed and flipping over the wall. For a split second, he tries to catch himself, but by then it is too late.
Mathe said he was so drunk that he thought he was on the first floor and could simply hop over the wall onto the street.
"It was a mistake," he said. "I can assure you it will never happen again."
Although Mathe survived the fall, he was seriously injured. Firefighters returning to their station across the street spotted him and got him to the hospital.
Mathe broke his spine in two places, several ribs, his pelvis, his shoulder, his collarbone and he punctured both lungs.
He says he has since brought his drinking under control, appreciates life more and always looks before he leaps.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: absinthe; grappa; holdmuhbeer; ouzo; pastis; vangogh; woohoowoohoohoo
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:41:41 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
I believe the most famous of these incidents was when van Gough cut off his ear after three days of drinking Pastis, a french drink like Italian grappa or Greek ouzo.
To: presidio9
--He says he has since brought his drinking under control,
Yeah..right.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:44:14 AM PDT
by
bkepley
To: presidio9
"It was a mistake," he said. We now have an early front-runner and odds-on favorite in the "Understatement of the Year" competition.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:44:24 AM PDT
by
Bob
To: presidio9
Well, he TRIED to qualify for a Darwin award...
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:44:46 AM PDT
by
RebelBanker
(If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
To: SF Republican
NOt quite as strong as grappa, but it will mess you up.
To: SF Republican
A friend of mine did almost this same exact thing- except he wasn't drunk.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:45:08 AM PDT
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: presidio9
The world would be better off had this idiot offed himself.
8
posted on
04/10/2006 11:46:17 AM PDT
by
gilor
(Pull the wool over your own eyes!)
To: presidio9
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:46:36 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: presidio9
The photo explains why/how he got his drinking "under control". He can't move.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:46:44 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: presidio9
This happened on a bridge in Santee in San Diego County in 2004.
A guy stopped his car in the middle of the night to assist an accident that had happened on the other side of the freeway. He ran over, put two hands on the waste-high guard rail and jumped into the center median. Only there was no center media. It was a 100 foot high bridge over a canyon. Amazingly the guy survived. That bridge now has a taller guard rail.
Apparently that stretch of road is not lighted so that the some allegedly rare birds in the canyon below aren't disturbed.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:46:47 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: presidio9
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:46:49 AM PDT
by
Maceman
(Fake but accurate -- and now double-sourced)
To: SF Republican; Tijeras_Slim
I believe Van Gogh was drinking absinthe, which is distilled from wormwood, and has halucinogenic properties. Pastis was developed in the early 20th century as a substitute. Both are flavored with anise.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:48:28 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; Dashing Dasher; najida; ...
Some people just can't handle their booze, PING!!
To: presidio9
I have got to see this surveillance video!!
anyone gotta link?
15
posted on
04/10/2006 11:50:20 AM PDT
by
fhlh
(Polls are for Strippers.)
To: presidio9
What . . . some lawyer hasn't offered yet to sue the property owner?
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:51:07 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: presidio9
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:52:14 AM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: fhlh
I have got to see this surveillance video!! anyone gotta link?
Video
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:54:11 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9
Thanks, but I got
HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:55:09 AM PDT
by
fhlh
(Polls are for Strippers.)
To: fhlh
Just click on the link to the story.
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posted on
04/10/2006 11:55:38 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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