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.
http://katu.com/entertainment/story.asp?ID=84889
Then click on the "Watch This Story" link.
That has never worked for Wile E. Coyote....why did he think he could pull it off?
Decades of cartoon education all gone to waste.
Right you are. I should have known that.
here in lies the reason I keep my feet on the floor at all times.
hold my beer and watch this ping...
gives new meaning to "the higher you rise, the harder you fall."
Where's the "Hold Muh beer...." alert? Great opportunity for one.
I wanna know what kind of beer this guy was drinking!
Pastis and ouzo taste like licorice due to the anise. The Italian licorice tasting stuff would be sambuca.Grappa tastes more like,oh let's say Ronsonol.
At least that's been my experience during a memorable visit to Taranto,Italy.The grappa went down pretty rough,but it refueled my Zippo too!
Milwaukee's best.cheesheads.
Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope under that garbage.
1959 ORIGIONAL 78LP of the WOO-HOO song, resurected by the "5,6,7,8's" in "Kill Bill Vol #1".
OBTW trivia on this song, the "writer", George Donald McGraw, didn't write the song. He heard the band(The Rock-A-Teens) play the song written by the drummer of the group, and he bought the song from them, and in turn then recorded them doing it.
Here's the cut and paste link:
http://users.telerama.com/~agp/Cool_200508.html
He goes up to the counter and he couldn't connect language-wise, and he sees a grappa (or similar) poster with
a picture of a grape (grapefruit?). He points, says "grappa". The counter guy repeats "grappa"? He nods.
He said he knew he was in trouble when the other customers start edging closer, and the counter guy turns in to a
bartender, and pours out a measure. He said he felt committed at that point, with everybody looking at him, and
he downed the beverage.
The bartender ended up giving him some carbonated apple juice, or whatever.
"...brought his drinking under control"
He must still be drunk to make that statement.
I guessing the drink was limoncello and he thought it was lemonade.
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