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Man dies in 11-storey fall, Tragic ending to birthday party (Spitting contest!)
Ottawa Sun ^
| 2/24/04
| Andrew Seymour
Posted on 02/24/2004 11:57:04 AM PST by Clintons Are White Trash
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To: fourdeuce82d
My husband remembers the first time his indian friend got drunk (they were in engineering too). I think they were only on ground floors, thankfully.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:10:44 PM PST
by
WV Mountain Mama
(Global warming my A$$, when will spring get here?!?!?!)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"He was one of the smartest, most polite guys I ever met in my life," he said. "Excuse me, make way, coming through, pardon me, aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh!"
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:13:16 PM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Krodg
Actually maturity does eventually lead to death.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:13:43 PM PST
by
GigaDittos
(Bumper sticker: "Vote Democrat, it's easier than getting a job.")
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Some sage wisdom I received as a child:
As you go through life, two rules will never bend,
Never whittle towards yourself, or pee against the wind.
Sorry about this one:
It's my party, and I'll fly if I want to......fly if I want to....
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:14:54 PM PST
by
highnoon
(Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
To: Constitution Day
Where was his flying carpet?
Besides, Muslims like him aren't supposed to drink alcohol.
Will this reduce the number of virgins he gets in the next life?
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:15:09 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chi-townChief
You can always tell the smart, polite, and classy guys in Canada by how far they can spit.ROTFLOL
Good one!
To: Krodg
But no parachute.
To: TomServo
>It's Sir Isaac Newton Day today, folks! Watch as AJ demonstrates Newton's first law of physics - and gravity!
Its like the three Carnegie Mellon physics students who ran under a tree during a storm and got struck by lightning.
To: TC Rider
Actually he didn't fall to his death, he stopped to it.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:18:42 PM PST
by
GigaDittos
(Bumper sticker: "Vote Democrat, it's easier than getting a job.")
To: Clintons Are White Trash
If you find that you have slipped off a tall building accidently and are plummeting earthward at alarming tempo- spread your arms and repeat to yourself over and over with total conviction- "I can fly, I can fly!"
It can't hurt.
To: TC Rider
TC I sure would avoid the dumb ones there, but then how could you tell.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:20:48 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: Clintons Are White Trash
The sad thing that will come from all of this, after the litigation, is all the balconys will be covered over in bars or chain link enclosures or eliminated entirely.
(Reference Dayton Beach & former spring break activity of balcony hopping.)
To: nuconvert
Darwin Award material??Material? Inductee... Go to Darwin Award area.. do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:26:21 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(A thing not worth doing isn't worth doing well.)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Ottawa police Sgt. Joe Simpson. "Momentum carried him beyond."
Shouldn't that read "Momentum carried him to the great beyond"?
"When he got to Ottawa he called and said, 'Papa, I'm here and I'm all right,' " he said.
"If only I warned him about the dangers of Ottawa spitting contests, he would be alive today"
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:30:58 PM PST
by
lelio
To: Constitution Day; dighton; Poohbah; Tijeras_Slim; hellinahandcart; L,TOWM; BlueLancer
Momentum, indeed. Sounds like someone could use a physics refresher.
Let's assume he fell 30 meters, or just shy of 100 feet. Given that d = 0.5 * g * t2, neglecting air resistance, we see that 30 = 0.5 * 9.8 m/s2 * t2. Solving for t, we see that the time t before impact was about 2.5 seconds, give or take. The final, "impact" velocity, then, given by the equation vf = g * t, must have been 9.8 m/s2 * 2.5, or 24.5 m/s, more or less, or about 55 miles per hour.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:31:27 PM PST
by
general_re
(Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. - Tacitus)
To: MJY1288
No he fouled and was disqualified
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:31:34 PM PST
by
cav68
To: Clintons Are White Trash
A demonstration of "9.8 meters per second squared" in action.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:33:48 PM PST
by
Prince Caspian
(Don't ask if it's risky... Ask if the reward is worth the risk)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"...He had a maturity beyond his age." Beyond in which direction?
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:33:54 PM PST
by
Junior
(No animals were harmed in the making of this post)
To: Junior
He was a quiet man.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:38:04 PM PST
by
GigaDittos
(Bumper sticker: "Vote Democrat, it's easier than getting a job.")
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:38:17 PM PST
by
mhking
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