Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov dies in Indian hotel fall

[sunonmars]

Whoops another one

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64101437

Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead at an Indian hotel, two days after a friend died during the same trip.
They were visiting the eastern state of Odisha and the millionaire, who was also a local politician, had just celebrated his birthday at the hotel.
Antov was a well known figure in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow.
Last summer he denied criticising Russia's war in Ukraine after a message appeared on his WhatsApp account.

[dalton99a]

1. Russians and their strange affinity for free fall

[certainot]

31. there was an old movie maybe made in 70s or 80s about people who thought they could fly, jumping

out of windows. i think as a docu-comedy but i could't find it with some searching. maybe it was a short.

[mitch96]

37. When I was a kid some jerk on acid thought he could fly... nope...nt

[certainot]

47. i found it - "the falls" released in 1980 - not quite what i remember

THE FALLS: PETER GREENAWAY’S VIOLENT UNKNOWN EVENT MOVIE
August 14, 2018 · by Supreme Being · in Active Observation. ·
In The Falls (1980), Peter Greenaway’s first feature film, Greenaway does what he seems to enjoy most: cataloging, numbering, and otherwise ordering the chaos of life. The Falls, we are told at its outset, is only a part of a much larger project, that of cataloging everyone affected by the Violent Unknown Event (VUE), which VUE is, per its name, never explained. Whatever it was, it happened, it affected millions, and in some way or another, birds had something significant to do with it.

The Falls, then, is concerned only with the 92 people affected by the VUE whose last names begins with letters FALL

[mitch96]

39. I think it's a pandemic of gravity flu... get's 'em a lot I hear tell..😝..nt

[Better Days Ahoy]

2. Hmmm. Seems we've stumbled on a way to get rid of these people

1. Hack their social media. Security is loose.
2. Post negative crap about Putin and the war.
3. Sit back and wait.

[dembotoz]

3. we think the same way

[Better Days Ahoy]

4. I'm happy about that. Hello, friend.

I'm kind of a fan of Mob documentaries and movies like "Colombiana".
De-sensitized? Only in certain specific cases.
I still tear up at Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies.
But I'd sleep like a baby at night if I had any part in it.

[dembotoz]

8. any part of it...mob movies or hallmark

a mob hallmark movie......hmmmmm

a hitman moves to a small town in vermont

[jaxexpat]

25. Yeah, and falls for a beautiful young syrup smuggler.

They get together, quit the mob and retire, selling home-to-market Moose milk on contract to the NFL.


Until their old bosses try to horn in on their action. Then, it's "Antlers Aweigh", how Penelope got her groove back.

There's a sequel and a prequel and a Nyquil* too.





*not recommended as a sleep aid

[calimary]

36. Antlers Aweigh!

LOL

[Deuce]

12. Colombiana...

[Better Days Ahoy]

52. Right?

[stopdiggin]

5. Hey, not everyone that falls out a window ...

quart and a half of vodka can upset almost anybody's balance!
------- -------

[pamdb]

6. I don't know

Russians sure do seem to fall a lot in hotels lately.

[SKKY]

7. It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end.

I mean if you are a Russian Oligarch (Or very, very rich at least) I feel like you probably should re-evaluate your hotel accommodations while traveling. Perhaps stay on the 1st floor? Maybe that's why so many of them have Yachts.

[niyad]

23. But they fall off their yachts, too.

[Igel]

41. Ah, make that "ground floor."

In many countries, the first floor is the one above the ground floor.

[SKKY]

48. Good catch. I lived in Spain for a lot of years and that's certainly how...

...they do it there. Still like my chances from the first floor.

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Those who offend poot can expect a sudden, unpleasant experience involving gravity

I’d be looking at hotel rooms on the 1st floor.

[yaesu]

10. I blame the famous arch villain gravity. Nt

[IronLionZion]

11. Russians sure do have a lot of window accidents

Criticizing Putin can make a Russian very clumsy

[milestogo]

13. My dog wants to know how to become a sausage tycoon.

[CentralMass]

19. I suspect going to Chicago is the pla e to start.

[ChazInAz]

33. I don't know about that....

Lot of really tall buildings in Chicago.

[CentralMass]

38. 😄

[Journeyman]

49. You'll have to take on the name, "Abe Froman" . . .

[PCIntern]

14. I'm always amused because I think

Of the sequence in the James Bond book, Live And Let Die when Bond had his finger deliberately broken by the henchman of the bad guy in a very sadistic manner, the little finger of his left hand if I recall correctly, and then he goes to a medic to get patched up. The medic asks what happened to your finger and Bond replies. I caught it in a door and the medic says good thing you didn’t catch your neck in that door.

These windows need some repair, methinks…...

[Dustlawyer]

15. Sausage King of Chicago had himself impersonated by a high school kid in the 80's

And now this! Sucks to be a sausage king.

[winstars]

43. Abe Froman

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. "...and so began the "Sausage Wars" of the roaring '20s."

Remember, if you love the law, and love sausage, don't watch either of them being made.

[Historic NY]

17. Must be the grind of everyday Russian life....

[dawn5651]

18. russian tycoons have got to be the clumsiest people

on the planet. this keeps up there aren't going to be any russian tycoons left...since sarcasm doesn't come across well in the typed word i am telling you i am being sarcastic.

[CentralMass]

20. Pootie deserves a nice rest in a hotel somewhere.

[Mr. Sparkle]

21. Windows must be the no.1 killer of well connected Russians

[Mortos]

22. Abe Vroman, the Sausage King of Chicago

Sends his condolences.

[ToxMarz]

24. Not everyone that falls out a window/balcony is a russian oligarch

but everyone who is a russian oligarch seems to take the plunge

[dbonds]

26. Gravity in Russia must be off the hook.

Never go above the 1st floor.

[StClone]

27. Poor Pootey he is can't get Ukraine to the ledge.

[Buckeyeblue]

28. It would be funny if it was really Ukrainian hits...

Putin can't say it's not him because that sounds guilty as hell. So he hasy to stand by and watch as the inner circle falls (literally...as my 19 year old would say).

[hsjw]

29. Russian way

Strange falls and poisoning,both the classic soviet era elimination methods .
See they are now trying to eliminate Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia ,Putin never forgave him for opposing and resisting the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008...now , mysteriously he has fallen ill while in detention...poisoning ?

[gopiscrap]

55. welcome to DU

[Zambero]

30. Just a mysterious mystery meat mishap?

[Turbineguy]

32. According to Douglas Adams

The knack to flying lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and missing

[lindysalsagal]

34. "Hey! Antov! Where you rushin' off to- oh. Oops."

Stating the obvious is very very bad for your health in Russia

[cstanleytech]

35. Seems like Russians critical of Putin keep "accidentally" falling to their deaths.

[Deep State Witch]

40. Another One Bites The Dust

And another one gone, and another one gone...

[Chainfire]

42. We need to rename the Russian billionaires as "diecoons."

Money is hazardous to one's health.

[FakeNoose]

44. First mistake: he had a WhatsApp account

Second mistake: he posted anti-Putin messages on it.

Third mistake: he didn't leave the country when he had the chance. Although Putin's goons would have gotten to him even if he's out of the country. Several Russian oligarchs have died mysteriously in London, for example.

[LisaL]

46. He was in India when he died.

NT

[CTyankee]

45. It is called "defenestration" and goes back a while. Time honored way to rid yourself of a meddlesom

person politically. No gun, no knife, no poison. Just an open window and enough strong people to force the victim out.

[bif]

50. The Russians sure are a clumsy lot!

[Efilroft Sul]

51. The identity of the Russian sausage tycoon's pusher is the missing link.

[dbonds]

53. Best response award winner.

🏆

[Efilroft Sul]

54. Thank you, thank you! I'm here all week. Try the veal.