General Discussion

catbyte

(39,151 posts)

76. "Dr. Darwin, paging Dr. Charles Darwin..."

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 02:47 AM

Dec 2013

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

181 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Tourist distracted by Facebook falls off pier [View all] marmar Dec 2013 OP

Whew! Saved the phone. tanyev Dec 2013 #1

We don't have sabertooth tigers anymore to weed out the slow and stupid. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #2

First belly laugh of the day tavernier Dec 2013 #91

she couldn't help it - her head was in the cloud wordpix Dec 2013 #164

^== DUZY! IdaBriggs Dec 2013 #169

This story is no good without video :D Aerows Dec 2013 #3

I didn't want to laugh at that one. I really didn't. Iggo Dec 2013 #8

I'm going to have to ask for a link XemaSab Dec 2013 #13

Here... Agschmid Dec 2013 #19

Classic XemaSab Dec 2013 #22

Oh wow... SidDithers Dec 2013 #35

lmao, she was looking at her phone as she walked out of the pool wordpix Dec 2013 #163

LOL Mr Dixon Dec 2013 #21

And the dumb-ass who almost walked into a bear: arcane1 Dec 2013 #52

Holy cow Aerows Dec 2013 #60

We always knew you were a raccoon-teur pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #69

This kind of thing will keep happening. HappyMe Dec 2013 #4

Probably took a selfie on the way down. marmar Dec 2013 #6

LOL! HappyMe Dec 2013 #7

... quinnox Dec 2013 #65

And her selfie made a big splash on Instagram pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #81

Facebook automatically waterlogged her out immediately afterwards (n/t) klook Dec 2013 #94

It's just as well...it was only a three hour tour pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #154

Another victim of pier-to-pier networking. Orrex Dec 2013 #5

I've called the "bad joke police" to your home Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #9

You'll never take me alive, copper! Orrex Dec 2013 #11

it is obvious we are as-sailed Aerows Dec 2013 #37

Don't worry--I've already alerted DU's MIRTH Team. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #86

Aren't frivolous alerts verboaten? countryjake Dec 2013 #88

Hang on while I put in a call to the admins to check on that... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #89

Snort? What? Are you doing quay-ludes or something? countryjake Dec 2013 #90

I mast object to yawl's making clams reef with insanduations pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #100

Bwahahahahahaha! The Pun King strikes again! countryjake Dec 2013 #101

It's an undeserved rep pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #104

Tanks... countryjake Dec 2013 #106

Yeah, this is overboard. klook Dec 2013 #136

The admins should dock your posting privileges for that one jberryhill Dec 2013 #12

That would be a declaration of open wharf-fare. Orrex Dec 2013 #14

Now you're just piling on jberryhill Dec 2013 #20

I'd have docked them Aerows Dec 2013 #24

Uh oh. I think he harbors some resentment now. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #27

I think we all need Aerows Dec 2013 #31

We need to Deep Six this thread before somebody gets hurt. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #42

I have an ocean to abandon this entire discussion Orrex Dec 2013 #45

That ship has sailed Aerows Dec 2013 #46

At this point, I'd settle for any port in a storm BlueStreak Dec 2013 #48

That's the tip of the iceberg n/t Aerows Dec 2013 #49

That's cold BlueStreak Dec 2013 #53

Indeed--me timbers are shiverin' pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #123

It was just a slip of the keyboard. KamaAina Dec 2013 #36

LMAO! Cannon understand why, though Aerows Dec 2013 #38

Despite all evidence to the contrary, he claims he is just hunky-dory pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #83

It's all water under the bridge now.....=p AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #87

I resemble that remark. rrneck Dec 2013 #50

Skinner should trim your sails on that one, but I like the cut of your jib. nt msanthrope Dec 2013 #16

I'm knot buying it... Aerows Dec 2013 #25

That comment should buoy his spirits. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #29

I'll raise a glass of Port. Aerows Dec 2013 #32

I'll join you. I was Army, but I harbor no ill will toward the marinas. pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #70

Oh, for heaven's Sake! klook Dec 2013 #133

The dangers of posting when three sheets to the wind (n/t) klook Dec 2013 #97

Thanks for the luffs pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #98

Scuttlebutt is the anchorman on the local news station pumped this bilge for days. klook Dec 2013 #108

Must be broadcasting from the poop deck pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #109

Yes, the crews of these garbage scows are always scanning the horizon klook Dec 2013 #110

They keel me. Could they be any corsair? pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #111

That fo'csle demeanor belies a barque that's worse than their bytes klook Dec 2013 #112

What would propeller to do that? pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #113

pinboy3niner, I doff my boater in salute! klook Dec 2013 #114

Pinboy is a mast-er of the nautical pun. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #116

Canoe imagine anyone more fleet of mind klook Dec 2013 #118

Take away all the flotsam and jetsam... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #125

I guess what everybody always said about me is true--I AM a nauty boy pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #122

Careful with the flattery or I'm going to need a new capsize pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #127

I was once told, "Get thee to a punnery!" klook Dec 2013 #134

LMFAO! Aerows Dec 2013 #23

That was funny. Yavin4 Dec 2013 #40

Where the heck is Pinboy3Niner? n/t Aerows Dec 2013 #47

lol... He's studying for the Friday art quiz jberryhill Dec 2013 #54

Now you're just yankee-ing my chain pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #56

I know Aerows Dec 2013 #61

That's some craft-y embroidering pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #68

I admiral your dedicated searching! countryjake Dec 2013 #93

Thanks! I always like to put action ahead of naval-gazing. pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #99

No need to send an S-O-S, you all shorely had things well-covered pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #57

Your opinion on such Aerows Dec 2013 #67

If you're gonna keep reaching broadly and staying on this tack... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #71

Oh...that's a good one onpatrol98 Dec 2013 #103

That, was good!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #105

What an idiot. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #10

"Siri --- call the Coast Guard and give them my position". JoePhilly Dec 2013 #15

She figured she was on a Facebook mission, so she told them it was... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #72

"Siri - teach me to swim." JoePhilly Dec 2013 #17

"Siri - What kind of shark is that?" JoePhilly Dec 2013 #18

lol! nt Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2013 #26

It's the great Aerows Dec 2013 #28

New Scientific Discovery! Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2013 #41

It's okay, she's on top of it pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #75

She's rockin' to & fro, groovin' in the key of Sea klook Dec 2013 #131

When that album came out they were already past their binnacle. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #144

Yeah, that one only cost me a fin when I dredged it out of the record stow yarrs ago... klook Dec 2013 #170

Good point. Before Great White, Phish couldn't carry a tuna. pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #171

"Siri, how do I get the taste of suntan lotion out of my mouth?" klook Dec 2013 #135

ROFL!! pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #137

She otter be more careful in the future. klook Dec 2013 #138

Nokiadding! pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #141

The sun was setting below the verizon, klook Dec 2013 #148

She wandered into Chanteytown klook Dec 2013 #150

Her mistake was passing up the iPhone for the iYamWhatiYamPhone pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #146

Yeah, she was too Wimpy to try the iPhone klook Dec 2013 #147

Best post ever. Number23 Dec 2013 #166

"Siri - How do I stop massive hemorrhaging from the loss of an arm?" Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #55

Attach a tourniquet Aerows Dec 2013 #62

Really? Are you Siri-ous? Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #63

It was Aerows Dec 2013 #66

"Siri - am I a dumbass?" HappyMe Dec 2013 #30

Siri: "After all of the ass selfies you posted... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #82

lol! HappyMe Dec 2013 #120

Geeze, at least it wasn't a nose dive..or was it. n/t Jefferson23 Dec 2013 #33

There's no evidence that she had any background in nasal operations pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #85

That was good and I enjoyed it, lol..thanks. Jefferson23 Dec 2013 #119

Parents, never tell your texting and facebook obsessed kid to take a long walk off a short pier nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2013 #34

Facebook: Enabling stupidity at the speed of light BlueStreak Dec 2013 #39

Twitter, texting and instagram too. HappyMe Dec 2013 #43

"Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!" pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #74

"...still clutching her phone" quinnox Dec 2013 #44

Never dropped the phone liberal N proud Dec 2013 #51

She was back-arrowing like crazy, unfortunately to no avail pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #58

Oh I would believe that liberal N proud Dec 2013 #59

"Siri: Control-Z! Control-Z! Control-glubglub..." (n/t) klook Dec 2013 #95

Darwin must have taken a day off malaise Dec 2013 #64

A jackass without pier pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #73

DUzy - that was Excellent malaise Dec 2013 #84

"Dr. Darwin, paging Dr. Charles Darwin..." catbyte Dec 2013 #76

Facebook is trying to kill you. TeamPooka Dec 2013 #77

Maybe they should rename it Faceplantbook pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #78

I wonder how many likes she got from posting about the incident on FB after? Locut0s Dec 2013 #79

Not so many likes--but she did catch a lot of waves pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #80

Is there no depth to which you won't sink to as-sail this poor woman? (n/t) klook Dec 2013 #92

It's well-known that pinboy has always been a little dinghy. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #115

Don't have a scow, man! pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #124

I can't fathom why everyone finds this so amusing. klook Dec 2013 #96

I can't fathom it either. It wasn't even on my sonar. I guess... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #129

Wow, these phones are so magical they float on water, I hear the next generation of RKP5637 Dec 2013 #102

Well, the phone DID come with an IRONCLAD guarantee. :) nt pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #128

Only drawback is they MONITOR all your calls. (n/t) klook Dec 2013 #132

Some people should just be required to wear a helmet and foaties at all times. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #107

A metaphor for out times.... TransitJohn Dec 2013 #117

More like a semaphore... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #121

Officially my favorite DU thread. :) tridim Dec 2013 #126

THANKS, OBAMA!1!! pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #130

I think the woman was smoking while breast-feeding when she fell off the pier klook Dec 2013 #139

I was afraid enthusiasm for this thread was ebbing klook Dec 2013 #140

It's a miraculous re-berth pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #143

From the dinghy perspective, klook Dec 2013 #149

Okay I shouldn't laugh 'cause I did something similar.... whistler162 Dec 2013 #142

*gasp* WHAT ABOUT THE BRATWURST?????? tanyev Dec 2013 #151

You never sausage a spectacle pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #152

DOP(dead on pier) but they gave me another one whistler162 Dec 2013 #176

It's not every day you see someone brag about getting the wurst insurance pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #177

Frank-ly, I suspect your bratwurst story is baloney. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #155

If you have a beef you should at least state on what ground pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #156

The poster is a well-known ham. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #157

Link? pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #159

OMG. A one-word masterpiece of a post! Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #160

I wasn't certain, butt I had a haunch you'd approve pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #162

You both should be carted away in the patty wagon for the braisin' tripe in this sub-thread, klook Dec 2013 #172

That's offal! nt pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #174

PSA: In response to all who inquired, no this is NOT the Photo Contest 'Fall' thread pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #145

Did you see the guy who almost walked into a bear? leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #153

Luckily, he had an escape claws pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #158

It was a Kodiak moment! klook Dec 2013 #167

It sounds like you are having ursine-ior moment pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #178

Yeah, these damn cub reporters klook Dec 2013 #179

The I-Don't-Care Bears are...unbearable pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #180

Aww, thanks for carrion! klook Dec 2013 #181

talk about obsession! chungking34 Dec 2013 #161

she couldn't swim but "She still had her mobile phone in her hand" wordpix Dec 2013 #165

Of COURSE she clung to her phone then. How else was she going to post on FB... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #168

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #173

Faceplant.com Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #175