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petronius

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10. These are the scary one, to me. Granted that the pulling of the emergency stop

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 11:17 PM

Oct 2013

and prying the doors open was pretty over the top, but what it really boils down to is slipping on concrete and dying from it. And who doesn't take a quick or thoughtless step now and then?

Poor guy, and tough for the family...

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Some Darwin Awards are just sad. [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 OP

Stupid is not sad. Sorry, but it just isn't. nt valerief Oct 2013 #1

What's sad is mocking people who are now dead by bestowing the Darwin Award on them. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #2

Or, by elevating the incident to a tongue-in-cheek award, Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #3

Keep telling yourself that. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #4

I can't change the fact that he's dead, Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #5

And that is sacred and honorable? aquart Oct 2013 #6

A condition unto which he rendered himself. Chan790 Oct 2013 #7

If you flout the physical laws governing the universe there is no do over. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #8

I used to enjoy things like this... TheMightyFavog Oct 2013 #9

These are the scary one, to me. Granted that the pulling of the emergency stop petronius Oct 2013 #10