seven dead at a kite-flying festival
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8696545%5E1702,00.html
now, is it just me, or does a kite flying festival sound like the safest thing you could have?
but apparantly not...
Sir Peter the sage
12-12-2004, 09:08
All these examples should be nominated for the Darwin Awards. Have you ever read the book they printed? It's hilarious how people can die in such stupid ways, often by doing something stupid themselves.
Roachsylvania
12-12-2004, 09:13
All these examples should be nominated for the Darwin Awards. Have you ever read the book they printed? It's hilarious how people can die in such stupid ways, often by doing something stupid themselves.
Uh... It could just be the booze fucking with my head, but I'm pretty sure that article's fake.
The Land of the Enemy
12-12-2004, 09:16
Nope, Roach, this is real. Believe it or not.
Roachsylvania
12-12-2004, 09:26
You sure? Because it seems all the other stories are either equally ridiculous, or too short and vague to be real.
Most of the deaths were caused by ignoring simple rules that others practice. Flying kites by power lines... Running out into the street (and the motorists not watching for kids running out into the street), the girl who had her neck sliced is rather unusual... can't comment without information.
I find the Deaths by bullets that are fired into the air rather... funny but not ha ha funny. When will these people learn that what goes up MUST come down.
Bizzare. But flying a kite with metal wires by powerlines doesn't seem that bright. Whatever happend to string?