Man Jumps Out Of Car On Highway (60 mph) To Retrieve Cigarette - Injured

[matcom]

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FOREMAN, Ark. -- A man was injured when he jumped from a car traveling 55-60 mph in an effort to retrieve a cigarette blown out of a passenger-side window.

Jeff Foran, 38, suffered trauma to his nose, eyes and chin after leaping from the car Saturday night and landing on the eastbound lane Arkanas 234 near the Oklahoma border, state police Trooper Jamie Gravier said.

The driver of the car, Jerry Glenn Nelson, 44, of Haworth, Okla., said Foran had asked him earlier in the evening to be a designated driver after a night of drinking.

"Foran did the right thing and asked his buddy to drive him home. Foran showed up at Nelson's home about 45 minutes earlier saying he (Foran) was too intoxicated to drive home, Gravier said.

"Nelson said Foran was smoking a cigarette when it blew out the window and Foran jumped out the window to retrieve the cigarette. Nelson said he was driving between 55 and 60 mph when Foran jumped out," the trooper said.

"It was obvious he was extremely intoxicated and this man was hurt," Gravier said. "If anything could make him stop smoking, this should be it. The man is lucky to be alive."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/23/man_leaps_from_car_to_retrieve_cigarette/

[LynneSin]

1. Let's hope this man sterlized himself in the process of his accident....

...seriously, do you want to claim this man was your father??

[Maddy McCall]

2. Shit! I know cigarette prices are rising...

but so is health care. Jeez, dude!

[northzax]

12. yeah, but insurance covers the health care

while I have ot pay for my own smokes.

[ClintonTyree]

3. A sure recipient of.....

the Darwin Award. :eyes: Arkansas, huh?

[LynneSin]

4. Don't you have to die in order to get the Darwin award?

The fact that the man survived means that it's possible for his seeds to populate future generations of children

[Maddy McCall]

5. I'd guess he already has.

:hi:

[all.of.me]

6. jeff foran of foreman hurt his forearm

[GOPisEvil]

7. "It was obvious he was extremely intoxicated...

No, really? Intoxicated?

Are we sure his name isn't spelled, "MORAN"?

[MrScorpio]

8. I think thay we have a new candidate for

The Tobacco Industry Hall Of Fame

[hlthe2b]

9. 60 minutes (rooney) had a RANT that said a carton was $75

Damn, no wonder people will go to these lengths.

In all seriousness, how the hell do poor folks buy cigarettes? They have to be doing so at the expense of food for the family. I couldn't afford such a habit, that's for sure without feeling major "hurt."

[Mizmoon]

13. they order them online

that's what I did when I smoked. Much cheaper.

This is also why the mob and terrorists and other nasties are dealing in illegal smokes now. They can make as much off of them as many illegal drugs without the high level of risk.

Just let people smoke if they want to, I say.

[Zuni]

14. where are these 75$ cartons?

I quit smoking a week ago, but cartons were only like 30-35$ :eyes:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

24. Only in NYC

Bloomberg added a $1.50 city sales tax to every pack of smokes when he took office.

Smokes in NYC city limits are approximately $6.50 to $7.50 a pack.

I always pick up cartons for my friends if I have to go out of town for any reason.

[unhappycamper]

10. Must be a repubbie. n/t

[Shell Beau]

11. I have to say that I have never ever been so

drunk that I would jump out of a moving car to get anything. Damn, what was he drinking?

[Zuni]

15. probably Mad Dog 20/20

that shit made me insane

[Shell Beau]

17. That is a rough one. I stayed far far away from that stuff.

[Zuni]

16. was it his last smoke?

that would make all the difference.

I wonder if he found it?

[jswordy]

18. Tell ya what, if he had been sober, he'd-a died.

I have seen it time and again at wrecks. The sober folks die, the drunks break an arm or leg BUT LIVE.

[AntiCoup2K4]

19. Alcohol is a great muscle relaxant.

Sober people tense up reflexively when they see they're about to get hit. This is exactly what leads to whiplash.

[Wapsie B]

20. He's in the running for the Darwin award.

nt

[matcom]

22. except you have to die for that

but he is practicing :D

[jmowreader]

21. Now we have a name for the face

We'd been wondering who the Get a Brain Morans guy is. Now we know.

On edit: I did a Check Spelling on this note and it flagged Morans. On this site, Morans is the correct spelling. Maybe it should be added to the dictionary?

[youthere]

23. Nasty habit...innit ?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

25. Is that Le Petit Nicolas? n/t

[youthere]

26. calvin n/t