Man dies in spitting contest plunge

[Mugu]

news.com.au/heraldsun

A SWISS man died when he fell from a hotel balcony during a spitting match with a friend, a Swiss newspaper has reported.

The daily Blick said the 29-year-old man took a run-up from inside the room so he could spit further, but lost his balance and plummeted 6.4m to the street below.

He died in hospital.

The man had suggested the contest when he and two friends returned from a disco to their hotel in Cadempino in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino canton in the early hours.

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[Doctor_J]

1. Darwin comes through again

:thumbsup:

[Sal Minella]

5. Every little improvement in the gene pool counts, yes.

[NightWatcher]

2. was it in the Deep South of Switzerland? yo de lay hee who, yall

[htuttle]

3. Hey! Hold my beer and watch this!

[Donnachaidh]

4. lemmee guess -- alcohol was involved, yes? n/t

[Regret My New Name]

6. I was gonna ask the same thing...

[Boojatta]

7. To add insult to injury, he didn't even win the spitting contest, did he?

[MindMatter]

8. "Spitting contest? I thought you said SPLATTING contest."

Darwin rules.

[lligrd]

9. I Don't Find It Funny

Stupidity, even drunken, should not be a death sentence.