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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:43 AM Original message |
Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, duh! |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Darwin award candidate? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. weird? |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Well, he was certainly high... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. the Ground - the ultimate buzz kill |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds like a Darwin Award winner |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. More like a suicide to me. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. How shocking. Who would have thought falling from a great height would be dangerous? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wonder how many times he bounced? |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. What a bizarre story. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Perhaps. I think if I ever wanted to do that, I'd choose a nice pharmaceutical. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Actually this wouldn't be a bad way to go. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I was thinking suicide as well--nothing else comes close to making sense. nt |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I'm wondering if he was just following along, doing "what everyone else" was doing, |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. That's my guess - he was so involved in picture-taking that he forgot where he was |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well at least he didn't forget to take his camera. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. *sigh* I'm sure there's a kodak moment in there somewhere... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wow. What a terrible day for all involved |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. Suicide? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. my first thought, and apparently he filmed himself |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. Have to wonder when it dawned on him that |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. There will be a Darwin Prize nomination out of this for sure. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. If he was a trained skydiver, I would bet that this was a horrible brain fart |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. So did he damage the roof with his body, or was he framed? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Depends. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. I think he just got carried away with the moment. n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. Strange. I swear I heard a similar story twenty years ago. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. in 2002 a woman jumped out of a plane, it looks like it was suicide. Might be the case here. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. In an old readers digest they asked some instructor if he worried someone would fall from the plane? |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Is it wrong to post my favorite Super Dave Osborne skit of all time here? |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That was so Wrong |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. super dave trivia time- super dave is the brother of albert einstein. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Where's the footage? |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Horrible, Yes. But did he get the picture of a lifetime? n/t |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. I suspect the footage would be very interesting |
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