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Man dies in spitting contest plunge

AussieBruce

Posted: 14 May 2008 10:47 AM

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Darwin strikes again.
While people would welcome less spit on the sidewalk, I’m sure that he ended up making more mess with this result.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23696646-13762,00.html

Man dies in spitting contest plunge

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.

One of the men went to sleep, but the two others decided to see who could spit furthest from the balcony of their room.

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Renquist

Posted: 14 May 2008 10:51 AM

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I’m sure I’ve read about someone doing this before.

In fact I’m sure I’ve read about a few people doing it…

*Goes to consult the Darwin Awards books*

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NEO

Posted: 14 May 2008 10:55 AM

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I would bet money his last words were, “Hey guys, watch this!“

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Robin Bobcat

Posted: 14 May 2008 12:02 PM

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Yeah, I’m very certain this has happened before…

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Sharruma

Posted: 14 May 2008 12:41 PM

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I think the important question here is…
Who won?

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Renquist

Posted: 14 May 2008 01:09 PM

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Depends how far he fell and if he managed to spit as he fell.

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Posted: 14 May 2008 05:35 PM

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Why am I thinking there was alcohol involved somewhere??

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Robin Bobcat

Posted: 15 May 2008 02:49 AM

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Ah. here we go.. It’s apparently a fairly frequent occurence…

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2004-24.html

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Posted: 15 May 2008 08:04 AM

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This happened to a guy I knew in college. :(

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So I can just type anything and it will show up here?

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