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Re: Darwin Awards
Michelle Dewberry covered this on GB News. How the hell she kept a straight face, I do not know - unlike one of her fellow panellists.
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She didn't quite.
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Rectum she said, bloody near killed him he said.
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I think she did amazingly well to get through all of that with no more than a bit of a smile, which was probably a reaction to those around her losing it. I suspect she practised that over and over again so she could do it with a straight face and then, as was alleged, didn't warn the other panellists it was coming.
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Re: Darwin Awards
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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Woody, you have to admire the Daily Wail sub editors, don't know whether coming or going.
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+1Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:35 pmWoody, you have to admire the Daily Wail sub editors, don't know whether coming or going.
I caught that too.
Even with a photo they can't tell!
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The nincompoop who wrote that article doesn't know their arse from their radiator, unless, of course, both ends of the car were damaged?Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:35 pmWoody, you have to admire the Daily Wail sub editors, don't know whether coming or going.
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I have just listened to that video, and am now tormented by the horror of the things described therein, I cannot unhear, nor can I unthink the unthinkable nature of them! Fie UP, that you should have caused this innocent soul to hear of such unspeakable abominations!
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Thanks TGG, I was just about to press the play button, but I’m not sure that I will now
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I've known about the incident for years, but never heard that broadcast description of it.
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Dishonorable Mention
Tiger fatally shot after biting worker’s arm at Florida zoo, authorities say
A deputy shot the tiger after a worker for a cleaning service put his arm through fencing and the tiger grabbed it, according to preliminary information.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ti ... -rcna10384
A cleaning worker was seriously injured by a tiger at the Naples Zoo in Florida on Wednesday after the man apparently put his arm into the animal’s enclosure, authorities said.
Eko, an 8-year-old Malayan tiger, was shot by a sheriff's deputy and died, the zoo said.
Deputies were called to the zoo, which was closed at the time, around 6:30 p.m. and found the animal with the worker’s arm in its mouth, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said.
“The first deputy on scene kicked the enclosure and tried to get the tiger to release the man’s arm from its mouth but the deputy was forced to shoot the animal,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The worker, a man in his 20s, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital, the sheriff’s office said.
After being shot, the tiger retreated into its enclosure and was sedated by a veterinarian so it could be safely examined, the sheriff's office said. A zoo representative later said the animal died.
The sheriff’s office initially said the tiger was 4 years old.
The man worked for a third-party cleaning service hired to clean restrooms and the gift shop and was not supposed to be in that area, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff's office said it appeared the man was trying to pet or feed the tiger, but noted the information was preliminary.
It appears the man "traversed an initial fence barrier and put his arm through the fencing of the tiger enclosure," before the tiger grabbed it, the sheriff's office said.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission is also investigating the incident, that agency said.
Eko came to the Naples Zoo in December 2019, a zoo representative said. It is the only Malayan tiger at the zoo.
The tiger previously lived at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, the Naples Zoo said in a February 2020 blog post.
The Malayan tiger is classified as critically endangered and there are only around 200 estimated to live in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
The guy should have been shot instead and left as a holiday treat for the tigers.
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Tiger fatally shot after biting worker’s arm at Florida zoo, authorities say
A deputy shot the tiger after a worker for a cleaning service put his arm through fencing and the tiger grabbed it, according to preliminary information.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ti ... -rcna10384
A cleaning worker was seriously injured by a tiger at the Naples Zoo in Florida on Wednesday after the man apparently put his arm into the animal’s enclosure, authorities said.
Eko, an 8-year-old Malayan tiger, was shot by a sheriff's deputy and died, the zoo said.
Deputies were called to the zoo, which was closed at the time, around 6:30 p.m. and found the animal with the worker’s arm in its mouth, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said.
“The first deputy on scene kicked the enclosure and tried to get the tiger to release the man’s arm from its mouth but the deputy was forced to shoot the animal,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The worker, a man in his 20s, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital, the sheriff’s office said.
After being shot, the tiger retreated into its enclosure and was sedated by a veterinarian so it could be safely examined, the sheriff's office said. A zoo representative later said the animal died.
The sheriff’s office initially said the tiger was 4 years old.
The man worked for a third-party cleaning service hired to clean restrooms and the gift shop and was not supposed to be in that area, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff's office said it appeared the man was trying to pet or feed the tiger, but noted the information was preliminary.
It appears the man "traversed an initial fence barrier and put his arm through the fencing of the tiger enclosure," before the tiger grabbed it, the sheriff's office said.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission is also investigating the incident, that agency said.
Eko came to the Naples Zoo in December 2019, a zoo representative said. It is the only Malayan tiger at the zoo.
The tiger previously lived at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, the Naples Zoo said in a February 2020 blog post.
The Malayan tiger is classified as critically endangered and there are only around 200 estimated to live in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
The guy should have been shot instead and left as a holiday treat for the tigers.
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Re: Darwin Awards
I agree utterly and completely with that last statement.
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Why bother to shoot him?
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It is the humane thing to do.
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Why be humane? How else would he get his award?
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Good point.
Either way, though, still a dishonorable mention.
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Either way, though, still a dishonorable mention.
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