Darwin of the day

[Wheezer]

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.

 

[Bignate603]

I think this has happened before. I thought I remember reading about a guy that went off a building doing the same thing.

 

[marvdmartian]

20-21 feet?? Must have been the ultimate face plant!!

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
I think this has happened before. I thought I remember reading about a guy that went off a building doing the same thing.

Yeah but did it happen today?

 

[Zim Hosein]

He died in hospital.

I can only imagine the conversation between the paramedics and the ER staff! :laugh:

 

[IronWing]

Who won?

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

He died in hospital.

I can only imagine the conversation between the paramedics and the ER staff! :laugh:

Usually incidents like that the conversation we have means a chuckle and then a wow thats f***ed up.

Then at some point someone will say, well thats our darwin award for the day/week.

 

[Jeff7]

He died doing what he loved.

 

[potato28]

Took me a minute to figure it all out but... :laugh:

 

[chcarnage]

Is it nitpicking if I correct this? The English news agency mixed two accidents.

The man who died in the hospital after he fell was Swiss and it happened in Switzerland. How the accident happened is not clear yet.
http://www.baz.ch/news/index.c...-0CFC-200159AE8B1B4B62

The man who fell down in the spitting contest was French and it happened in France. He crashed on a car, suffered a thigh fracture and cranial trauma, but is alive.
http://www.baz.ch/news/index.c...-0CEF-70BBD810E2FF53B4

 

[ZzZGuy]

There is a darwnin award for someone killing themselves in a spitting contest, but it was off a baloney IIRC.

 

[alkemyst]

Never bring spit to a splatting contest.

 

[shortylickens]

When I read the title I thought the bastard dehydrated hisself.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
He died doing what he loved.

This is not getting nearly enough love.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Who won?

The gene pool.


Google "spitting contest". On the first page alone there are at least 4 separate incidents of people croaking under virtually identical circumstances. All 4 in the last 3 years.

 

[Itchrelief]

We were expectorating such great things from him, too.

 

[SKORPI0]

Spitting match proves deadly for Swiss man - May 14, 2008

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
He died doing what he loved.

rofl :thumbsup:

 

[RichardE]

http://www.google.ca/search?hl...nG=Google+Search&meta=


wow :laugh: