.âîáøåì êòî ÷òî çíàåò..
âîò îäèí èç íèõ..
Why don't we do it in the road?" -Beatles
(3 March 2002, Sheffield, England) As Kim Fontana, 32, and Paul Cowley, 40, left the pub, they noticed that a streetlight was burned out, creating an attractive pool of darkness on the road. Unable to rein in their passion, they began to canoodle on the asphalt outside the pub.
Witnesses said the couple was lying right on the white line, kissing and cuddling. The passionate pair were warned of the danger of their chosen position not once, not twice, but three times -- by a car driver, a bus driver, and a pedestrian.
An off-duty paramedic honked three times and shouted, "You want to get up, or otherwise you’ll be run over." The man simply said "Cheers, mate," and the paramedic heard a female voice laughing. A bus driver swerved to avoid them, and drove past with wheels on the curb. A concerned pedestrian shouted to warn them that another bus was headed their way.
Despite these disruptions, Kim and Paul continued, oblivious to the approach of a small, single-decker Nipper bus. The bus driver mistook the undulating shape for a bag of rubbish in the poorly lit street, and was unable to stop in time. There was a dull thud...
Kim and Paul were struck and killed at midnight. Paramedics found Kim lying on her back with her jumper pulled up, and Paul between her legs with his trousers pulled down.
The only downside to this timely removal of lunacy from the gene pool is the fate of the bus driver. Despite the couple's own actions, and a police investigator's statement that "one can expect a pedestrian walking or running in the road, but to expect a driver to anticipate a pedestrian lying in the road is out of the ordinary" -- a judge felt that "his driving fell below the standard one would reasonably expect of a prudent, competent driver."
The bus driver was fined for careless driving and his license was revoked for six months. Fortunately, his employers consider him an excellent employee, and plan to give him other duties for six months. Relatives of the victims said they were glad the driver had kept his job.
"Does it really matter what these affectionate
people do, so long as they don't do it in the street
and frighten the horses?" -Mrs. Patrick Campbell
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31 August 1995, Egypt) Six people drowned Monday while trying to rescue a chicken that had fallen into a well in southern Egypt. An 18 year old farmer was the first to descend into the 60-foot well. He drowned, apparently after an undercurrent in the water pulled him down, police said his sister and two brothers, none of whom could swim well, went in one by one to help him, but also drowned. Two elderly farmers then came to help. But they apparently were pulled by the same undercurrent. The bodies of the six were later pulled out of the well in the village of Nazlat Imara, 240 miles south of Cairo. The chicken was also pulled out. It survived.
ãû åòî òàê òóïî ÷òî äàæå íå ñìå÷íî
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Ðîáåðò Ðèêåòñ, äåâÿòíàäöàòèëåòíèé ñòóäåíò èç Áîóëèíã Ãðèí, øòàò Îãàéî, áûë äîñòàâëåí â áîëüíèöó ñ ÷åðåïíî-ìîçãîâîé òðàâìîé. Ïîñòðàäàâøèé îáúÿñíèë ïîëèöèè, ÷òî ïûòàëñÿ âûÿñíèòü, íàñêîëüêî áëèçêî îí ñìîæåò ïîäîéòè ê ïîåçäó, íå çàäåâ åãî.
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Çà 2001 ãîä ãëàâíûì ïðåòåíäåíòîì íà ïðåìèþ ñòàë Ñòèâ Êîííåð, ñìîòðèòåëü îäíîãî èç êàëèôîðíèéñêèõ çîîïàðêîâ. Îí ñêîðìèë ñëîíó äâàäöàòü äâå äîçû ñèëüíåéøåãî ñëàáèòåëüíîãî äëÿ æèâîòíûõ, à ïîòîì áëèçêî ïîäîøåë ê íåìó ñçàäè, ÷òîáû ïîñìîòðåòü, êàê îíî äåéñòâóåò. ×åðåç íåñêîëüêî ìèíóò Ñòèâ ïîãèá ïîä öåíòíåðîì ñëîíîâüåãî íàâîçà.
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ýòî ìåíÿ ïðîñòî óáèëî
Íå ìåíåå íåëåïàÿ è òðàãè÷åñêàÿ èñòîðèÿ ïðèêëþ÷èëàñü ñ æèòåëåì Ëîñ-Àíäæåëåñà, ñîáèðàâøåãîñÿ äåëàòü ðåìîíò íà êðûøå ñâîåãî äîìà. Áóäó÷è ÷åëîâåêîì áëàãîðàçóìíûì, îí ïðåäóñìîòðèòåëüíî ïîçàáîòèëñÿ î ñòðàõîâêå è îáâÿçàëñÿ âåðåâêîé, âòîðîé êîíåö êîòîðîé ðàíåå ïðèâÿçàë ê áàìïåðó ñòîÿâøåé âî äâîðå ìàøèíû. Íî çàáûë ïðåäóïðåäèòü îá ýòîì ñâîþ æåíó. À òà êàê ðàç â ýòî âðåìÿ ðåøèëà ïðîåõàòüñÿ ïî ìàãàçèíàì, ñåëà çà ðóëü è ðåçêî ðâàíóëà ñ ìåñòà. Áåäíÿãó ìóæà ñîðâàëî ñ êðûøè è âîëîêëî íà âåðåâêå çà ìàøèíîé äî ïåðâîãî ìàãàçèíà, ãäå îñòàíîâèëàñü åãî æåíà.
Õèðóðãàì óäàëîñü ñïàñòè ïîñòðàäàâøåãî. Íî èñòîðèÿ åãî íåñ÷àñòèé íà ýòîì íå çàêîí÷èëàñü.  ÷åñòü âîçâðàùåíèÿ ìóæà èç áîëüíèöû æåíà ðåøèëà óñòðîèòü íåáîëüøóþ âå÷åðèíêó. Äî ïðèáûòèÿ ãîñòåé, êîòîðûå áûëè êóðÿùèìè, îíà ðåøèëà çàïðàâèòü áåíçèíîì çàæèãàëêè. Äåëàëà îíà ýòî íàä óíèòàçîì, êóäà ïðîëèëîñü íåìàëî áåíçèíà. Ñðàçó æå ïîñëå õîçÿéêè â òóàëåò çàøåë ìóæ-ñòðàäàëåö ñ ñèãàðåòîé, óñåëñÿ ïîóäîáíåå, ðàçâåðíóë ëþáèìûé æóðíàë è ïðèâû÷íî áðîñèë â óíèòàç áû÷îê îò ñèãàðåòû. Ðàçäàëñÿ âçðûâ, â ðåçóëüòàòå êîòîðîãî áåäíÿãà ïîëó÷èë îáøèðíåéøèå îæîãè, îêàçàâøèåñÿ, êàê ãîâîðÿò ìåäèêè, íå ñîâìåñòèìûìè ñ æèçíüþ.
