Queen of Swords

This actually happened to the family of a girl I knew in high school. When the family returned from church one day, they realized they'd locked themselves out, so the father tried to climb along the balcony or fire escape in order to let himself into the apartment. He fell and was killed.

phrog

:rolling: :rolling:

Starshark

Sounds like a flatmate I had once. He'd get pissed, lose his keys, and climb up the downstairs neighbours' trellis to get onto our verandah. Once he fell and knacked his kneecap. Apparently it hurt, despite his drunkeness. Should've seen how swollen it was - it was like someone had sewn a cricket ball into it.

Starshark

Speaking of idiots and heights...

Near where I live, there's a bridge called the Stockton Bridge. It ain't the Brooklyn Bridge or the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but it's still a long way down.

A few years back, Pepsi tried to sell some cans of their disgusting Pepsi Max with the "Pepsi Max challenge". It involved doing some sort of eXetreme stunt on camera after saying, "I'm (X) and this is my Pepsi Max challenge".

A guy I went to school with - a notorious nutcase - got a friend of his to run a fishing trawler in circles under the bridge to churn the water up 'so it wouldn't hurt so much'. I don't know if it worked, but he got the camera, said "I'm (X) and this is my Pepsi Max challenge", and over he went. He was immediately picked up by the trawler, unhurt, and he made the news that night because the cops were looking for his body downriver not knowing he'd been picked up already.

Okay.

Then I read in the paper about how four young men jumped off the bridge and, because they had no waiting trawler, had to be plucked out of the water by the Police Rescue boat. They were fined $1000. I had a giggle at that. Then I met someone who actually knew these four.

Apparently they heard about this friend of mine in the paper and, after some drink, decided they'd give it a burl. But how to churn up the water so it wouldn't hurt (obviously this is some kind of common knowledge I'm not privvy to... You've got to churn the water up before you jump off fucking big bridges)?

So they got a bucket of water each, and tossed it over the side before jumping down after the water. Pretty smart, huh? One guy chickened out (so the newspaper report was wrong... It was only three people who had to be plucked out of the water... Typical of my local paper, I might add). But guess what? Even though he chickened out, he still got fined $1000 for being an accessory.

Oh, and as for the three who made the jump? Well, apparently they bruised their entire legs from the upper thighs down. The guy I talked to said, "I've never seen a full-body bruise like that before in my life". It sort of didn't make sense, but I knew what he meant. I might add that Stockton is known for being populated with the sort of people who would jump off a bridge after a bucket of water while drunk.

perfessor

Everybody knows it takes more than a bucket of water to properly churn the landing area.