jcroach |
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Reged: 12/27/04
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Loc: Bloomington, Indiana
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Re: 2010 Darwin Awards
01/04/11 03:34 PM
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I thought you had to die to be eligible for a Darwin award. Isn't that the point?
> RUNNER UP > > Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew > a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The > conversation grew more excited, and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the > bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that > no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered > and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end > around Bingham's leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet > before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously > survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. > Bingham's foot was never located.
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