Posted on 07/06/2016 2:09:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Me too. A real eye opener of a book is Over the Edge--Death in the Grand Canyon and what the rangers have to go through after some tourist fools around and ignores barricades along on the rim of canyon.
Wow, that kid was way too close to the tracks/train. Just looking at the image, the pants leg of the boot owner is tucked behind a part of the train just inches above the ankle. That means the kid couldn’t have been more than about a half a foot (snicker) away from the train itself, given that the majority of the foot is smacking him in the head.
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
- Frank Zappa
Leave ‘em for the buzzards ...
"Do you know what time it is?"
"No."
"Then it's time to clean your clock."
“ignores barricades along on the rim of canyon.”
Um... a LOT of the rim has no ‘barricade’. And tens of thousands a year hang over the edges over of them. Go check it sometime. It is wall to wall selfies.
Maybe the place should be renamed the “Gotcha” waterfall?
How sad.
You can easily purchase, at no risk to life or limb, an excellent photograph of most scenic attractions.
That is an awe inspiring frame grab.
Looks to me like a foot kicks the fool upside the head.
Darwin is a cruel master.
Last week, a very pathetic incident occurred...This guy clambered on top of a goods train stationed in Shoranur railway station...Whether no one has seen this boy climbing up..? No information...
High Voltage electric power lines which carry 25000 volts pass through most of the length and breadth of the railway routes in Kerala and elsewhere....Shoranur is no different....Above the parked goods train also was a 25 KV power line...The boy after reaching the top of the train, posed himself for a good photograph...In that process, the boy might not have noticed the over head power line or was not aware of the danger this line can cause...
To cut the story short, during his act of snap taking, he came into contact with the live wire and immediately, he was thrown off the train and he fell down away from the railway tracks due to electric shock....He was not electrocuted on the spot....But he was burnt very severely....Some good Samaritans got him admitted in a local hospital and due to the severity of his burns he was later shifted to the medical college....But he could not be saved...He succumbed to the severe burns he suffered during the process of his "adventurous photo session..."
Yes, I know, I have been there several times. I just mentioned the parts of the book where there is a stone wall or barricade.
Dumb Ways to Die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw
Estupidos.
The singer on the that song: Australian Emily Lubitz.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Tinpan_orange.jpg/800px-Tinpan_orange.jpg
At one time, flagpole sitting was the “selfie” of a bygone
era. It was considered the “bees knees” back then and
dangerous as all get out. I hope the “selfie” craze dies
a natural death before any more goofballs are killed with
this asinine pastime. By then, the flagpole thing could very
well stage a comeback unless they come up with some other
hairbrained idea. It is the product of a society of total
narcissists; Democrats, Hitler-y voters.
There is something simply hilarious about that frame!
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