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Tourist distracted by Facebook falls off pier (Melbourne, Australia)
Associated Press ^
| Dec 18, 2013 1:45 AM EST
Posted on 12/17/2013 11:42:12 PM PST by Olog-hai
A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone, officials said Wednesday.
The woman was walking along a bay in Melbourne on Monday night when she became distracted by her Facebook feed and plummeted off the pier into the chilly water, Victoria state police said. …
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Humor; Travel
KEYWORDS: australia; distractedwalking; facebood; facebook; melbourne; oops
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posted on
12/17/2013 11:42:13 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/17/2013 11:44:26 PM PST
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/17/2013 11:47:08 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Olog-hai
"Go take a long walk on a short pier."
Regards,
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posted on
12/17/2013 11:57:20 PM PST
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: Olog-hai
Faceboooood!
As bad as the idiots who follow gps and wonder why they drove off into a river.
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posted on
12/17/2013 11:59:24 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/18/2013 12:20:18 AM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Talisker
“Was her phone damaged?”
The phone is OK. The user of the phone is still brain dead.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/18/2013 1:16:26 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: All
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posted on
12/18/2013 2:15:45 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Conspiracy Guy
In the drink with the tourist.
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posted on
12/18/2013 2:16:00 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/18/2013 2:31:46 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: Olog-hai
Being its Australia shes lucky not to have
eaten by a Saltie or stung by one of those
jellyfish.
Good thing she wasn`t on a mountan trail.
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posted on
12/18/2013 2:58:10 AM PST
by
Harold Shea
(RVN `70 - `71)
To: Harold Shea
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posted on
12/18/2013 2:59:51 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai; Harold Shea
Shark attack is way more likely, unless you have a saltwater crocodile escaping the aquarium in Melbourne. The salties inhabit the northern coasts of Australia; Melbourne is way to the south.
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posted on
12/18/2013 3:03:20 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I think the Facebook crowd would be happy to crowd into the Matrix and stay there.
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posted on
12/18/2013 3:58:22 AM PST
by
sphinx
To: Olog-hai
Things like this happen all the time. NBD
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posted on
12/18/2013 4:06:56 AM PST
by
Slambat
To: Slambat
“The user of the phone is brain dead.”..........
No, she already had that affliction.
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posted on
12/18/2013 4:13:34 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: Olog-hai
And her Facebook posting read “look gang I’ve made it to Melbourne and walking down the pier. I hear that it is beautiful and as soon as I finish posting I will look around to describe for ....... ah-ah-ah-ah-ah.............splash!”
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posted on
12/18/2013 4:32:15 AM PST
by
Lockbox
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/18/2013 4:34:34 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Darwin at work ...attempting to clean out the gene pool.
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posted on
12/18/2013 4:44:47 AM PST
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(...and to the Republic for which it stood.)
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