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Bungee instructor's 'terrible English' blamed for girl leaping to death
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Posted on 06/27/2017 3:27:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:27:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
My question is:
What kind of idiot hooks the customer up to the bungee *before* anchoring the dang thing?
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:31:35 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Grimmy
She didn’t wait til he said FREE!!
To: BenLurkin
If she was killed instantly, how do they know she misunderstood his English?
To: BenLurkin
She didn’t turn around and watch him work? She didn’t notice his English was bad?
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:36:32 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(The Germans -- having failed twice -- have finally hit on a way to destroy Europe.)
To: BenLurkin
One should always ask for clarification of instructions when diving off of bridges.
To: samtheman
Bungee jumpers are nutz! They are very unlikely to die in bed of old age. No thanks. I like to be in control!
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:38:29 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: samtheman
How would she know if she was Dutch and he was Spanish?
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:40:57 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: BenLurkin
The day that Vera Mol Cabezon Joe MacAllister jumped off de la Sal Bridge.
To: BenLurkin
A dude named Darwin was also involved... These types of activities attract winners on a weekly basis and the best method of avoiding accidental death is to pay attention to the key word ‘avoid’.
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:43:11 PM PDT
by
jerod
(Socialism=Governance by Government - The National Socialist German Workers' Party is a good example.)
To: Timpanagos1
“If she was killed instantly, how do they know she misunderstood his English?”
He said “No Jump” and she jumped. Either she misunderstood him or she was suicidal.
To: shotgun
She knew he wasn’t Dutch. But ok, it’s all his fault, so string him up or whatever. But still... she’s the one who jumped. She’s the one who died that day. She wasn’t interested enough in the situation to turn around and LOOK at him?
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:45:00 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(The Germans -- having failed twice -- have finally hit on a way to destroy Europe.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Every jump is brain damage from the g-forces
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:45:58 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(The Germans -- having failed twice -- have finally hit on a way to destroy Europe.)
To: TexasGator
She most likely misunderstood him.
His language was not the problem, his sequencing of procedures was the problem.
To: Grimmy
My question is: What kind of idiot hooks the customer up to the bungee *before* anchoring the dang thing? THAT is the question. Well it is Spain after all. Some of their spawn is on display in Mexico.
To: BenLurkin
I was at the Nevis bungee jump and swing last week in Queenstown New Zealand last week and just walking out there gave me the willies. Anybody who does this needs to be laser focused on the instructor and if she didnt understand him she should have asked for clarification.
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:47:55 PM PDT
by
capydick
(“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
To: BenLurkin
“...misunderstood his terrible English and leapt to her death before the rope was attached was a secure point.”
So he wrote this article as well?
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:48:50 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
To: jerod
In skydiving, standing in the door with the wind and engine noise drowning out everything else, "NO NO NO!!!" sound a lot like "GO GO GO!!!"
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:48:57 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: samtheman
“Every jump is brain damage from the g-forces”
I agree! I like to be in control! I don’t like to be a passenger, I want to be the driver. Roller coasters? No way!
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:52:24 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: capydick
Where is life so boring one feels compelled to jump off of that for fun? Yikes! Not sure I could walk out there.
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posted on
06/27/2017 3:52:51 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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