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'I Jumped Off a Bridge to End My Life But Was Saved - by a Sea Lion'
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| 5 March 2015
| John Shammas
Posted on 03/05/2015 8:39:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; Vendome; Salamander; cripplecreek
First the moral:
"If at first you don't succeed..."
Now the headline:
Chicago man died after jump into Thornton Quarry
Now the rest of the story:
Seems the guy tried to off himself by driving into the quarry.
For those of you who haven't seen it, the Thornton Quarry is right on I80 in Illinois, just over the border coming West from Indiana. It looks like this:
Seems he tried to do the deed by driving his car over the edge, but he only fell about 40 feet to a service road and survived.
So he got out and jumped the rest of the way.
Unfortunately for him, there are no Sea Lions or Manatees in the Thornton Quarry.
(This is just one county West of the town of Hobart, where a man committed suicide by hitting himself on the head with a hammer - 39 times.)
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posted on
03/05/2015 10:15:36 PM PST
by
shibumi
("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/05/2015 10:24:52 PM PST
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: nickcarraway
(I seemed to recall a certain story about a guy named Jonah...only the whale just got some the glory when in reality God got the bulk of it! ... Now, in today's environmentally savvy world, where "nature" is all that is and supernature ain't...the sea lion unwittingly usurps all the glory when it was God who sent the creature!)
To: Salamander
Get the damn politicians out of the way, and sometimes - just sometimes - humanity can act the way God intended.
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posted on
03/06/2015 12:02:23 AM PST
by
Viking2002
(The Avatar is back by popular request.)
To: nickcarraway
I think the dude is lion his aspirin off
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posted on
03/06/2015 12:04:46 AM PST
by
Bob434
To: shibumi
[[where a man committed suicide by hitting himself on the head with a hammer - 39 times]]
You’d think after the 38’th time he’da said “Dang- this aint working”
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posted on
03/06/2015 12:06:08 AM PST
by
Bob434
To: Viking2002
Yup.
The cops went all out to save that dog.
If Obeyme federalizes the LEOs, we’re screwed.
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posted on
03/06/2015 12:10:28 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
To: nickcarraway
“Kevin Hines feeling guilt because he was the last heterosexual in SF...”
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:29:13 AM PST
by
Awgie
(truth is always stranger than fiction)
To: nickcarraway
'Oh man, a shark is about to devour me'Shouldn't he have welcomed a shark ? Jumping didn't work, good thing there's a shark to finish me off!
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:40:05 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Fungi
>>How does a guy who wanted to end his life get so much publicity for not ending it? If you want to go, get it right the first time!<<
No kidding - if nothing else, this is just one more thing he sucks at.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:59:43 AM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("I'm not questioning your honor...I'm denying its existence." - Tyrion Lannister)
To: shibumi; nickcarraway; Vendome; Salamander; cripplecreek
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posted on
03/06/2015 10:35:38 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Salamander
Thxs, SAL! <];^)
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posted on
03/21/2015 12:43:51 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.)
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