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Ridiculous Accidents

Daredevil plummets 68 floors to his death after getting 'trapped' on top of skyscraper​

Frenchman Remi Lucidi, 30, was seen banging on the windows of the Trengunter Tower complex in Hong Kong moments before he slipped from the side of the building and fell to his death
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One of those guys who filmed himself on top of high buildings/chimneys etc. Got a following on the net. Something went wrong on this one. He appears to have got the lift most of the way then forced a hatch to get right to the top.

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Please excuse me if this strange and gruesome accident has already been posted in the thread ( I did search but it didn't come up)

I remember reading about this accident some years ago - from https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/wife-killed-in-chainsaw-accident-7081566.html :

A woman was killed and virtually beheaded in a horrific chainsaw accident when her husband was knocked off a ladder by the family dog.
Roland Pudney, 56, had been using the chainsaw to prune bushes in his garden when the puppy ran into the stepladder while retrieving a golf ball, causing Mr Pudney to topple over.
His wife, Pauline, who had been holding the ladder steady, was killed instantly when the blade sliced into her neck. Mrs Pudney, a health and safety officer for Lewisham council, had been holding the base of the step ladder because she was concerned about the possible dangers involved....
 
AnonyJ said:
Please excuse me if this strange and gruesome accident has already been posted in the thread ( I did search but it didn't come up)

I remember reading about this accident some years ago - from https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/wife-killed-in-chainsaw-accident-7081566.html :

A woman was killed and virtually beheaded in a horrific chainsaw accident when her husband was knocked off a ladder by the family dog.
Roland Pudney, 56, had been using the chainsaw to prune bushes in his garden when the puppy ran into the stepladder while retrieving a golf ball, causing Mr Pudney to topple over.
His wife, Pauline, who had been holding the ladder steady, was killed instantly when the blade sliced into her neck. Mrs Pudney, a health and safety officer for Lewisham council, had been holding the base of the step ladder because she was concerned about the possible dangers involved....
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It has been posted before. I found the explanation thin back then and I still do.

Why was the puppy loose?
How big was the puppy?
Why would a puppy be given a golf ball to play with?
How did the golf ball arrive near enough to the stepladder for the puppy to collide with the ladder?
Why was the faint circumstantial evidence of the golf ball seen on the ground after the accident so readily accepted?
etc
 
Stormkhan said:
I never consider episodes like this an accident.
It's the risk that any highly dangerous 'stunts' involve. It's not a 'sport'.
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I'm wondering why he was safe enough to be knocking on the penthouse windows one minute but plunging to his death the next.
Was he balancing on the windowledge shortly before falling?

As you say, the whole point of such a stunt is the danger. He gambled and lost. :dunno:
 
escargot said:
I'm wondering why he was safe enough to be knocking on the penthouse windows one minute but plunging to his death the next.
Was he balancing on the windowledge shortly before falling?

As you say, the whole point of such a stunt is the danger. He gambled and lost. :dunno:
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I say the cleaning lady screamed and poked him with a broom!
 
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AnonyJ said:
Please excuse me if this strange and gruesome accident has already been posted in the thread ( I did search but it didn't come up)

I remember reading about this accident some years ago - from https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/wife-killed-in-chainsaw-accident-7081566.html :

A woman was killed and virtually beheaded in a horrific chainsaw accident when her husband was knocked off a ladder by the family dog.
Roland Pudney, 56, had been using the chainsaw to prune bushes in his garden when the puppy ran into the stepladder while retrieving a golf ball, causing Mr Pudney to topple over.
His wife, Pauline, who had been holding the ladder steady, was killed instantly when the blade sliced into her neck. Mrs Pudney, a health and safety officer for Lewisham council, had been holding the base of the step ladder because she was concerned about the possible dangers involved....
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Up a step ladder with a chain saw?
She was steadying a step ladder underneath someone using a chainsaw.
She was a Health and Safety Officer?
Who threw the golf ball towards the step ladder?
Of all the parts of her body the chainsaw could hit, it was her neck.
Chain saws have a brake that stops the blade instantly when let go of.
The blade will also stop instantly if it hits anything.
He falls off the ladder but holds on to the clutch of the chain saw.

Nothing suspicious here....
 
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Your child at school disobeys the teacher in the craft room by using hot glue gun. The teacher then gives in and shows them how to use it safely, but your child suffers an accidental blister (which even the child played down), told to use the cold water tap, go to the medical room for treatment, and tell you when they get home.
What should you do?
Firstly, tweet about the burn - tagging the school, of course - then contact The Sun to say how furious you are. Then, while the teacher offers her resignation (as advised by the school), run a petition to demand the school sack her. Obviously.
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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/outstanding-teacher-forced-resign-over-170000216.html
 
No evidence, of course, but I'd suspect there was some larking about being done and a child didn't appreciate how hot the tip gets.
For a start they are ideal 'laser gun' shaped.
 
I burnt my eyeball yesterday. And it still stings a bit today.

I was cooking some 'thin cut' steaks to put into large baps, and as I flipped one over it sizzled, and a spit/glob of hot oil shot up straight into my right mince pie.
 
Stormkhan said:
Your child at school disobeys the teacher in the craft room by using hot glue gun. The teacher then gives in and shows them how to use it safely, but your child suffers an accidental blister (which even the child played down), told to use the cold water tap, go to the medical room for treatment, and tell you when they get home.
What should you do?
Firstly, tweet about the burn - tagging the school, of course - then contact The Sun to say how furious you are. Then, while the teacher offers her resignation (as advised by the school), run a petition to demand the school sack her. Obviously.
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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/outstanding-teacher-forced-resign-over-170000216.html
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You forgot the part about the lawsuit, for millions, by a high-profile attorney, for 'pain, suffering, and physical and mental anguish'. :)
 
Here in the UK, that's not a done deal.
Often cases are brought to court, only to be settled at far less and with less publicity.
 
Stormkhan said:
Here in the UK, that's not a done deal.
Often cases are brought to court, only to be settled at far less and with less publicity.
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A lot of these small claim cases are settled out of court is because it is cheaper for the claim to be settled that way than all the costs of defending the case.
 
Stormkhan said:
Here in the UK, that's not a done deal.
Often cases are brought to court, only to be settled at far less and with less publicity.
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kesavaross said:
A lot of these small claim cases are settled out of court is because it is cheaper for the claim to be settled that way than all the costs of defending the case.
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I think it's the same in the U.S. as well. The defendant will often settle for a significant sum - but much less than the plaintiff is asking for - but not admit responsibility.
 
As soon as any court case gets to the point wherein they mention figures of 'tens of thousands' (or more) of £/$ you can guarantee that the only people benefitting from the justice due to be handed out are the lawyers.
 

Jet d'Eau: Man hurt after mounting Geneva's giant fountain​

A young man had to be taken to hospital after getting too close to one of Geneva's most famous landmarks - the Jet d'Eau fountain.

The un-named person was hurt after the force of the water threw him into the air before he landed on concrete below.

The state of the man's health is currently unknown.
The Jet d'Eau projects 500 litres (110 gallons) of water a second, reaching up to 140m (459ft), according to the company that operates it.

Swiss newspaper 20 Minutes said the man, who is thought to be in his 20s, crossed the barriers surrounding the fountain on Monday evening.

He first tried to put his face on the nozzle where the water is pumped from but was thrown backwards.
He then tried again and was sent upwards by the power of the water, before crashing down onto a nearby walkway.

"Police officers came and asked to urgently shut off the Jet d'Eau to be able to go get him," one witness told 20 Minutes.
SIG, the electricity company which owns and runs the fountain, has reportedly said it will file a complaint against the man for trespassing.
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Floyd1 said:
It made me laugh though.

You'd think that putting his face over the nozzle would have killed him, not just thrown him backwards.
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It's not complicated to work out that the water being sprayed hundreds of feet in to the air... at a high speed.... tremendous pressure when it comes out the nozzle..... and to do it twice.....

I also think the force would be so great that his face would get no where near the nozzle itself.
 
The Jet d'Eau is awesome. You can see it from the plane on the approach to the airport.
The locals love it. On summer evenings they sit around the lake socialising and watching the Jet.

When the pleasure boats pass close to the Jet it's turned off because passengers would be drenched by the spray.

Everyone watching from the lakeside promenades goes Awww!
Then when it goes back on, the audience cheer. :chuckle:
 
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