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Swedish Footballer Sent Off For Farting During Match
“I had a bad stomach, so I simply let go,” the 25-year-old told Länstidningen Södertälje. “Then I received two yellow cards and then red. Yes, I was shocked, it’s the strangest thing I have ever experienced in football.

“I asked the referee, ‘What, am I not allowed to break wind a little?’ ‘No,’ he replied … I don’t get it but maybe he thought I farted in my hand and threw the fart at him. But I did not.”
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… I don’t get it but maybe he thought I farted in my hand and threw the fart at him…”
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Do we need a Florida or Australia thread?
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Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.

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"Now turn the list over."

[turns list over, sees "fall 30 or more feet" as final item]
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I went to that very zip-lining course about a year ago, and I was going to take my kids there to their newly-opened kids' course. I could see if she didn't lock herself correctly on the line, but it seemed relatively safe.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. It says she fell from the platform, "waiting to go on the zip line." Are we sure she completed her bucket list? It sounds like she came up just short.
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Shirley wrote:Whoa, whoa, whoa. It says she fell from the platform, "waiting to go on the zip line." Are we sure she completed her bucket list? It sounds like she came up just short.
Ah, she fell 30 feet. That was more exciting than the zip line anyway, so it counts.
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Shirley wrote:Whoa, whoa, whoa. It says she fell from the platform, "waiting to go on the zip line." Are we sure she completed her bucket list? It sounds like she came up just short.
The daughter said she thinks the mother already went at least once. Kind of a weird FB post 3 hours after finding out her mother fell off a zipline platform.

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I did a zip line course for the first time when I was in TN earlier this summer. The guides gave off the air of fun and goofing around (and were probably a little reckless driving the van up the mountain /dad) but they were super serious with their on the course duties. We were never not attached to either a zip line or a line on a platform. Short of someone detaching themselves (or I guess an equipment failure) no one was going to fall.
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I still am not sure how this happens. I have been to zip lines and high ropes courses at several places. The thing that I am impressed by is the safety features of the equipment. Unless the wires fail I could not figure how a regular donk would fall off (maybe come out of their harness). The carabiners are typically redundant with one always locked (unlocking one locks the others and the system forces you to stay connected).
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Redundancy rules!
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I just want to add that zip-lining is awesome. Our experience in Colorado was a lot like what Sybian described. Very professional about the safety and making sure everyone understood what to do. We're going to do the one on Fremont St. next month.
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When we were in the UK this summer, we took a trip to Wales specifically to go to a place that is built inside of an old slate mine. They have built this huge trampoline complex down in the mines. They also have massive ziplines above the mines as well as a bunch down inside a few of the caverns underground. Yes, it was as awesome as it sounds. The name of the town? Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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Yeah, I think the chance of hurting oneself zip lining is very low. btw, We did a whole course of zip lines on the northwest corner of the big island of Hawaii a few years back. Spectacular views and highly recommended if you go there.

But, I've also done those treetops ladders/ropes/zipline courses a few times, and I think they are much more dangerous, even though they also have the redundant carabiner locks. First, because t's more of an athletic test, you get tired. Second,iIf you fall, you will be tethered and not die, but you will get a few good bonks against the trees.
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sancarlos wrote:Yeah, I think the chance of hurting oneself zip lining is very low. btw, We did a whole course of zip line rides on the northwest corner of the big island of Hawaii a few years back. Spectacular views and highly recommended if you go there.

But, I've also done those treetops ladders/ropes/zipline courses a few times, and I think they are much more dangerous, even though they also have the redundant carabiner locks. First, because t's more of an athletic test, you get tired. Second,iIf you fall, you will be tethered and not die, but you will get a few good bonks against the trees.
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sancarlos wrote:Yeah, I think the chance of hurting oneself zip lining is very low. btw, We did a whole course of zip lines on the northwest corner of the big island of Hawaii a few years back. Spectacular views and highly recommended if you go there.

But, I've also done those treetops ladders/ropes/zipline courses a few times, and I think they are much more dangerous, even though they also have the redundant carabiner locks. First, because t's more of an athletic test, you get tired. Second,iIf you fall, you will be tethered and not die, but you will get a few good bonks against the trees.
I haven't done this one yet, but on our list for our next trip out there.
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sancarlos wrote:Yeah, I think the chance of hurting oneself zip lining is very low. btw, We did a whole course of zip lines on the northwest corner of the big island of Hawaii a few years back. Spectacular views and highly recommended if you go there.

But, I've also done those treetops ladders/ropes/zipline courses a few times, and I think they are much more dangerous, even though they also have the redundant carabiner locks. First, because t's more of an athletic test, you get tired. Second,iIf you fall, you will be tethered and not die, but you will get a few good bonks against the trees.
I haven't done this one yet, but on our list for our next trip out there.
I didn't know about that one. I'll have to checkout. Giff, you are a fountain of information now. I told my wife about that winery and it has been added to the list.
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sancarlos wrote:Yeah, I think the chance of hurting oneself zip lining is very low. btw, We did a whole course of zip lines on the northwest corner of the big island of Hawaii a few years back. Spectacular views and highly recommended if you go there.

But, I've also done those treetops ladders/ropes/zipline courses a few times, and I think they are much more dangerous, even though they also have the redundant carabiner locks. First, because t's more of an athletic test, you get tired. Second,iIf you fall, you will be tethered and not die, but you will get a few good bonks against the trees.
I haven't done this one yet, but on our list for our next trip out there.
I didn't know about that one. I'll have to checkout. Giff, you are a fountain of information now. I told my wife about that winery and it has been added to the list.
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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Hit in Face with Pie at Event, Assaults Protester in 'Bloody' Scene
Sources in attendance have told the Express that, during the meal, a protester ran at the mayor and threw a store-bought pie in his face.

A different witness said that the pie had whipped cream as a topping.

After this, the protester reportedly said something to Johnson. This prompted him to allegedly tackle the protester and punch him in the face "repeatedly," more than half a dozen times, landing "five to 10" blows.

One witness described it as a "bloody pulp." Other witnesses say that the pie-thrower was hit multiple times in the face and will definitely need stitches, and that there was visible blood.

Ambulances and fire department arrived at the scene....

...Sacramento Police released a statement that 32-year-old Sean Thompson was arrested for felony assault of a public official. SPD reported that "during the assault, the subject sustained a minor injury."
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Truth is way stranger than fiction. That brief story is so bizarre on so many levels!
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Maybe with some swiss cheese and a nice rye.
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he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

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Ryan wrote:Me too
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Maybe with some swiss cheese and a nice rye.
Yup, they arrested someone..."A well-built Giant"
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"hobophobia"?
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Looks like I'll have to make an example out of my oldest when I pick her up from school.
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Will A Trump Presidency Be Good For Golf?

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From the New Yorker.com
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Photographers from Sally Mann to Nan Goldin owe a debt to Emmet Gowin’s piercing 1971 picture of his wife, Edith, peeing in a barn.
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