Bored To Tears, Woman Hurls TV Out Window

[matcom]

<snip>

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 25-year-old German woman enraged over another Saturday night of boring television programs and dull re-runs hurled her TV set out the window of her fifth floor apartment window, police said Monday.

"There was nothing decent on so I just threw the thing out the window," the woman identified as Veronika K., told Bild newspaper.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=2&u=/nm/20031021/od_nm/odd_germany_television_dc

[Brucey]

1. Boy, she took the phrase "Kill your TV" seriously.

Who can disagree with her... TV is worse than a vast wasteland. Boob tube is right. Even The West Wing sucks now.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

14. They don't call it the "idiot box" for nothing!

smart woman

[GOPisEvil]

2. Veronica...honey...try picking up a book.

I have a few suggestions for a reading list to get you started.

Wow...I've THOUGHT about hurling my idiot box out the window, or at least rendering it a pile of plastic, but that's mostly due to the "news", not boredom.

[ZenLefty]

15. Not nearly as fun to throw books out of windows.

If you throw a book out the window because it's boring, you're just a mild kook. Throw the TV out the window, and that gets people talking. :D

[GOPisEvil]

16. The one that REALLY gets 'em talking...

...go to the theater to see a movie. If that movie sucks, go to the projection room and throw the projector out the little window.

They'll be sure to notice you then! :-)

[ZenLefty]

18. Then there's the theatre.

I've been to more than a few plays where I wanted to throw the "actors" off stage myself.

[GOPisEvil]

19. As long as it isn't opera...

...tossing some of those people around can land you a hernia. :o

[ZenLefty]

21. Yeah, and they're pretty well armed.

I don't think Veronika would do well against a spear-weilding valkyrie.

[GOPisEvil]

23. Unless Veronika IS a spear-wielding Valkyrie!

The minds boggles! :o

[ZenLefty]

24. Well, it certainly won't be boring anymore

Problem solved! If only we could walk into any TV show carrying a spear. I'm sure we'd set things right in a hurry. Think of all those awful episodes of Star Trek Voyager that could have been fixed with a swift spear-butt thrust into someone's torso.

[GOPisEvil]

25. Might've got me to tune in! (nt)

[el_gato]

3. good for her!

now if that could turn into a global phenomena

[demnan]

4. This woman needs sex . . . bad!

Really, can it get that bad on T.V.? Come one!

Either that or she's PMSing. Get her some calcium quick.

Calcium and sex.

[qb]

5. She must have watched too much SCTV as a child.

(Second City Television's intro showing TVs being hurled out of an apartment building's windows)

[NYYFan]

8. Tired of Ordinary Television ?

That is the first thing I thought about when I heard this yesterday. Glad to see someone else did too. :-)

:hi:

[mark0rama]

11. SCTV

I actually clicked on the link just hoping to see an SCTV reference.

Thanks for not disappointing!

[Loonman]

6. Next time I see that ad for Bank-One credit cards

With that fucking book store lady, I'm going to hurl something.

That commercial gives me urges to commit extreme violence against TV ad executives.

[BlueJazz]

7. Yep...I keep expecting her to call

....out the customers credit card number any time soon followed
by their PIN number.

[Ilsa]

9. Reminds me of a STNG episode

where some people from the late twentieth century were "thawed out" and revived and cured of their former terminal illnesses. One of them asked about what's on TV and they replied that the fad played out in mid twenty-first century (I believe).

Given what there is to watch, I think we're closer to accomplishing this.

[Kellanved]

10. understandable

1. We're talking German Television here
2. Lets have a look at the German Prime-Time TV-Programm from 10/18/03 (the channels available w/o cable, that is):
ARD: "Herbstfest der Volksmusik" (Autumnfest of Folkmusic; a very good reason to dispose of a TV)
ZDF: Wilsberg; (German Thriller)
RTL TV: Wer wird Millionär / "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
Sat1 : Star Trek IX
Pro7: Mr. Nice Guy
Kabel1: Der mit dem Wolf tanzt/ Dances with Wolfes
RTL2: Stephen King's Dolores
SuperRTL: Magnum
VOX: Tod im OP (French Thriller)
3SAT: Walser: ein Poetenleben /Walser: a poet's life
WDR: Müller Live with Bernd Müller
NDR: Autumnnight...
MDR: Donna Leon - Vendetta (Thriller)
RBB Brandenburg: Polizeiruf 110 ( Emergency call 999; German thriller)
RBB Berlin: Montagsmaler (Talkshow; Originals against VIPs)
SWR: Cornella Froboess (Birthday special)
ARTE: Design 2002 / iii.
ARTE: Hammamet in the time of Rome
DSF: Motorvision classic (1965)
EUROSPORT: Boxing - featherweight
PHOENIX: Milosevic Sturz eines Diktators ii (Milosevic: Fall of a dictator)
ZDF Doku: Karthago
ZDF Info: Wirtschaft extra (Economy: special)
KIKA: Popeye
N24 + BBCWorld: news
Viva Plus: Overdrive (music)
Viva: Da Ali G Show
9 Live : Spieleabend (Game Show evening)

[mark0rama]

12. Wow.

Context is everything, isn't it?

[ZenLefty]

17. Okay, now I understand.

It's a wonder the entire country of Germany hasn't hollowed the damn things out and made aquariums out of them.

[slackmaster]

13. The spirit of the late Keith Moon filled her soul

Next she'll put crazy glue in all of the door locks.

[VermontDem2004]

20. Where do you find this stuff?

You are coming up with some of the wierdest news lately.

[Kellanved]

22. probably here

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=757
either that, or Google news with "odd German" or plainly "German".