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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 08:04 PM
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Australian woman died after 'head was cut off during freak lawnmower accident'
What a prefectly horrible thing to happen.



The 42 year-old woman, who has not been named, is believed to have been struck by a 60cm piece of steel pipe, in what witnesses described as a “freak accident”.

Workplace safety officials have launched an investigation into the accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning in the north Queensland town of Townsville.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7358857/Australian-woman-decapitated-during-freak-lawnmower-accident.html
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 08:51 PM
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1. "When". She died WHEN decapitated.
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yawnmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:19 PM
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3. I think its slightly after, actually. eom
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:15 PM
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2. A freak accident???
Why do news reporters accuse people who have unusual accidents freaks?
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:50 PM
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5. Remember George Carlin's anchorman?
"A freak accident happened last night when three freaks in a microbus ran into five freaks in a Beetle."

No disrespect...(although when I go I think I want to get really, REALLY old and then get killed in a freak decapitating.)
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:57 PM
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7. ...
:spray: :rofl:


I loved Biff Burns, the sportscaster..."here are tonight's scores. 86-74, 98-87, 102-91, and in a partial score, 36".

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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 12:08 PM
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12. "And from the Far West..."
Marshall Islands 45, Guam Prep 14...
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:27 PM
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4. Matcom?
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:55 PM
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6. Jeezus, my day doesn't seem so bad now!
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:43 PM
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8. Check out the obituary--just as I suspected.
She was a drummer for Spinal Tap.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 09:00 AM
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9. LOL! I now know why that's funny, since I FINALLY watched that movie last Friday.
:rofl:

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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 09:46 AM
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10. Jeez, about time dude!
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 01:36 PM
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13. I hope you watched it in the original 13th century Finnish
Otherwise, you just can't really appreciate the humor.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 01:37 PM
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14. In the original Klingon, doofus.
:eyes:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 01:39 PM
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15. In the original Klingon...
it becomes a story about the glory of war.
(Pretty much every movie does, though. Except for Speed Racer, which becomes a musical about a car that goes through puberty.)
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 01:59 PM
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16. Klingon is a fictional language, much like French
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 02:42 PM
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18. Man, them French have a different word for everything......nt
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 11:44 AM
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11. Jesus
That's like something out of a 'Final Destination' movie.

At least it was quick.

I feel bad for that guy on the tractor and all those who witnessed it.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 02:27 PM
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17. Now the woman will never get ahead in this world.
:evilgrin:
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 05:35 PM
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20. You need to bag it with those inappropriate puns.
Making jokes with such a cutting edge at this time really make you look rakish.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 05:33 PM
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19. Yes, thanks for clarifying that "after" thing. Maybe saying "because of" would work.
Also, wouldn't it be, relatively speaking, more freaky if the lawnmower cut her head off and she didn't die?
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