There are times when you stumble across a news story and you fear for the future of the human race.
This incident - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6132140.stm - surely has to be a contender for the Darwin Awards.
In fact, I'll just go and submit it...
...there, all done.
UPDATE
Just discovered another version of the story here, which goes into a bit more detail:
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx? SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1868989
ANOTHER UPDATE
In fact, I think I've just discovered the action caught on a mobile phone camera and posted on YouTube. You can't see much, but judging by the laughter over the guy's screams, his friends aren't that sympathetic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QV2spzrA8
This incident - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6132140.stm - surely has to be a contender for the Darwin Awards.
In fact, I'll just go and submit it...
...there, all done.
UPDATE
Just discovered another version of the story here, which goes into a bit more detail:
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx? SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1868989
ANOTHER UPDATE
In fact, I think I've just discovered the action caught on a mobile phone camera and posted on YouTube. You can't see much, but judging by the laughter over the guy's screams, his friends aren't that sympathetic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QV2spzrA8
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