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(CNN) Sad Fire at Chinese nightclub. If only there was some kind of drill they could have practiced   (cnn.com) divider line 49
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paulseta [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 02:27:08 AM  
They really shouldn't have used Great White's Best Of as a background music CD. Was bound to end in tragedy.

 
dillenger69 [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 02:38:03 AM  
Queue yakety sax.

 
kiwichan 2009-02-01 04:27:39 AM  
First "subby owes me a new keyboard" headline I've truly had.

 
ecl [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-02-01 04:28:03 AM  
anddddddd
we all go to hell.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 04:31:11 AM  
Subby wins.

 
doodler 2009-02-01 04:33:14 AM  
I actually LOLed at that headline, good jorb subby.

 
Scorched Colon 2009-02-01 04:34:38 AM  
Considering they fired off fireworks, inside the bar, from their tables I don't think any amount of practicing a fire drill would have helped those people.

 
allthebetter 2009-02-01 04:37:04 AM  
paulseta: They really shouldn't have used Great White's Best Of as a background music CD. Was bound to end in tragedy.

came for the greate white reference...

 
Sod A Dog 2009-02-01 04:40:10 AM  
I never make posts on headlines, but...

Wow. Just.... wow.

/exit row, please.

 
No.1 2009-02-01 04:41:33 AM  
kiwichan: First "subby owes me a new keyboard" headline I've truly had.

Not that original i thought. Has been used at least a couple of times, like here (new window)

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 04:42:49 AM  
Sod A Dog: I never make posts on headlines, but...

Wow. Just.... wow.

/exit row, please.


Oh, we are all going to hell for that one.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 04:43:28 AM  
No.1: kiwichan: First "subby owes me a new keyboard" headline I've truly had.

Not that original i thought. Has been used at least a couple of times, like here (new window)


Meh, and nobody saw that one.

 
rackrent [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 04:51:42 AM  
I was going to submit this with an "OOOOOHHH!" "AAAAAHHH" headline, but this one was better.

 
Sylvia_Bandersnatch 2009-02-01 04:55:26 AM  
I raffed.

 
GoSlash27 2009-02-01 05:01:00 AM  
Dear Subby,
www.mojosonic.com
/DNRTFA

 
Jamieboy 2009-02-01 05:01:53 AM  
As a life long practitioner of Chinese fire drills, I'm getting a kick out of the headline.

What is a 'Latin Style' Club, and why did Changle City close all other entertainment venues because of one fire? Seems pretty harsh, but then again it's China.

From Wikipedia, looked it up just for the hell of it:

The term is alleged to have originated in the early 1900s, during a naval incident wherein a ship manned by British officers and a Chinese crew set up a fire drill for fighting a fire in the engine room. In the event of a fire the crew was to form a bucket brigade, drawing water from the starboard side, taking it to the engine room and throwing it on the fire. Because water would accumulate in the engine room, another crew was to take the excess thrown water and haul it back up to the main deck, and then heave it over the port side (in order to bail it out).

When the drill was called the first moments went according to plan, but then orders became confused in translation. The crew for the bucket brigade began drawing the water from the starboard side, running over to the port side, and then throwing the water over, and so by-passing the engine room completely.


funny.

 
Anthropophaguy 2009-02-01 05:07:02 AM  
Was it funny the first time? Oh yes, very much so.

Funny the second time? You know what, yeah, a little bit it was.

The same joke resused in a half-dozen headlines? Tired. Funny if you're only catching it for the first time, I guess, but tired. Tired.

 
TalesFromTheDaneSide 2009-02-01 05:08:01 AM  
Sylvia_Bandersnatch: I raffed.

Perfect. Win.

 
GoSlash27 2009-02-01 05:10:49 AM  
No.1,
The other headlines referenced in that link are funny too. Apparently "Chinese fire drill" is the gift that keeps on giving..

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 05:15:08 AM  
Anthropophaguy: Was it funny the first time? Oh yes, very much so.

Funny the second time? You know what, yeah, a little bit it was.

The same joke resused in a half-dozen headlines? Tired. Funny if you're only catching it for the first time, I guess, but tired. Tired.


If a headline falls in a forest and nobody is around to LOL did it really happen?

 
quadcam 2009-02-01 05:21:41 AM  
headline made me lol
...wtg subby

 
ertznay 2009-02-01 05:27:36 AM  
Damn good one subby. +1

 
mr. Belvedere 2009-02-01 05:46:19 AM  
This headline is at least 2 years old.

 
Walkenstein 2009-02-01 06:16:37 AM  
Everyone must have been doing the "Wang Chung" in unison

 
pjbreeze 2009-02-01 06:44:10 AM  
Welcome to Chinese New Year. Think of it this way, they probably have had worse disasters during the New Year celebrations than that.

 
Vern the Worm 2009-02-01 06:49:10 AM  
The Chinese fire drill worked great up to the point where they started running back into the burning building.

 
Acclivus 2009-02-01 08:32:38 AM  
didn't RTFA just looove the headline. Way to go subby.

 
seasushi 2009-02-01 08:47:11 AM  
+1

 
ankmcfly 2009-02-01 09:16:37 AM  
Strop, Dlop and Loll!!!!!!

 
Jayzus Crusty 2009-02-01 09:34:29 AM  
Oh,the Hunuanity!

 
Vertdang 2009-02-01 09:36:29 AM  
Vern the Worm: The Chinese fire drill worked great up to the point where they started running back into the burning building.

THIS ^ is what I came in to say.

/you bastard

 
Carotid [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-02-01 09:40:24 AM  
GoSlash27: No.1,
The other headlines referenced in that link are funny too. Apparently "Chinese fire drill" is the gift that keeps on giving..


This. It's the gift that keeps on giving. I'm surprised it got greenlit as I thought it ("chinese fire drill") had been used too many times - but it's still funny every time...

/going to hell
//subby

 
Carotid [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-02-01 09:43:40 AM  
Vertdang: Vern the Worm: The Chinese fire drill worked great up to the point where they started running back into the burning building.

THIS ^ is what I came in to say.

/you bastard


This.

 
Marquis de Sod [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 10:20:57 AM  
I ROR'd

 
mikalmd 2009-02-01 10:26:05 AM  
I was wondering who would be so farking stupid to set off fire works in a fire trap in the first place ...now I know...China needs a tag...

 
walnuts55 [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 11:14:58 AM  
Anthropophaguy: Was it funny the first time? Oh yes, very much so.

Funny the second time? You know what, yeah, a little bit it was.

The same joke resused in a half-dozen headlines? Tired. Funny if you're only catching it for the first time, I guess, but tired. Tired.


Burning Chinese will always be funny, Unless there young female and Hot to start with. ME like asian youg ladys have pocket full of $5 bills....

 
Oldiron_79 2009-02-01 11:20:09 AM  
dillenger69: Queue yakety sax.

What about yakety axe? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndiMnwz5XjA

 
BioCritter 2009-02-01 12:01:34 PM  
Fire in the disco!

Fire in the Taco Bell!

 
Rosalinda 2009-02-01 12:44:10 PM  
Came for Electric Six, was almost disappointed.

BioCritter you are a gentleman and a scholar.

 
Grey Street 2009-02-01 01:01:06 PM  
"Oh no, Chinese fire drill! For real this time!"

 
drinkoffking 2009-02-01 01:03:09 PM  
www.cartwilliams.com
subby you magnificent bastard

 
Carotid [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-02-01 01:18:19 PM  
Grey Street: "Oh no, Chinese fire drill! For real this time!"


Where is that from? The Simpsons?

 
Scattershot 2009-02-01 01:23:12 PM  
Headline is Submission of the Year caliber. Bravo subby.

 
Vertically Challenged [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 02:30:44 PM  
One of the rare times actually did get soda on my monitor!

Bravo, subby, Bravo!
+1!

 
some_beer_drinker 2009-02-01 02:32:05 PM  
didn't anyone tell this assclown that it was a bad idea to light fireworks inside a bar?

/chinese people don't have much common sense.

 
Necrosis 2009-02-01 02:59:01 PM  
Lighting fireworks indoors is unsafe.

img.photobucket.com

 
rico567 2009-02-01 05:04:16 PM  
FIFTEEN DEAD? And the Chinese news agency reports it, and more than that probably died in Chinese coal mines the same day, and no mention.......

 
communion_wafer [TotalFark] 2009-02-01 11:05:45 PM  
Thanks Subby.

 
TheOtherOne79 [TotalFark] 2009-02-02 09:18:31 AM  
Problem is everyone would run out one door and then re-enter via another.

 
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