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(Bloomberg)		♫ Working in a gold mine / Mile underground now / Working in a gold mine / Oops, we're gonna drown now ♪ Working in a gold mine / Hundred sixty score now / Working in a gold mine / Oops, we're gonna drown now ♫ (bloomberg.com)		120
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xtex		2007-10-03 05:09:38 PM

+1. Beats my headline hands down.

rocinante721		2007-10-03 05:20:04 PM

Damn!

Makes them Utah folk look like Attention Whores

alcoholwasinvolved		2007-10-03 05:21:35 PM

Prevent forest fires, strip mine!

silo123j		2007-10-03 05:22:18 PM

nicely done, better than my headline....

relmar		2007-10-03 05:22:19 PM

/applauds

amazing_live_seamonkeys		2007-10-03 05:23:06 PM

South Africa?

That's like a hundred miles from here. Who cares?

Heelzfan		2007-10-03 05:23:53 PM

How much do you want to bet they won't be saved? Mine rescue operations have not fared well lately in the States. I'm guessing South Africa probably doesn't have Grade A mining equipment or safety measures.

/Just sayin'...
//I hope I'm wrong.

fifthhorseman		2007-10-03 05:24:08 PM

"Lord, I'm so asphixiated. How long can this glub...glub"

the-meter-man		2007-10-03 05:24:33 PM

/props

ultraholland		2007-10-03 05:26:08 PM

Did TFA say 3,200? Damn.
/maybe they'll turn into diamonds

SoxSweepAgain		2007-10-03 05:26:09 PM

3,200?

Holy shiat, that's 1/10 of Fenway... this could be horrible.

Loverboy586		2007-10-03 05:26:54 PM

Rape Mother Earth and you get the UFIA

fiestaguy		2007-10-03 05:26:59 PM

best use of a devo song in a headline A++++++ would read agian

pennysdeuce		2007-10-03 05:27:22 PM

This was on Bloomberg. Does that mean the price of gold is going up?

sarcastrow		2007-10-03 05:27:36 PM

Saw DEVO recently, they still kick ass.

Hope these guys are ok. I could never work in a mine, it's a long story but tight underground passages have a very bad association for me.

jimstyle		2007-10-03 05:27:47 PM

Subby deserves major credit... that headline is sick and hilarious at the same time. Kudos to you.

Old_Chief_Scott		2007-10-03 05:28:31 PM

Jesus! 3200 guys down there in one shift? Makes me all kinds of claustophobic just thinking about it. And if that piece of falling metal took out power lines to the pumps, this will end very, very badly.

pc_gator		2007-10-03 05:29:27 PM

You Dog wants Bling.

Ikahoshi		2007-10-03 05:29:52 PM

fiestaguy: best use of a devo song in a headline A++++++ would read agian

Devo song?

What are you talking about?

jerry2a		2007-10-03 05:30:57 PM

HELLO. MY NAME IS MR. DAVIS LUMKA FROM SOUTH AFRICA. I AM AT PRESENT TRAPPED IN A GOLD MINE AND NEED YOUR GREAT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF TWENTY FIVE MILLION (US $25M) FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT TO A SAFE PARTY...

frostbyt		2007-10-03 05:31:27 PM

the-meter-man: /props

i69.photobucket.com

stpickrell		2007-10-03 05:31:31 PM

Lee Dorsey wishes to biatchslap all who attribute this to Devo.

skinink		2007-10-03 05:31:46 PM

Yea, but they're surrounded by Gold. They can pull a Cartman, and stuff as much as they can in their body before rescue!

tuna fingers		2007-10-03 05:31:59 PM

Ikahoshi: fiestaguy: best use of a devo song in a headline A++++++ would read agian

Devo song?

What are you talking about?

I came in here to say what Ikahoshi said. Got to give props to the original, not a cover.

nekom		2007-10-03 05:32:05 PM

I'm no geologist, but I'm pretty sure in mines that deep, without proper air conditioning it gets more than a little warm. This could wind up being a horrible catastrophe.

ga362		2007-10-03 05:32:21 PM

That'd be a prime location for a fart.

atomic-age		2007-10-03 05:32:32 PM

AngloGold?

ANGLO Gold? Boy, they're just upfront with it, aren't they?

ultraholland		2007-10-03 05:33:21 PM

I'd start killing the others so I that may hoard the oxygen.

phyx		2007-10-03 05:33:47 PM

At least they're going to die rich.

sarcastrow		2007-10-03 05:34:00 PM

tuna fingers: Ikahoshi: fiestaguy: best use of a devo song in a headline A++++++ would read agian

Devo song?

What are you talking about?

I came in here to say what Ikahoshi said. Got to give props to the original, not a cover.

Well the original is cool but DEVO did the definitive version.

Jingoro		2007-10-03 05:35:37 PM

You'd think the Robotech robots would be able to help dig them out.

/Harmony Gold
//hopefully not too obscure.
///otherwise I'm way too old

andrew131		2007-10-03 05:35:46 PM

nekom: I'm no geologist, but I'm pretty sure in mines that deep, without proper air conditioning it gets more than a little warm. This could wind up being a horrible catastrophe.

Forget the naggers, save the damn horses!

/not obscure at all.

phyx		2007-10-03 05:36:10 PM

atomic-age: AngloGold?

ANGLO Gold? Boy, they're just upfront with it, aren't they?

Anglo means "English", as in the United Kingdom.

drongozone		2007-10-03 05:36:11 PM

Where's Nelson Mandela when you need him? Oh I forgot, he be dead.

jamspoon		2007-10-03 05:37:40 PM

According to the BBC (pops):
"Rescuers are trying to use an adjacent shaft to rescue the miners, a spokeswoman for the mine's owner, Harmony Gold Mining, said.

The accident happened at about 0800 GMT and there has been no communication with the miners since then, she said."

0800 GMT is 13.5 hours ago if my calculations are right. That's a lot of time for that many people to be out of contact.

BenRice		2007-10-03 05:37:52 PM

That's in extremely poor taste. Well done, subby!

nekom		2007-10-03 05:38:20 PM

from cnn's story:

The lift is expected to be functioning in two hours, but it could take more than 10 hours to evacuate all the miners, according to the press association.

maybe it's not going to end badly.

phyx		2007-10-03 05:38:25 PM

drongozone: Where's Nelson Mandela when you need him? Oh I forgot, he be dead.

Nelson Mandela isn't dead... Unless he died today in a gold mine.

profplump		2007-10-03 05:38:51 PM

sarcastrow: Well the original is cool but DEVO did the definitive version.

Definitively not the original maybe.

BrianJLG		2007-10-03 05:38:59 PM

I'm guessing that these would be mostly black fellows. Based upon that premise, "whitey" gets blamed in 5... 4... 3... 2...

adm_crunch		2007-10-03 05:40:20 PM

tuna fingers: I came in here to say what Ikahoshi said. Got to give props to the original, not a cover.

I didn't even know it was a cover. Who did the original?

The Invisible Sky Wizard		2007-10-03 05:42:16 PM

fiestaguy: best use of a devo song in a headline

Hahahawrong.

thalassatx		2007-10-03 05:43:05 PM

Devo did that song? WTF?

And subby, that's an awesome headline. Just awesome.

GungFu		2007-10-03 05:44:42 PM

BrianJLG: I'm guessing that these would be mostly black fellows. Based upon that premise, "whitey" gets blamed in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Because it's true?

Ikahoshi		2007-10-03 05:45:49 PM

adm_crunch: I didn't even know it was a cover. Who did the original?

Lee Dorsey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AjiSwBZoc (new window)

BrianJLG		2007-10-03 05:45:52 PM

GungFu: BrianJLG: I'm guessing that these would be mostly black fellows. Based upon that premise, "whitey" gets blamed in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Because it's true?

Sure. Why not! Evil whitey forced them to take those jobs.

sirgrim		2007-10-03 05:49:16 PM

Thanks, Subby. I'll see you in hell. You'd better save me a good seat.

av3rnus		2007-10-03 05:50:27 PM

Jingoro: You'd think the Robotech robots would be able to help dig them out.

/Harmony Gold
//hopefully not too obscure.
///otherwise I'm way too old

Ok, good, I'm not the only one who thought about Robotech when I read that.

/nah, not too old
//unless 27 is way too old
///in which case I'm too old as well