The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) said greater steps must be taken to raise awareness of the cliffs among students.

I picture them sitting in the parlor having tea.

ROSPA1: Dreadful things those cliffs.

ROSPA2: Indeed. Quite dangerous.

ROSPA1: One must be careful near them. I do so care for safety.

ROSPA2: Yes, accidents are such terrible,terrible things. One certainly must be careful. More milk?

ROSPA1: Please. And let us move on from such ghastly business.

Chuck D strikes again

His swan song was a swan dive!

"The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) said greater steps must be taken to raise awareness of the cliffs among students..."

How forward-thinking of it.

FTFA:
The student is understood to be the fifth person to die in recent years at the beauty spot close to the Old Course.



HER FACE WILL KILL YOU

FTFA:
Police appealed for information and said they were particularly keen to speak to a young American man who is believed to have spoken to the victim minutes before his death.

"Yeah, it's a great shortcut to the beach. Trust me. No, those signs don't mean anything, just climb over those high railings and head on down about 60 feet."

I'm sure it's a terrible slur on the poor young man, but at 1:30am when he was heading to a party one suspects the presence of alcohol. All the people who have fallen the wrong way at this beauty spot in recent times have been students from out of town. Still, that doesn't exempt them from having a basic understanding of the laws of gravity and the difficulties of arriving on some rocks having taken the fast route down.

It is said to be close to the Old Course, but everything in St Andrews is close to the Old Course since it's such a small place. Maybe the best thing is to remove all the fences and walls and simply let those who want to fall, and those who don't be.

But the sad truth is that people die. Some through ill-advised actions, some through no fault of their own. Lots of us have had plenty of near misses, but for this guy it was too near, and he didn't miss.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents? I wonder if they receive government money.
These must be the people who influenced denmark to fund an ad campaign promoting helmets for pedestrians.

"Bright and popular"?

I don't know about bright but he did make quite a splash.

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There, now we can skip the rest of the posts in this thread.

big pig peaches: "Bright and popular"?

They always are, dead people. Never complete bar stewards, or wastes of space. Always bright, popular, clever, etc etc.

At least on his last night out, he had a smashing good time.

lol subby you bastard

I am giving this serious thought. Membership is pretty affordable. Might also look good on a resume. Link (new window)

Sometimes it must be difficult
Not to feel as if you really are a cliff
When fascists keep trying to push you over it!
Are they the lemmings, or are you Cliff?
Or ARE you, Cliff?

/hot like one of Neil's sneezes

Porous Horace: Sometimes it must be difficult
Not to feel as if you really are a cliff
When fascists keep trying to push you over it!
Are they the lemmings, or are you Cliff?
Or ARE you, Cliff?

/hot like one of Neil's sneezes a billboard of Cliff

FTFY

"Stephen Magee, vice-principal for external relations... ", as opposed to "internal relations"?

described by the university as a "bright and very popular" student who was "much loved by his family and friends".

Bad things always seem to happen to these great people. Kinda makes me feel immortal.

the student's body was washed up on the shore near the St Andrews Sea Life Centre

Is that irony? Does that count?

Did he just get married?

It's actually pretty nasty up there...

it's badly lit, badly fenced, and at areas where you are no where near the cliff you have a chance of slipping. (rain really wrecks that area almost daily).

To be honest people are surprised more people haven't died especially students who flock to St Andrews University.

and no, Lord Summerisle that is not irony although Americans would disagree... but they don't get irony, even in their own shows.

cliff notes? how about paying attention to the cliff signage?

House of Tards: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) said greater steps must be taken to raise awareness of the cliffs among students.

I picture them sitting in the parlor having tea.

ROSPA1: Dreadful things those cliffs.

ROSPA2: Indeed. Quite dangerous.

ROSPA1: One must be careful near them. I do so care for safety.

ROSPA2: Yes, accidents are such terrible,terrible things. One certainly must be careful. More milk?

ROSPA1: Please. And let us move on from such ghastly business.

Really? I picture a lot group of people all wearing hockey helmets and excessive padding, repeatedly saying thing like...

"careful"
"look out"
"watch your step"
"hold on... where's the fire?"
and
"eeeeassy there"

I mean... tea? Are you mad? Do you know how dangerous that is? What if some were spilled? On a child?

Perhaps, a sippy cup of room temperature distilled water would be the answer, if something as hazardous at "drinking" were to take place.

Maybe.

"It would appear they have taken a short cut which they believed would lead to the beach"- It was and it did, he accomplished this goal completely. See not so dumb after all.

Pocket Ninja: It is simply not possible that there are human beings on this earth who take themselves as serious members of an organization called The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

The American Association for the Prevention of Lawsuits didn't make anyone any money, so never caught on. ROSPA mean that sign-makers and health and safety auditors do a roaring trade.

RockIsDead: The student is understood to be the fifth person to die in recent years at the beauty spot close to the Old Course.

This is why all cliffs should be bulldozed into safe flat areas.

/Think of the children

No need to be so friggin' extreme, RockIsDead. Geesh. Bulldoze all cliffs into safe flat areas? Ridiculous. Keep the cliffs as they are. A more reasonable precaution would be to line the base of cliffs (and buildings) with giant inflatable air bags and to many every air bag with a team of EMTs. Now THAT is a reasonable solution!

Photo of the incident:



/I suppose that could be NSFW if you have a 50" monitor on your desk?

I'm surprised this popped up on fark... anyway, those cliffs are high but there are fences and warning signs, and they are there for a reason. Unless this kid somehow cut through someone's private property, where the barriers between back garden and the cliffs may not be as high or as well marked, he put himself at risk by ignoring the danger and climbing over the fence.

It was bonfire night and I'm sure he was probably drunk, but there is no shortcut down to Castle Sands and it was incredibly foolish to try looking for one. Accidents occasionally happen on those cliffs once every year or couple of years, and it is always someone who climbed the fence.

Very sad loss of such a young guy though..


/St Andrews graduate
//frequent attendee of Castle Sands Bonfires

Baryogenesis: FTFA:
Police appealed for information and said they were particularly keen to speak to a young American man who is believed to have spoken to the victim minutes before his death.

"Yeah, it's a great shortcut to the beach. Trust me. No, those signs don't mean anything, just climb over those high railings and head on down about 60 feet."

yeah, this.

funkboy: Shiiiiiiiii.....

see you, and raise you a couple hundred feet. (new window)

The Royal Society for Putting Things On Top of Other Things approves.