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(Some Guy)		Man skydiving to celebrate his 70th birthday dies in mid-fall (sheppnews.com.au)		105
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le mew		2009-12-10 05:26:45 PM

Ew. Sucks to be the instructor and have this old dead guy strapped to your chest like an albatross.

On the other hand, if it weren't a tandem jump that would be a great way to go.

Recoil Therapy		2009-12-10 05:32:52 PM

My sister & I are thinking of sending my mom skydiving for her 70th this year. We were going to send my dad for his a couple of years ago but decided that she would enjoy it more.

/Dad's kinda boring
//yeah I know, cool story bro...bite me

le mew		2009-12-10 05:38:43 PM

Do it, Recoil! Just make sure she is prepared to sign some scary paperwork that says die death death die all over it and certifies that she is and always has been in absolutely perfect health. Which is a lie for everyone.

Dr.Knockboots		2009-12-10 05:47:01 PM

I herd he wrote a book..

chapter 70 "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
chapter 71

unyon		2009-12-10 06:19:46 PM

Had he known, he could have just jumped without a chute.

Kyosuke		2009-12-10 06:27:35 PM

le mew: Ew. Sucks to be the instructor and have this old dead guy strapped to your chest like an albatross.

On the other hand, if it weren't a tandem jump that would be a great way to go.

Sure. Just throw some dirt on top of the hole and the job's done.

peachpicker		2009-12-10 09:13:19 PM

That's a great way to go.

Godscrack		2009-12-10 09:47:19 PM

peachpicker That's a great way to go.

Godscrack		2009-12-10 09:52:01 PM

On second thought

img442.imageshack.us

That ain't no way to go.

Bek		2009-12-10 10:06:40 PM

Who was he tandem jumping with? Colonel Mustard?

AlwaysRightBoy		2009-12-10 10:38:00 PM

Damn nice way to go.
I'm just hoping to make it to 70.
/with a hard on

AntiNorm		2009-12-10 10:56:41 PM

Watch the drop zone get sued over this.

ecmoRandomNumbers		2009-12-10 11:03:42 PM

Well, at least that can be crossed off his Bucket List.

Razorwolf		2009-12-10 11:54:48 PM

Was it by drowning?

Hamilton_G_Fantomas		2009-12-11 12:30:19 AM

It's all just a hoax so Nick can show you his time machine/airplane.

base935		2009-12-11 12:31:23 AM

That sucks, I'm taking my mom on a tandem on her 65th birthday Monday.

/Really.
//Can't wait.
///Coloradoskysports.com Boulder, CO

Mock26		2009-12-11 12:31:29 AM

I have to say that I certainly would not mind just dying while in freefall!

LegacyDL		2009-12-11 12:31:49 AM

Something tells me this guy was probably already dead before the jump.

sbutler		2009-12-11 12:32:09 AM

Razorwolf: Was it by drowning?

netfiles.uiuc.edu

That's impossible.

crab66		2009-12-11 12:33:44 AM

Better than dieing in a bed somewhere.

Congrats to the deceased. Seriously.

Kierkegaard's Pseudonym		2009-12-11 12:34:28 AM

Is the tandem-jumper on the top or the bottom?

Would make for an uncomfortable instructor jump if it's the bottom, especially when the old man's chute opened.

bring to a festering boil		2009-12-11 12:35:09 AM

"Oh, chute!"

scrubs32782		2009-12-11 12:35:20 AM

Here's how it happened.

scrubs32782		2009-12-11 12:36:20 AM

This should be Hospice's new method.

MightySapphire		2009-12-11 12:36:31 AM

Bet it was the lack of oxygen at the drop altitude. Or God has a great sense of humor.

MightySapphire		2009-12-11 12:37:15 AM

bring to a festering boil: "Oh, chute!"

/Classic!

El Pachuco		2009-12-11 12:39:47 AM

You know how blind skydivers can tell they're close to the ground?

The leash goes slack.

Farker T		2009-12-11 12:39:51 AM

Mid-fall my arse!

It's damn near winter!

The English Major		2009-12-11 12:40:39 AM

Came for the Monk, leaving satisfied.

the_cnidarian		2009-12-11 12:43:57 AM

At least he went out while he was on top, er, in the middle.

Meisaims		2009-12-11 12:44:00 AM

Farker T
Mid-fall my arse!
It's damn near winter!

I LOL'd.

Meisaims		2009-12-11 12:46:35 AM

El Pachuco
You know how blind skydivers can tell they're close to the ground?
The leash goes slack.

You are going to hell.

/Took me a minute to get that lol

Stonerbloopers		2009-12-11 12:48:07 AM

When I was in Junior High the dad of a couple of my classmates died parachuting. He was an extremely experienced jumper and was actually practicing to dive into a crosstown rivalry High School football game. He had a heart attack.

/But was it why his chute didn't open or because his chute didn't open?

fearmongert		2009-12-11 12:48:17 AM

ecmoRandomNumbers: Well, at least that can be crossed off his Bucket List.

my first thought...
he must've had some "one thing I have to do before I die" philosophy going on

Oddjorb		2009-12-11 12:49:24 AM

As someone going skydiving for the first time next week at that exact location, I'm getting a kick outta these replies.

/Utter dread as well.

Ashtrey		2009-12-11 12:50:12 AM

ecmoRandomNumbers: Well, at least that can be crossed off his Bucket List.

Maybe it's markeed as half done?

Of course, nothing in the name "sky-diving" says anything about making it to the ground alive. Or being alive seconds after making it to the ground.

AgentOrangeDrink		2009-12-11 12:51:12 AM

I hope it was George H.W. Bush.

Ashtrey		2009-12-11 12:53:24 AM

AgentOrangeDrink: I hope it was George H.W. Bush.

Now now, no need to bring politics into a good old-fasioned accidental death thread.

SuperCatBarf		2009-12-11 12:54:23 AM

I apologize for this link, and want to emphasize it's not safe for work. However, the subject of TFA might have been subject to a more extreme version of it:
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Amalevica		2009-12-11 12:54:33 AM

For some odd reason, I automatically assumed that he was nude.

7wolf		2009-12-11 12:55:01 AM

Oddjorb: As someone going skydiving for the first time next week at that exact location, I'm getting a kick outta these replies.

/Utter dread as well.

Don't worry, I'm sure you wouldn't feel a thing. Just think of it as one of those missile-cameras they show on the news sometimes.

Ashtrey		2009-12-11 12:57:57 AM

Amalevica: For some odd reason, I automatically assumed that he was nude.

Well, do you have any reason to assume he wasn't?

Ziprar		2009-12-11 01:00:45 AM

I thought it wasn't the fall that killed you...

gregscott		2009-12-11 01:01:23 AM

Wentzbag		2009-12-11 01:02:00 AM

Ziprar: I thought it wasn't the fall that killed you...

www.4everhomes.org

Well you thought wrong, didn't you?

Uchiha_Cycliste		2009-12-11 01:02:08 AM

Ashtrey: Amalevica: For some odd reason, I automatically assumed that he was nude.

Well, do you have any reason to assume he wasn't?

Well THAT would make for an awkward tandem jump.

SuperCatBarf		2009-12-11 01:11:27 AM

Oddjorb: dread

Utter dread? Why do it, then? You should only do it if it seems like something fun or interesting. Don't submit to peer pressure.

Bacontastesgood		2009-12-11 01:13:01 AM

I hope it was George H.W. Bush.

2009-1945 = 64

It makes perfect sense that a six year old child would be flying planes for the Navy in WWII.

Idiot.

Marshall Banana		2009-12-11 01:17:57 AM

Seriously, I can think of worse ways to go out.

My mom is in a nursing home for her dementia. A good one at least, but holy fark, in comparison plane->jump->nothing is not a bad concept at all.