A Dutch girl has died in Spain because a bungee instructor spoke in broken English.
It’s unclear why the Spaniard was compelled to speak English to a Dutch girl in Spain, but, hey, I’m not the multi-culti expert.
Apparently she thought he said “now jump,” when he said “no jump,” and she swan dived into the abyss, untethered.
I find this hard to believe because before I jumped off anything, I would ask if I was hooked up right, in every language I could think of, including pig latin, and I’d be asking until they pushed me.
Spaans bedrijf schuldig aan fatale bungeejump Haagse Vera (17) https://t.co/93JUMcZd3L pic.twitter.com/jIq15n0EWu
— AD.nl (@ADnl) June 21, 2017
ht/ js
I value my life way to much to risk it in such a full hardy way
He spoke in English because, as a general rule, the Dutch speak English. I have traveled extensively and met a lot of Dutch people. I have yet to meet one that is not fluent in English. Horrible tragedy.
REMINDS ME…
A bunch of Indians capture a cowboy and bring him back to their camp to meet the chief. The chief says to the cowboy, “You are going to die. But we feel sorry for you, so we will give you one wish a day for three days, on sundown of the third day, you die. What is your first wish?”
The cowboy says, “I want to see my horse.” The Indians get his horse. The cowboy grabs the horse’s ear and whispers something, then slaps the horse on the ass. The horse takes off. Two hours later, the horse comes back with a naked blonde. She jumps off the horse and goes into the teepee with the cowboy. The Indians look at each other, figuring, “Typical white man – can only think of one thing.”
The second day, the chief says, “What is your wish today?” The cowboy says, “I want to see my horse again.” The Indians bring him his horse. The cowboy leans over to the horse and whispers something in the horse’s ear, then slaps it on the ass. Two hours later, the horse comes back with a naked redhead. She gets off and goes in the teepee with the cowboy. The Indians shake their heads, figuring, “Typical white man – going to die and can only think of one thing.”
The last day comes, and the chief says, “This is your last wish, white man. What you want?” The cowboy says, “I want to see my horse again.” The Indians bring him his horse. The cowboy grabs the horse by both ears, twists them hard and yells, “Read my lips! POSSE, damn it! P-O-S-S-E!”
The Dutch speak better English then you will ever hear in most of urban America.
I thought that Wile E Coyote and other cartoon characters like Yosemite Sam etc. were the only ones who could get away with that and keep on coming back. My son bungee jumped off the world’s highest bungee jump in S. Africa when he was there in the early 2000’s. He lived, he loved it and I thought he was crazy as hell. He was also about 20 at the time when young men still think they’re invincible.
No blonde jokes, please.
Goddamn… How fucking stupid can you get, from everyone involved? How the fuck could you jump without looking to see if you are, in fact, actually tied to the bungee, or is that just too fucking hard for some chicks to manage, you know like parallel parking and auto mechanics. “Oh, I just do what someone tells me to do, like voting progressive and jumping off cliffs… tee hee!… (splat!)”.
Just another item on the list of stupid things that will get you a Darwin Award.
Bungee jumping
Skydiving
Free climbing/diving
Stealing a political poster in North Korea
etc.
This year’s Darwin Award winner. And a big thank you from the gene pool.
When you’re that stupid it’s just a question of time. Don’t blame the instructor.
It’s just nature culling the unfit. Like John Wayne sais: life is tough, its even tougher when your stupid.
John Wayne in McClintock, “I ought to punch you one (refrains from punching and then the decks the bad guy) like hell I will.”
Yeah, but what a rush, eh?
At the least, she deserves a refund.
Tragic accident. That’s someone’s daughter. I feel very bad for the family.
She’s Dutch…so she’s from a country actively importing 7th century barbarians, and paying them to live there, while simultaneously jailing anyone who objects.
Yeah, I can totally see her jumping off a cliff face-first with no bungee strap. And I say that unsarcastically.
“What if someone told you to jump off of a cliff, would you do it?”
Now we know the answer.
@Joe:
It’s “foolhardy,” not “full hardy.”
I know I know
Iphone changed it
I saw it go but figured who cares
But some do
Fake news.🙈
The article says she died instantly. I think she probably died of the rapid deceleration about 7 seconds after her translation problem. Close to instantly though.
One of my phobias, heights and falling, cannot imagine the terror when she realizes that the ground isn’t slowing down.
I’ve always heard that white men can’t jump. Apparently, white girls can.
That’s Really Fuced up !
Not a chance in hell. Not even remotely.