Shocking!

I just read an interesting article. Apparently, a man was killed Wednesday night at Atlanta's Turner Field when he fell 150 feet down a stair well.

Uh....skulls don't do too well versus concrete and steel apparently.

According to the article, the man was sliding down the hand rail when he lost his balance and took the plunge to his demise.

Also according to the article, alcohol "may have been involved."

You THINK?

The article also says that the coroner is going to do an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Does the coroner in Atlanta not have anything better to do? I could solve that case right quick! "Blunt force trauma to the cerebellum caused damage to the portion of the brain that operates the diaphragm and he stopped moving air in and out. Over and out!" Or, if that's too much technical lingo, you could simple list the cause of death as "stupidity." Of course, that's assuming that the article I read was correct and that alcohol was involved. People who can't handle drinking without doing stupid stuff ought to choose not to drink!

A couple of weeks ago, MDB and I went to see the Astros play the Brewers (how appropriate!) at Minute Made Park. One section over and a couple of rows down, a guy who obviously identified with the Brewers was sitting. Well, I SAY he was sitting. For most of the game he stood and shouted for his team (which is okay given the circumstance), when he wasn't absent on a "beer run." We lost count of the number of frothy concoctions he consumed, but right before the cut-off time, he returned to his seat with a beer in each hand (he must have been related to Rockefeller judging from the beer prices at Minute Made!), both of which he dispatched with all due haste. In the meantime, he swung a little kid all around, stumbling several times in the process. On more than one occasion, several of us jumped up to rescue the tot in the event that he went flying, but we were pulled back from the precipice each time. Scary! We left a little early, not so much because the game wasn't interesting; we were afraid we'd be driving near "Brewer fan" and get killed!

Apparently, this is not the first time something like the Atlanta fatality has happened. (Duh?) According to the article, a man at New York's Shea stadium fell from an escalator to his death earlier this year. He was apparently riding the handrail when he lost his balance.

Wonder if alcohol had any involvement in that one?

Yes, I think the coroner should save the taxpayers of Fulton County a little money and simply list "stupidity" as the COD.

I guess Darwin was right all along. "Natural Selection" determines which of the species will pass along their genes - these should certainly be considered for the Darwin Award if they're not already finalists! - Dan