#335 Don't Jump from Bridges

Windsor teen survives Golden Gate Bridge jump

The kid apparently was dared to jump by his classmates and so he did. He fell about 200 feet into the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay and suffered a broken tailbone and some damage to his lungs but was mostly otherwise okay.

Still, to say he's lucky is a massive understatement. People commit suicide by jumping off the bridge. There's a reason for that. Its a really, really long way to fall onto the water. Note, I don't say into the water because, from that height, the water is effectively concrete.

How this kid survived is a miracle but I would take the under on the bet for how long this kid lives beyond this since he seems kind of stupid for doing it in the first place.

And I'd like to note that I grew up jumping from bridges into the Connecticut River in New England, about 30 or 40 feet, and from the cliffs above the Copper Mines, about 70 feet, outside of my town. But 200 feet is no joke and there's simply no way he should have survived.

Rule #335 is Don't Jump from Bridges

#177 Keep Your Clothes on While Thieving

Woman mistook naked thief for husband

This story seems too bizarre to be true. A thief was stealing stuff from a house while the family was asleep. He noticed that the husband was sleeping on the couch and figured he'd add a little nookie to his theft for the night. So he took off his clothes and got into bed with the woman of the house.

She woke up when his voice was not the voice of her husband's, went into the living room and saw her sleeping husband and then started screaming.

Hard to believe but the naked thief got away with the loot he'd stolen and his big brass balls clanging like gongs while he ran (no, not really on the brass balls part). The hutzpah displayed is astonishing and he's lucky he didn't get beaten into a nasty puddle of goo.

Rule #177 is Keep Your Clothes on While Thieving