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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Miss Demeanour on July 11, 2009, 06:24:24 PM
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6680241.ece (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6680241.ece)
A British student described being gored in the leg by a rogue bull who went on the rampage at Spain's Pamplona festival, leaving one man dead.
Alex Short, 20, from Watford, became separated from his friends at the bull-running event and was unable to flee in time.
Daniel Jimeno Romero, 27, from Madrid, became the first person to be gored to death at the event in nearly 15 years when he was cornered by the bull.
Speaking from his bed at the Virgen del Camino Hospital, Mr Short said: "I saw people running the wrong way and realised something was really wrong. But I couldn't jump over the barrier fast enough and the bull gored me in my left leg and then flipped me and landed me on the ground.
"I hit my head and blacked out, but then I must have come round because I managed to run to the side. A lad next to me grabbed the bull by its head but he was gored too."
Mr Romero was gored in the neck after the bull - one of six on the half-mile course - separated from the pack, becoming frightened and aggressive. Soon after the incident, a man was pictured lying on a stretcher with his face and neck stained with blood and his eyes half-open.
In all honesty what the heck do people expect - noooo: noooo: noooo:
Stick to tomato throwing or getting pissed out of your head, throwing up and then sleeping it off on the beach for the full English experience of visiting Spain evil:
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Stick to tomato throwing or getting pissed out of your head, throwing up and then sleeping it off on the beach for the full English experience of visiting Spain
We now learn about Miss D's holidays noooo:
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noooo: noooo: noooo:
I would never conduct myself in that way noooo: - I am supposed to be on holiday and it should therefore be a change from the norm whistle:
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I have to admit when I first heard about this my immediate reaction was that Darwin is losing his touch.
Under most circumstances I would say that someone dying before their time is a tragedy, but lets be honest here. If your idea of fun is to run down a packed narrow street while being chased by a couple of tons of scared & pissed off beefsteak with their horns still attached then removing you from the gene pool is a service to humanity.
Come on old boy its a 4 day festival, put some effort in. whistle:
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I have to admit when I first heard about this my immediate reaction was that Darwin is losing his touch.
Under most circumstances I would say that someone dying before their time is a tragedy, but lets be honest here. If your idea of fun is to run down a packed narrow street while being chased by a couple of tons of scared & pissed off beefsteak with their horns still attached then removing you from the gene pool is a service to humanity.
Come on old boy its a 4 day festival, put some effort in. whistle:
Seconded.... happ096
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At least they have the common sense not to kill the animal because it had the audacity to trample over some human fodder whilst scared and panicked out of its wits noooo: noooo: noooo:
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Definition of total madness
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At least they have the common sense not to kill the animal because it had the audacity to trample over some human fodder whilst scared and panicked out of its wits noooo: noooo: noooo:
If memory serves me correctly they save that for the bullfight later.
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Was he a ginger then...? No loss there... noooo:
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Think he may have been more in trouble than the Lee Evans lookalikey
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And award for bravest photographer goes to ....
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Stupid 'latin' machismo.
But, if that's what they want to do then good luck (to the bulls)
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I got chased by a bull once in Spain (no one had thought to mention that this was part of the fun).
I will never know how I managed to climb that lamp post noooo:
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Fear is a great motivator.
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Indeed!
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OUCH!
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More here :
The Big Picture (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/the_festival_of_san_fermin_200.html)
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Men getting the horn eh ::)
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I don't thinking sticking his tongue out will do anything but provoke it more noooo:
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
Brown? lol:
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
Brown? lol:
Not at first, no.
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
Brown? lol:
Camo, it was scary too.. Cows do not understand English, "go away in jerky movements" had no effect whatsoever, just roars of laughter form the audience. The urban myth about cows not being able to run downhill is bolloxs, or is it uphill? Either way it is still bolloxs
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
Brown? lol:
Not at first, no.
I would imagine it would be quite difficult to run at speed with a pair of Y fronts full of poo, I wonder if any research has been carried out into this?
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A VP research project!
Popcorn:
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I volunteer Nick! happy088
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Let us know how you get on
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would imagine it would be quite difficult to run at speed with a pair of Y fronts full of poo, I wonder if any research has been carried out into this?
Sounds like a new Cypriot Bank Holiday in the making whistle:
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Yes, they know how to have fun over there. Any excuse for a party
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
Brown? lol:
Not at first, no.
I would imagine it would be quite difficult to run at speed with a pair of Y fronts full of poo, I wonder if any research has been carried out into this?
Wasn't that on "It's a Knockout"?
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I got chased by a cow once, I wan't even wearing white whistle:
Brown? lol:
Not at first, no.
I would imagine it would be quite difficult to run at speed with a pair of Y fronts full of poo, I wonder if any research has been carried out into this?
Wasn't that on "It's a Knockout"?
Christ yes... Nick would play his Joker on that one! point: