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Title: Really, Guiness World Record People? Really?!
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on December 09, 2007, 02:36:42 PM: The World Record for Being Thrown by a Car. (http://www.wnem.com/news/14805190/detail.html)
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Post by: samir on December 09, 2007, 02:51:27 PM: Those E.R. physicians sure have a sense of humour.
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Post by: Ason on December 09, 2007, 03:57:14 PM: Quote from: samir on December 09, 2007, 02:51:27 PM
Those E.R. physicians sure have a sense of humour.

BJ Honeycut and Hawkeye Pierce over here...
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Post by: DigiDan on December 09, 2007, 08:07:12 PM: Really?

(http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/record.gif)
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Post by: Martin on December 09, 2007, 08:48:20 PM: Jesus.
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Post by: Beth on December 09, 2007, 09:28:39 PM: is that real? i can't believe that's real. i refuse.
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Post by: Jason on December 09, 2007, 10:50:54 PM: Ironically Guinness Book of Records founder Ross McWhirter was killed by the IRA in 1975.
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Post by: Forrest on December 09, 2007, 10:59:03 PM: Jason's not lying. I looked the dude up on wikipedia.
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Post by: Ason on December 10, 2007, 03:51:41 AM: Quote from: Forrest on December 09, 2007, 10:59:03 PM
Jason's not lying. I looked the dude up on wikipedia.

Winner for most ironic death.....
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Post by: Emily on December 10, 2007, 01:24:35 PM: Wouldn't his death have to set or break a world record to qualify as ironic? I don't think a terrorism tie-in alone makes it ironic, just note worthy.
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Post by: Sarah on December 10, 2007, 02:33:31 PM: Good point, emily. I was going to quibble that any irony here is only with respect to this one record.
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Post by: Jason on December 10, 2007, 03:03:43 PM: An ironic death would be if Sarah choked on an apostrophe.
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Post by: Tim K in DC on December 10, 2007, 03:11:51 PM: Quote from: Dorvid on December 09, 2007, 02:36:42 PM
The World Record for Being Thrown by a Car. (http://www.wnem.com/news/14805190/detail.html)

Shouldn't the car get a World Record? Doing something seems more record-worthy than having something done to you.
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Post by: jane on December 10, 2007, 06:08:07 PM: She could accidentally drink defining adjective clause thinking it was non-defining adjective clause because it was sitting next to the appositive.