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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Woman falls six floors, saved by pile of crap

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese woman survived a plunge from a sixth-floor balcony thanks to a convenient pile of excrement which broke her fall, local media said.

The accident happened when the woman was hanging out laundry on Monday in Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu, the Kuaibao tabloid said on its Web site (www.kuaibao.net).

"Workers happened to be emptying the building's septic tank, which had not been tended for a long time and had regularly blocked sewage pipes," the newspaper said.

"She probably stretched out too far and fell ... right on to a 20 cm-thick heap of excrement."

The woman suffered only slight injuries, the newspaper said.

In March, a six-year-old girl broke only her left leg when she fell six floors on to a pile of snow in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

Goosey's Gabbings...

So, I guess there was more than one meaning when the lady was heard falling going "ohhhhhhhhhhhh shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh**************tttttttttttt"

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Public Spitting? Not in my town!

BEIJING — Residents were reminded again: Spitting must stop, starting now.

With the 2008 Beijing Olympics just 500 days away, officials said today they are prepared to take harsh measures against people who spit in public if appeals do not work.

"Very soon you will see action to stop spitting," Jin Dapeng, director general of Beijing's municipal health department, said. He refused to give specifics, but hinted that fines might be involved.

Residents say the habit is a reaction to Beijing's dirty, dry air.

Jin said the city has been successful in altering bad habits before, as during the SARS outbreak in 2003. "During the SARS period, people followed rules to wash their hands and they didn't spit," he said.

Bad manners have been a constant worry for Chinese officials and leaders who see the Olympics as a chance to impress the world and humanize China's remarkable re-emergence as a global power.

Goosey's Gabbings...

Those with distinct overbites and lisps could end up facing the death penalty should this continue to be a burden on China. My gut also tells me that chewing tobacco sales may take a dip overall (pun intended).

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