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Project first, then sleep

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

This is the story I heard about a doctor that wanted to have his own beach house built. It took many years for him to project and have it done (yes, he projected it himself) Aparently, the poor man should have called an engineer to do that. I don't know how do you call that in english, but here in Brazil, mainly in our beaches, we usually sleeps on those indian nets that are hung on woods or walls. The doctor made one of them, and decided to take an nap on it. Unfortunally, the walls weren't made to hold the man's weight, and they fell into him, which obviously were just enough to kill the doctor

Submitted on 08/20/2003

Submitted by: Gustavo Suzuki
Reference: Personal - 1999

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Gregory said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
You built your bed, now sleep in it...

Bill said:
Neutral: Personal Account
This doesn't have the oomph I usually associate with a Darwin, but I'm willing to let the readers decide.

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Having slept in hammocks which weren't too well secured to the walls of my hootch, I can grok this - fortunately, all that ever happened to me was a sudden feeling of falling and then a sudden THUMP as I hit the floor after the screws pulled out of the wood. Not quite DA material, but I'll give it a pass as a Personal Account.

Charles said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I do wish we could find some verification on this story...

Bert said:
Neutral: Personal Account
This has possibilities... Perhaps you could expand on this a little? Those "indian nets" are called "hammocks" in English.

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