Not a Darwin Award this time, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.........

mary Poppins trick falls flat June 11, 2004

A man ended up in hospital after trying to imitate Mary Poppins by leaping out of his second floor apartment window holding an umbrella, according to a news report.

The man, from Chongqing, western China, found that the umbrella did not help him fly and he landed heavily, The South China Morning Post reported.

He later told police he decided to try the stunt because he feared his microwave oven was about to explode.

DPA

Submitted on 10/25/2005

Submitted by: Iain Macdonald
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Greg said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I found dozens of other articles about this, it is genuine and the details are correct. Plus it seems the victim was in possession of all his mental faculties. He was genuinely stupid enough to believe an umbrella would make an adequate parachute! Classic!

James said:
Neutral: Other
As sparse as this is (I checked the link), I rather like this! Unfortunately, we don't know if the fellow was sane or not (his "alibi" about the microwave about to explode comes right out of left field), but I'm willing to give this one the benefit of a doubt!

Jack said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Sorry, Iain, but we got this when it happened last year. The moderator votes were divided between toss or accept (because of a possibility of mental illness) so I don't know if it was accepted or not. But it is a repeat.

Charles said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat

Jorge said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Great solution to escape a potentially dangerous situation!

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