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Polonaise to death

2005 Reader Submission
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Saturday, December 12th, 2005

Often at (christmas) parties in Germany, you'll be asked for a "Polonaise" dance at least once in the evening. On short: line up, put your hands on shoulders, hips or any other body part you prefer of the person in front of you and follow the first who'll lead the group rhythmically through the room over obstacles and other fun things.

As police in Iserlohn, NRW, Germany reported, the same happened during a company christmas party. The first in the line thought it was a good idea to lead his colleagues onto the flat roof accessible throug the windows. The thing was that the 35-year-old picked the wrong one, opened it and jumped 5 meters to death. His colleagues were unable to help, he later died of head injury and heavy internal bleedings.

http://www.n-tv.de/611820.html

Submitted on 12/10/2005

Submitted by: Andreas
Reference: Dec 12, 2005 n-tv Germany

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I'm VERY neutral on this one, it doesn't exactly floor me (maybe it's the dry write-up)...but I have to admit it sure is an interesting and different way to go! I'm trepidant, but I'll vote DA


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LOL! Congering to your death. It's got potential!


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