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Let's grab a live wire

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

From time to time, balconies have proved to be successful launching points for Darwin Awards. For instance, take the Ottawa engineering student who attempted to win a balcony spitting contest by getting a running start, providing his spit (and unfortunately himself) the momentum needed to go the extra distance (see "Aim to Win"). Then there's the 23 year woman from Ft. Myers who decided that the second floor railing of her hotel room would be a good place to practice a handstand (see "What I Can Still Do"). Finally, it seems that every spring break there's always some drunk student who (wrongly) believes that they can jump from the balcony to another balcony or maybe the nearby swimming pool.

Well, Andrew Flick of Cudahy, Wisconsin decided to take balcony darwinism to the next level. While partying with some friends on a forth story balcony, Andrew noticed there was an electrical wire nearby, and thought it would be a good idea to grab it.

Notice I said that Andrew was partying with friends. Milwaukee police would later comment that alcohol was likely involved. I would have to believe that copious amounts of alcohol are necessary in order to make grabbing a live wire seem like a good idea. Anyway, the wire was just out of reach, so some effort was going to be needed. Andrew wrapped his legs around the balcony banister and reached out for the wire. Not being one to give a half hearted effort, Andrew grabbed the wire with both hands. The results were predictable, and Andrew fell four stories to the ground.

The news story can be found here: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=459309

Submitted on 07/09/2006

Submitted by: John
Reference: Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Thanks, John. I like this original write-up much better than the last one (a "cut n' paste", I believe), so I am handing it off to Darwin. For the record, I think this takes the "electric wire" phenomenon to a new level and would like to keep this as a DA.

Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I agree. If 17 is absolutely on the wrong side of the major/minor line then this incident should be ignored. Otherwise, this submission seems like a good launching point for an actual DA based on this incident.

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