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Balcony Bounce (Honourable Mention)

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Sydney restaurateur Mikee Collins did his best to remove himself from the gene pool in a "watch this" moment on 20 December 2011. In front of Christmas party guests at his Darling Point flat, he suffered internal injuries including a shattered pelvis and a ruptured spleen after grabbing the balcony railing, attempting to flip himself over to land on the (small!) concrete ledge on the other side, and instead falling 25 metres. Okay, so balcony stunts are fairly common; what makes this one a bit special is that it has been unusually rainy in Sydney this December and the smooth metal balcony railing was wet and slippery, making the stunt even more foolhardy than it normally would have been. But the rain also may have saved his life, as the Sydney Morning Herald article in the link below states, because the grass he landed on was waterlogged and ground beneath softer than usual.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/lush-grass-saves-balcony-fall-man-20111220-lp420.html

Submitted on 12/22/2011

Submitted by: Neil Halliday
Reference: Sydney Morning Herald 21 Dec 2011

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This fellow is EXTREMELY lucky...and stupid. Hopefully he learned something (somehow I doubt it)...! Thanks, Neil!!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Despite balcony antics being rather commonplace I'll accept this one for the sheer idiocy involved and the luck of having a waterlogged landing spot. Thanks, Neil.

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