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Old 20 January 2011, 08:16 AM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12226192


Old 20 January 2011, 08:25 AM
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Old 20 January 2011, 08:28 AM
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All time classic LMAO
Old 20 January 2011, 08:49 AM
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Old 20 January 2011, 08:56 AM
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Quality. Especially liking the 'If I walk quickly away no one will noticed i'm soaked' mentality

5t.
Old 20 January 2011, 10:22 AM
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I had a silly bitch stood in the middle of the road texting the other day, who then got very cross when I beeped the horn at her People become obsessed by them to the point of total arrogance towards the world around them. 'iPod oblivion' is becoming well documented and recognised as a major cause of many pedestrian accidents
Old 20 January 2011, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by corradoboy
I had a silly bitch stood in the middle of the road texting the other day, who then got very cross when I beeped the horn at her People become obsessed by them to the point of total arrogance towards the world around them. 'iPod oblivion' is becoming well documented and recognised as a major cause of many pedestrian accidents
I find the noise of screeching tyres makes them move out the way alot quicker. When jabbing the brakes on the Landrover it sounded like a fully laden HGV doing an emergency stop - the noise the tyres made when they locked up was huge.

Bit of an **** with ABS these days though


Those listening to mp3 players/ipod can be just as bad; Totally ignorant and to anything around them.

As for the women in the fountain; whats your bets she'll try to sue the shopping centre for not putting up a safety rail?
Old 20 January 2011, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by fivetide
Quality. Especially liking the 'If I walk quickly away no one will noticed i'm soaked' mentality

5t.
Thats a good one alright. Must have cost a new 'phone as well.

Our cat is just like that if he falls off the table or something, he just walks away as though it never happened. No loss of face he thinks!

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Old 22 January 2011, 05:22 PM
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Well the story slowly unfolds and Ali is right, kinda......

Original footage as posted on YouTube by the Mall guard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWtDp...e_gdata_player


The follow up of the security guard posting this was her threatening to sue, and going all public with it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOBZm...e_gdata_player

Unfortunately of course, with fame comes focus, and with focus comes digging.... Oops.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60DRq...e_gdata_player
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LMFAO
Old 22 January 2011, 05:54 PM
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What is this woman b1tching about,she should of been looking where she was walking instead of txt.Because she fooked up now she wants to sue..Get over it woman,you fooked up and admitted it was funny
Old 22 January 2011, 07:36 PM
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The last link shows she will NOT be suing haha, but possibly going to jail herself (not for this though lol)
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Cannot believe the "sue me" culture has gone this far Just madness...
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