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October 21, 2004

Great Moments In Drunken Revelry

This RealVideo segment shows Red Sox fans celebrating in Boston last night after the game.

If you go to 0:45 you'll see someone trying to throw a trash can through the window of a McDonald's. But he throws it too high -- so it misses the window, bounces off the building's facade, and would have fallen directly on top of him if he hadn't run away, falling down himself in the process.

Sox! Sox! Sox! S -- bbbbleaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhh!

Posted at October 21, 2004 06:58 AM | TrackBack
Comments

From the ridiculous to the horrifying: www.democracynow.org for Oct 22 recapped a story about a death associated with this incident, of a Sox fan shot in the eye with a "non-lethal" round laced with capsicum spray. What is the difference between a euphemism and a lie again?

Posted by: francis at October 22, 2004 07:42 PM

Eh -- I wish reality hadn't spoiled my amusing anecodote with a horrible anecdote.

Anyway: I believe the difference between a euphemism and a lie is how powerful the person speaking is. The less powerful they are, the more likely it is we're allowed to say they're lying.

Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at October 22, 2004 10:02 PM