November 29, 2001

8:23 AM

I've been accused in the past of only posting fun and games type links - so just to prove that i'm no fly-by-night-non-serious-funster here is a news link. It requires no flash plugins of any sort..... ladies and gentlemen i give you.... Fisherman playing game electrocuted. i thank you.
posted by Spoon (8 comments total)

Game over, man.

Was he playing this?
posted by hotdoughnutsnow at 8:35 AM on November 29, 2001

Pretty soon you're going to be accused of posting links that start with "In the past, I've been accused of posting links that...".
posted by skwm at 8:37 AM on November 29, 2001

Dead with a Playstation remote in your hand? How embarrassing. They could have given the guy a little dignity and said he died playing an Xbox or Gamecube.
posted by ColdChef at 8:41 AM on November 29, 2001

I wouldn't be caught dead with an XBox in my hand!
posted by mutantdisco! at 8:52 AM on November 29, 2001

(sadly enough, by the way, it appears the table tennis game is gone.)
posted by moz at 8:56 AM on November 29, 2001

(sadly enough, by the way, it appears the table tennis game is gone.)

Imagine my disappointment this morning when I was looking for something to waste time with at work.
posted by jerseygirl at 9:42 AM on November 29, 2001

I wouldn't be caught dead with an XBox in my hand!

it would probably require more than just a hand.
posted by lotsofno at 10:54 AM on November 29, 2001

Man, I am going right to metatalk to ask Matt to add in neat helpful features like they have at ananova:

CHECK FOR MORE ON:
Unlucky
Fishing
Accidents
Marine accidents
Australia
World

ADD THESE SUBJECTS TO YOUR NEWS:
Unlucky

posted by eckeric at 12:06 PM on November 29, 2001