Can't get -over- the Berlin Wall...
June 8, 2007 10:18 AM Subscribe
On the ninth of November 1989 Eija-Riita Berliner-Mauer watched helplessly as crazed mobs attacked her husband with hammers, picks and even cranes. Despite the incident being covered widely in the international media, no charges were ever filed. Her husband? The Berlin Wall. And then there's the sad tale of Sandy K...
This post was deleted for the following reason: re-spiegel -- cortex
I could swear both these stories were on the front page (very) recently, but for the life of me I can't find any trace of the original post.
posted by maryh at 10:38 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by maryh at 10:38 AM on June 8, 2007
now I got a reason, now I got a reason
posted by kuujjuarapik at 10:45 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by kuujjuarapik at 10:45 AM on June 8, 2007
More importantly, I was celebrating my ninth birthday at the time.
posted by saladin at 10:53 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by saladin at 10:53 AM on June 8, 2007
The sad woman caressing the twin tower models haunts my dreams now. And all the news sites, too.
posted by katillathehun at 10:54 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by katillathehun at 10:54 AM on June 8, 2007
I think the last link was in a FPP recently, but not the other stuff
posted by papakwanz at 10:59 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by papakwanz at 10:59 AM on June 8, 2007
I could swear both these stories were on the front page (very) recently, but for the life of me I can't find any trace of the original post.
Here.
posted by frobozz at 10:59 AM on June 8, 2007
I can relate. Years ago I fell deeply in love with an IBM Selectric equipped with a 12-point Helvetica ball, but it didn't work out.
She wasn't my type.
posted by Mike D at 11:07 AM on June 8, 2007 [1 favorite]
She wasn't my type.
posted by Mike D at 11:07 AM on June 8, 2007 [1 favorite]
It's almost an hour passed without this double being deleted. They must be doing their Friday podcast. We've all flagged it, right?
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:12 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:12 AM on June 8, 2007
There was another post about falling in love with a car
posted by serazin at 11:15 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by serazin at 11:15 AM on June 8, 2007
I fell in love with and became engaged to a V-Fit Neptune 11 Cycle excercise bike...we both knew we wouldn't work out.
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 11:20 AM on June 8, 2007
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 11:20 AM on June 8, 2007
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