Another important question to ask yourself is whether or not she would have been able to avoid the accident if she had been able to hear. There are plenty of people crushed by trees while they are cutting them down, and they KNOW its going to fall.
Granted, its not smart to cut out the outside world completely while still interacting with it, but as far as I am concerned this is still a pretty big stretch to say that the mp3 player was a cause of the accident.
I say, blame the jogger-hating angry beaver that caused the tree to fall!
So the tree falls and the ipod idly sits by and lets it kill its owner, wheras Blackberies will come to the rescue and stop their owners falling from mountains.
Actually can any noiseblocking be blamed? I'm pretty sure theres very few things that make a noise when falling apart form people and planes. Most things only make the noise when they hit the ground.
I've almost had a huge tree branch fall on me, and there was little, if any warning that someone running would have heard. One time a branch on a tree in my yard cracked, I heard like 1 second "cracks" every 90 seconds for like 5 minutes, to the point I didn't know what was making the noise till the wump of the branch falling. The one that almost took me out made no noise I could hear(storm and blowing wind) until it thudded into the ground where I would have been standing had I not turned around to move my car.
You know we should do the same thing that parents do when there kids go on shooting rampages. Lets blame the music! What was she listening to whatever it was it should be blammed was it Bjork?
@paperless: That is very true, but since the article doesn't state the type of headphones she used it's possible the music she was listening to was just to good. Can't we just think that she died doing something she enjoyed listening to the music she loved?
Impromptu Festivus party at Striders house tonight! Come dressed at your favorite sci-fi character in holiday gear (Darth Vader with a dreidel decorated helmet). Synthahol and browser cookies for everyone!
I had no idea you could put stuff like this on a Christmas tree. I thought it all had to be all religious stuff like Baby Jesus and Mary and Wise Men and nutcrackers.
If I had known, there would be far fewer blue-and-silver globes on my Hannukah Bush and a lot more TIE Fighters.
@sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: I'm not saying that I wouldn't have X-Wings (and Y-Wings, and B-Wings, and A-Wings). But I also have to worry about mynoks chewing through the cables.
Now I know. Next year, I'm getting a bigger Hannukah Bush and it's going to be properly decked out in geek regalia.
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"Guys! The crane fell over!"
"Damn, how are we gonna fix this?"
"Another crane?"
"Genius!"
Although I feel bad for wishing suffering upon whoever's house this is, it would have been hilarious had the rescue crane toppled over too. #crane
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Looks like someone needs to go back to Crane Operator School though... #crane
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Eh, could have been worse... #crane
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Granted, its not smart to cut out the outside world completely while still interacting with it, but as far as I am concerned this is still a pretty big stretch to say that the mp3 player was a cause of the accident.
I say, blame the jogger-hating angry beaver that caused the tree to fall!
08/06/09
The tree is in custody, and may be charged pending an investigation. Witnesses say that he appeared to have been intoxicated at the time of the event.
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Actually can any noiseblocking be blamed? I'm pretty sure theres very few things that make a noise when falling apart form people and planes. Most things only make the noise when they hit the ground.
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I keeed. I keeed.
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If I had known, there would be far fewer blue-and-silver globes on my Hannukah Bush and a lot more TIE Fighters.
12/12/08
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Now I know. Next year, I'm getting a bigger Hannukah Bush and it's going to be properly decked out in geek regalia.
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