Jumpers

Cloud · 10-30-2008, 11:06 PM

so, do you get people doing the suicide leap thing off your overpasses? We had one today. In rush hour, of course.

Lots of griping at how inconsiderate that is. Which leaves me kind of scratching my head.

Guess they just want to make a big splash.

Sundae · 10-31-2008, 06:50 AM

There's actually a standard recorded announcement on the Tube.
Due to a body on the line at x, there are delays on the x line.

Then again, hitting the live rail is pretty conclusive.

DanaC · 10-31-2008, 07:11 AM

North Bridge is apparently a hotspot in my town.

TheMercenary · 10-31-2008, 07:18 AM

We get about 1 bridge jumper per year.

Shawnee123 · 10-31-2008, 08:00 AM

But what about plunging busses? Do you get those as well?

Cloud · 10-31-2008, 09:11 AM

Update: the guy left a note that said,

"Obama take care of my family."

oi.

TheMercenary · 10-31-2008, 09:19 AM

ROTFLMAO. What a tool.

dar512 · 10-31-2008, 10:38 AM

We get a handful of suicides a year on the Metra line in Chicago. One of the conductors told me it was common because the insurance companies can't prove it was suicide -- might've been an accident. So the families still collect insurance.

classicman · 10-31-2008, 11:10 AM

... I wonder if they collect the accidental death "bonus" too?

Cicero · 10-31-2008, 02:37 PM

Is committing suicide on Halloween a cliche? Or is it some sort of sick joke to scare your family with?

No...I'm a ghost. For real this time. Boo!

10-30-2008, 11:06 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Jumpers so, do you get people doing the suicide leap thing off your overpasses? We had one today. In rush hour, of course. Lots of griping at how inconsiderate that is. Which leaves me kind of scratching my head. Guess they just want to make a big splash. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-31-2008, 06:50 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	There's actually a standard recorded announcement on the Tube. Due to a body on the line at x, there are delays on the x line. Then again, hitting the live rail is pretty conclusive. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-31-2008, 07:18 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We get about 1 bridge jumper per year. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-31-2008, 08:00 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	But what about plunging busses? Do you get those as well? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-31-2008, 09:11 AM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Update: the guy left a note that said, "Obama take care of my family." oi. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-31-2008, 07:11 AM	#3
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	North Bridge is apparently a hotspot in my town.

10-31-2008, 09:19 AM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	ROTFLMAO. What a tool. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-31-2008, 10:38 AM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	We get a handful of suicides a year on the Metra line in Chicago. One of the conductors told me it was common because the insurance companies can't prove it was suicide -- might've been an accident. So the families still collect insurance. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-31-2008, 11:10 AM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	... I wonder if they collect the accidental death "bonus" too? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-31-2008, 02:37 PM	#10
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Is committing suicide on Halloween a cliche? Or is it some sort of sick joke to scare your family with? No...I'm a ghost. For real this time. Boo! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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