knew a bloke who tried to commit suicide by jumping of a motorway bridge
but cos he did not want to disrupt traffic he aimed for the hard shoulder - broke both legs was in a wheelchair for 6 months now is married and happy as larry.
lucky escape????
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostI find this story disappointing for a few reasons.
Firstly, the nationality of the chap has no significance to the story, it adds nothing and might be considered discriminatory. Are we stereotyping the Germans as a nation of suicides ?
Secondly, ok he was a goalkeeper, so what. Lets keep his profession out of it. Remember how we were upset when a certain minister labelled us all as 'tax cheats'. These lables do not help
Thirdly, remember the baby P story. Well now its almost impossible to recruit social workers to work with children. Do you really want to create a shortage of train drivers? This chap might have killed himself in any number of ways, please keep the train out of it.
The entire story should be rewritten - 'Some bloke died'
-Minestrone
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostI find this story disappointing for a few reasons.
Firstly, the nationality of the chap has no significance to the story, it adds nothing and might be considered discriminatory. Are we stereotyping the Germans as a nation of suicides ?
Secondly, ok he was a goalkeeper, so what. Lets keep his profession out of it. Remember how we were upset when a certain minister labelled us all as 'tax cheats'. These lables do not help
Thirdly, remember the baby P story. Well now its almost impossible to recruit social workers to work with children. Do you really want to create a shortage of train drivers? This chap might have killed himself in any number of ways, please keep the train out of it.
The entire story should be rewritten - 'Some bloke died'
-Minestrone
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI really think that if someone that has at such a low level in their life that they can't face living and has to do something like this doesn't really give a rats ass about whether you think he is selfish or not or the consequences of his actions to be honest.
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostDo you really want to create a shortage of train drivers?
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...=MajorIncident
Useless.
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I find this story disappointing for a few reasons.
Firstly, the nationality of the chap has no significance to the story, it adds nothing and might be considered discriminatory. Are we stereotyping the Germans as a nation of suicides ?
Secondly, ok he was a goalkeeper, so what. Lets keep his profession out of it. Remember how we were upset when a certain minister labelled us all as 'tax cheats'. These lables do not help
Thirdly, remember the baby P story. Well now its almost impossible to recruit social workers to work with children. Do you really want to create a shortage of train drivers? This chap might have killed himself in any number of ways, please keep the train out of it.
The entire story should be rewritten - 'Some bloke died'
-Minestrone
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Originally posted by Moose423956 View PostI think they lost a child a couple of years ago as well. Very sad.
Enke's daughter Lara died in 2006 of a rare heart condition when she was two and he leaves a wife, Teresa, and an eight-month-old daughter they had adopted.
Enke had been diagnosed with a bacterial stomach virus several weeks ago and did not play for Hannover for two months, although he reappeared for Sunday's 2-2 draw with Hamburg.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostHe was actually a nice bloke (Frau D. is a Hannover 96 fan and rang me at 22:00 last night to tell me) but had been treated for some form of depression. What is sad is that he and his wife had adopted a baby girl just 8 months ago so its going to be tough on them (I'm sure that he had some serious surgery not long ago as well.)
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He was actually a nice bloke (Frau D. is a Hannover 96 fan and rang me at 22:00 last night to tell me) but had been treated for some form of depression. What is sad is that he and his wife had adopted a baby girl just 8 months ago so its going to be tough on them (I'm sure that he had some serious surgery not long ago as well.)
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People who top themselves in this way are simply selfish *******.
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People who top themselves in this way are simply selfish *******. His actions could have caused a train crash injuring others and the emergency services have to clean up the mess he has left behind. They should throw the book at him!
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German goalie killed by train
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I seem to remember Gary Sprake trying the same thing, but the train went under him.
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