Hello all,
No wonder this has gone viral. Worth Considering:
Dumb Ways To Die
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-21/d ... on/4383924
with metta
Chris
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Dumb Ways To Die
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Dumb Ways To Die
by cooran » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:05 am
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Re: Dumb Ways To Die
by James the Giant » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:04 pm
ooh ooh it's so good. That's a good song. And a cute video.
I'm still singing it now.
One of my good Dhamma Friends just died, but in his sleep, during a cruise-ship trip in the Caribbean. A good way to go! I will visualise him as a fat little cartoon man (he was quite fat), with a big white beard, singing that song with the other dead characters from that video.
I'm still singing it now.
One of my good Dhamma Friends just died, but in his sleep, during a cruise-ship trip in the Caribbean. A good way to go! I will visualise him as a fat little cartoon man (he was quite fat), with a big white beard, singing that song with the other dead characters from that video.
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
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Re: Dumb Ways To Die
by Buckwheat » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:43 pm
Excellent!!
Sotthī hontu nirantaraṃ - May you forever be well.
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Re: Dumb Ways To Die
by Ben » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:52 pm
It reminds me of the original Darwin Awards (not the really bad movie of the same name).
Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species' chances of long-term survival
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_awards
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
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Re: Dumb Ways To Die
by retrofuturist » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:55 pm
Greetings,
Ah, I heard this was coming ~ nice to actually see it.
Thanks Cooran.
Metta,
Retro.
Ah, I heard this was coming ~ nice to actually see it.
Thanks Cooran.
Metta,
Retro.
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
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Re: Dumb Ways To Die
by Ben » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:59 pm
Falling in Love
2007 Darwin Award Nominee
Confirmed True by Darwin
(20 June 2007, South Carolina) A passing cabbie found a 21 year-old couple naked and injured in the road an hour before sunrise. The two people died at the nearest hospital without regaining consciousness. Authorities were at a loss to explain what had happened. There were no witnesses, no trace of clothing, and no wrecked cars or motorcycles.
Investigators eventually found a clue high on the roof of a nearby building: two sets of neatly folded clothes. Safe sex takes on a whole new meaning when you are perched on the edge of a pyramid-shaped metal roof. "It appears as if [they] accidentally fell off the roof," Sgt. Florence McCants said.
This is a true Darwin Award trifecta: TWO people die, WHILE in the act of procreation, due to an ASTONISHINGLY poor decision. Bottom line: If you put yourself in a precarious "position" at the edge of a pointy roof, you may well find yourself Falling in Love at the same time.
Ironically, one of the deceased was named "Tumbleston."
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Re: Dumb Ways To Die
by Sambojjhanga » Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:12 pm
You know what the most precarious position we all put ourselves in that is guaranteed to cause death?
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Birth.
Here's to getting the hell off this infernal wheel!
Metta,
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Birth.
Here's to getting the hell off this infernal wheel!
Metta,
Sabba rasam dhammaraso jinati
The flavor of the dhamma exceeds all other flavors
The flavor of the dhamma exceeds all other flavors
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