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Re: Speaking of Special Edition..

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From: DG
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:55
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Op 5-1-2010 7:26, ervaqre schreef:
>>> I almost thought of setting up this computer store where I would fix
>>> broken computers by throwing them on the floor. Not sure whether I
>>> should do the throwing in a backroom or just in the shop itself where
>>> customers will be lining up to have their computers fixed.
>>>
>> Hmmm, this makes me think of Japanese candid camera stuff (youtube it). You in a
>> tiny shop saying to a customer: "The good news is that it wasn't broken in the
>> first place. The bad news: it is now." While throwing a laptop at the customer's
>> feet.
>
> Japanese pranks are great!! I sometimes spend hours watching them.
> There is also some stuff from Venezuela out there, where there's a
> broken lift and people hanging themselves. It is kind of, less funny.
>
How much less? I guess it depends on how broken the lift is or how successful 
the hanging. Where does it rank on scale from Japanese pranks via America's 
funniest home video's to faces of death?

-- 
Danny.
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From: DG <dammygerritsen@censored.zzn.com>
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Subject: Re: Speaking of Special Edition..
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