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Old 09-28-2010, 12:20 AM
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Default Segway Company Owner Dies After Tragic Segway Accident

Unfortunately, although it sounds likely, that headline is NOT from The Onion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_739983.html
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Old 09-28-2010, 12:35 AM
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Segways are very dangerous... The campus cops at the university I work at have Segways. One night an officer was chasing a drunken vandal across a sloped lawn on campus when the Segway slipped out from under him. He fell, his foot got tangled up on the Segway and he ended up with a broken femur.

Segway/drunk student: 1
Campus cop: 0
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Old 09-28-2010, 11:43 AM
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Segways are very dangerous... The campus cops at the university I work at have Segways. One night an officer was chasing a drunken vandal across a sloped lawn on campus when the Segway slipped out from under him. He fell, his foot got tangled up on the Segway and he ended up with a broken femur.

Segway/drunk student: 1
Campus cop: 0
Should have just shot him. That seems to be the new trend at universities.
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Old 09-28-2010, 05:25 PM
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Should have just shot him. That seems to be the new trend at universities.
Shoot the student or the cop? Campus cop with a broken leg is about as useful as a horse with a broken leg so yeah, you're right, they should have just shot Officer Ray
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Old 09-29-2010, 01:00 PM
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Shoot the student or the cop? Campus cop with a broken leg is about as useful as a horse with a broken leg so yeah, you're right, they should have just shot Officer Ray
Didn't you know that is one of the new options available in Obamacare? Especially if Officer Ray is over 60.
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Old 09-29-2010, 02:29 PM
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You guys are too slow... There is a bill in congress to earmark 2.0 Billion dollars to first responders who were injured in Segway accidents.
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Old 09-29-2010, 02:31 PM
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I heard he stayed upright the whole way down. (not my joke)
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