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Admin · Posted December 17th, 2008, 09:21 AM

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Man thrown in air at retirement party dies when no-one catches him

A 60-year-old Japanese man who was thrown into the air in celebration at his retirement party died after his colleagues failed to catch him and he fell to the floor.

It came to light after the man's wife, 59, filed a police complaint against colleagues at the transportation firm where he worked, accusing them of gross negligence.

The man died in September, 10 months after the party attended by around 40 people in Kusatsu, near the ancient capital of Kyoto in central Japan.
The fall damaged his neck and backbone, leaving him paralysed, and he eventually died of blood poisoning, the Mainichi paper reported on its website.

It quoted his wife as saying: "He worked until the retirement age. We had been looking forward to going to various places as a couple and were excited that we would be able to spend a relaxing time together.

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TigerLily013 · Posted December 17th, 2008, 11:02 AM

Commenting on the incident, a representative of the company's headquarters said: "The accident was unfortunate, and we express our condolences over the fact that the man died. However, the farewell party was held voluntarily and as a company we have no particular comment."

Yes the retirement party was all voluntarily and all, but you didn't have to throw the poor bastard up in the air if you have no skill or intention to catch him.

-Ra- · Posted December 17th, 2008, 05:26 PM

Reminds me of that one Spongebob episode where everyone's throwing Spongebob into the air and shouting "Hip Hip Hooray" but in midway, squidward goes "Hip hip -- whatever." and walks off, so Spongebob smashes to the ground.

Ra,

Admin · Posted December 17th, 2008, 08:03 PM

That's what I imagined too... But more along the lines of:

"Hip hip... Ooh! They brought out the cake!"
THUMP!

alexa · Posted December 17th, 2008, 08:16 PM

I'm the kind of jerk who laughs at something like that at first, but that's actually pretty sad, with his wife and all

Zoe · Posted December 19th, 2008, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by -Ra-

Reminds me of that one Spongebob episode where everyone's throwing Spongebob into the air and shouting "Hip Hip Hooray" but in midway, squidward goes "Hip hip -- whatever." and walks off, so Spongebob smashes to the ground.

Ra,

You're thinking of when they were singing "For he's a jolly good rookie" and he's looking at plankton, and then the song just trails off and they walk away.

-Ra- · Posted December 19th, 2008, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Zoe

You're thinking of when they were singing "For he's a jolly good rookie" and he's looking at plankton, and then the song just trails off and they walk away.

No, I think the episode I'm thinking of was where Sandy's worm metamorphs into a buttefly, but Spongebob and Patrick don't know what it is, so the butterfly goes through the town, terrorising Bikini Bottom citizens, until in the end, Spongebob and Patrick manage to trap the butterfly back in its jar, so everyone starts cheering them up as a hero.

Ra,

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-Ra- Senior Member Posts: 2,058 Thanked 445 Times LOLed 714 Times	#3 Posted December 17th, 2008, 05:26 PM Reminds me of that one Spongebob episode where everyone's throwing Spongebob into the air and shouting "Hip Hip Hooray" but in midway, squidward goes "Hip hip -- whatever." and walks off, so Spongebob smashes to the ground. Ra,

Admin Administrator Posts: 4,412 Blog Entries: 23 Thanked 261 Times LOLed 363 Times	#4 Posted December 17th, 2008, 08:03 PM That's what I imagined too... But more along the lines of: "Hip hip... Ooh! They brought out the cake!" THUMP!

alexa New Member Posts: 7 LOLed 0 Times	#5 Posted December 17th, 2008, 08:16 PM I'm the kind of jerk who laughs at something like that at first, but that's actually pretty sad, with his wife and all