CaptainRAVE Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 A friend of Brighton, UK resident Julian Brooker recently told an inquest that the man died because he was was imitating Gollum from Lord of the Rings. Brooker went to the London Road station at 4am on Oct. 23, 2004 to play "The Gollum Game." Eva Natasha recalls, “He touched a rail and pretended to be electrocuted. I didn’t find it funny, but assumed he knew what he was doing. Then he touched the live rail once. He wouldn’t have touched it if he had known it was live.” The rail that Brooker touched had 750 volts of electricity. His friends called 999 but he was already dead on the scene when help arrived. The coroner says Brooker was obsessed with the number 23 and drank on the 23rd of every month. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005041560,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 What does this have to do with Gollum exactley? Is there an EE I've not seen where Gollum electricutes himself on "rails"? Weird stuff anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 999? Is that a UK thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassev Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Originally posted by CapNColostomy What does this have to do with Gollum exactley? Is there an EE I've not seen where Gollum electricutes himself on "rails"? Weird stuff anyway. You gotta click the link and read the whole article. But in the end this chap is just an other fool deserving a Darwin Award... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Originally posted by lassev You gotta click the link and read the whole article. You don't say... Yeah. I tried that. I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 That is really sad, I to fail to see how it was conected with LOTR. Originally posted by Sam 999? Is that a UK thing? Yes, and it makes sence, all of the buttons are in the sme place, you can dial it quicker than 911. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothiX Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 112 > 999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I think i's fun to act like characters you like when you're bored.... to an extent... But I guess he thought it's also fun to do dangerous things when you're bored. His mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Originally posted by jon_hill987 Yes, and it makes sence, all of the buttons are in the sme place, you can dial it quicker than 911. Yes, because that 1/10000 of a second it takes to move your thumb from 9 to 1 is imperative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Well in moments of panic people get rather stupid. So you usually get people remembering only certain numbers, often times 9 because it's the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Something you'd expect a redneck from tornado alley to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 With the woman who tried to made a handstand on her balcony last week, and now this, it looks like 2005 will be a prolific year for the Darwin Awards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 The coroner says Brooker was obsessed with the number 23 and drank on the 23rd of every month. "Note to self, stay away from rails." TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
•-BLaCKouT-• Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Fantasic story, read it yesterday at work! He wouldn’t have touched it if he had known it was live. What the hell did he think it was for, decoration? At the end of the platforms in the UK*, there are signs saying "Danger, Live Rail", "Warning, stay off the line, £1000 fine" etc. I guess it's confusing to a mutated halfling who's spent years living in a cave coveting a ring and then spent a night on the lash in Brighton... Got a mate who works for the Rail Police at Faversham, now he's got a few nasty stories about live rail incidents! The coroner says Brooker was obsessed with the number 23 and drank on the 23rd of every month. ...I guess I must be obsessed with the numbers 1-31 then... B. * The ones with live rails, obviously; not all the lines have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Originally posted by ET Warrior Yes, because that 1/10000 of a second it takes to move your thumb from 9 to 1 is imperative And then there's that risk of having an item pressed against the 9, calling 999. OHe risked death and got it, and wasn't even funny. Poor guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
•-BLaCKouT-• Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Originally posted by Alegis And then there's that risk of having an item pressed against the 9, calling 999. Yup, which is why I thought mobiles have a keylock. Until I found out that 999 actually overrides the keylock. Cheers Nokia. B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 Originally posted by •-BLaCKouT-• Yup, which is why I thought mobiles have a keylock. Until I found out that 999 actually overrides the keylock. Cheers Nokia. B. My old sagem phone used to have 12 to overide the lock aswell. I never quite worked out why. Wouldnt be much use in an emergency! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Live Rail : 1 Cretin: 0 Live rail wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Somebody would have taken this to the court, if Tolkien were alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinWalker Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 If I had an emergency in the U.K. and wanted to dial 999 but had one pint too many and nailed 666 because the phone was upside down, who would I get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 well oddly enough Skinwalker, nobody because you dialed the wrong number. if its satan youre looking for youll need an area code Brooker was obsessed with the number 23 worlds a safer place for David Beckham now this guys dead then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by SkinWalker If I had an emergency in the U.K. and wanted to dial 999 but had one pint too many and nailed 666 because the phone was upside down, who would I get? me! and i would be happy to talk with you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narfblat Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by Sabretooth Somebody would have taken this to the court, if Tolkien were alive. Umm, who would he sue? The guy died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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