Sunday, November 22, 2009

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07/28/2009
 

The Will to Win

Man Falls off Balcony in Cherry Stone Spitting Competition

The determination to spit a cherry stone further than his friends almost killed a German man at the weekend when he fell off his balcony in the process, police said.

Here's how it's done properly: cherry stone spitting champion Franz-Wolfgang Coersten in 2005.
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Here's how it's done properly: cherry stone spitting champion Franz-Wolfgang Coersten in 2005.

A German man eager to win an informal cherry stone spitting contest made the mistake of taking an excessively long run-up and inadvertently hurled himself off his balcony, police said.

"He appears to have developed too much momentum," police in the western town of Rodgau said in a statement. "He lost his balance on the balcony railing and plunged down."

The man injured his hip and was taken to hospital where he is recovering from his exertions. It's unclear if he won the competition.

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