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| Man Leaps to His Death in Shopping Mall After Girlfriend Insists on More Shopping |
| 2013-12-10 |
| [BREITBART] CHINA - a 38-year-old man leaped to his death after an argument with his girlfriend who insisted they continue shopping. CCTV captured Tao Hsiao and his girlfriend in a mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China where they had reportedly been shopping for five hours or so before he hit his limit. I've occasionally thought about doing that under the same circumstances. Eyewitnesses said Hsiao could be heard telling his girlfriend that they already had more bags than they could carry, but she insisted on hitting one more store where there was a sale on shoes. An eyewitness said: "He told her she already had enough shoes, more shoes that she could wear in a lifetime, and it was pointless buying any more. She started shouting at him, accusing him of being a skinflint, and of spoiling Christmas. It was a really heated argument." The argument continued until Hsiao threw the bags on the floor and himself over the balcony, dropping seven stories to his death and smashing Christmas decorations on the way down. He was killed on impact. A front man for the mall said: "His body was removed fairly quickly. He actually landed on one of the stalls below and then fell to the floor so although the store was damaged it meant he didn't hit anybody. "This is a tragic incident, but this time of year can be very stressful for many people." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 g(r)om, LOL |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-12-10 17:16 |
| #12 rjschwarz, you're a life long bachelor, right? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-10 15:31 |
| #11 Apparantly waiting in the car was not possible? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-12-10 14:56 |
| #10 "where there was a sale on shoes" Be afraid. Be VERY AFRAID |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-12-10 12:27 |
| #9 "where they had reportedly been shopping for five hours or so before he hit his limit." Must have been a wealthy man |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-12-10 12:24 |
| #8 Rumor has it he was still clutching her purse when he landed on the ground. |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-12-10 12:24 |
| #7 Sounds like China can officially be called a developed country about now. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-12-10 10:39 |
| #6 ...insist on sitting out front of the Vitoria Secrets doors. You might get a pass the next time on mall duty. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-12-10 08:23 |
| #5 I can understand this article completely. Fortunately, my wife does not insist on trying to drag me around shopping. If so, I might consider looking for the nearest balcony, bridge or roof--or at least just sitting in the mall and checking out the passing traffic. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-12-10 08:17 |
| #4 She started shouting at him, accusing him of being a skinflint, and of spoiling Christmas. Wait. Hold the presses Johnson. Mass Christmas buying in China? We not talking the deliveries to America for the holidays. I thought the vocal atheists insisted that Christmas was evil oppression by the fanatical Christians? /sarc off It was a really heated argument. You weren't here for Black Friday dude to know what a heated argument was. With tazers. And some felonious assaults. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-12-10 07:57 |
| #3 Isn't that why Al gore created the internet? |
| Posted by: Spot 2013-12-10 07:54 |
| #2 A lady never has too many pairs of shoes. |
| Posted by: Caesar Gray1629 2013-12-10 02:04 |
| #1 A perfectly normal male reaction. The only reason I have not done it myself is that I usually chew my own feet off after one hour, making dives off balconies problematic. |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2013-12-10 01:07 |