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~ Let's Go Fly a (Killer) Kite ~
Note to self: a Pakistani kite festival should not be mistaken for the one that happens in DC:
Seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in Pakistan during the annual kite flying festival marking the arrival of spring, officials said today.
Garroting, electrocution, stray bullets, vehicle crashes, you name it, someone got killed by it. Sounds more like a scene out of the old Deathrace movie than an actual celebration.
No date on the story, so the reference to spring is pretty weird. They're on the same side of the equator as us, and last time I checked it was fall coming in, not spring.
we posted the same story last year. I thought I was having a Deja-Vu.
Posted by: ellen on September 21, 2004 01:47 PMMetal wire? Maybe that's part of the problem. Sheesh.
Posted by: Sherri on September 22, 2004 10:08 AMI was cracking up when I heard that two of them were flying kites off a roof. I was thinking how stupid could they possibly be to fly a kite off a roof? To me, it sounds dangerous. Then to see a picture of 500 people on the same roof, flying kites. They wouldnt want to learn from their mistakes last year, that would be too easy.
Posted by: allison on September 23, 2004 01:44 PMI was cracking up when I heard that two of them were flying kites off a roof. I was thinking how stupid could they possibly be to fly a kite off a roof? To me, it sounds dangerous. Then to see a picture of 500 people on the same roof, flying kites. They wouldnt want to learn from their mistakes last year, that would be too easy.
Posted by: allison on September 23, 2004 01:45 PM