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Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:13 am
The 40 year old caver Mark Dickey was throwing out blood because of a gastro-intestinal infection in a very deep cave near the city of Mersin (like two Empire State buildings). Thanks to the efforts of a multinational team he is now back among us. Full story:
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:25 am
Moral of the story: Stay the fuck out of caves.
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:26 am
I have often wondered why otherwise intelligent people would spend their off-time caving?
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:29 am
(September 13, 2023 at 4:26 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: I have often wondered why otherwise intelligent people would spend their off-time caving?
There are also people who voluntarily jump out of perfectly good airplanes, which is a puzzle to me. Before I jump out of a plane, that motherfucker would have to be upside down and on fire.
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:31 am
(September 13, 2023 at 4:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (September 13, 2023 at 4:26 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: I have often wondered why otherwise intelligent people would spend their off-time caving?
There are also people who voluntarily jump out of perfectly good airplanes, which is a puzzle to me. Before I jump out of a plane, that motherfucker would have to be upside down and on fire.
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That's different.
Planes are ABOVE ground.
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:33 am
(September 13, 2023 at 4:31 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (September 13, 2023 at 4:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There are also people who voluntarily jump out of perfectly good airplanes, which is a puzzle to me. Before I jump out of a plane, that motherfucker would have to be upside down and on fire.
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That's different.
Planes are ABOVE ground.
Of course it's different. Another difference is that nobody ever fell 40 000 feet out of a cave.
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:37 am
(September 13, 2023 at 4:33 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (September 13, 2023 at 4:31 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: That's different.
Planes are ABOVE ground.
Of course it's different. Another difference is that nobody ever fell 40 000 feet out of a cave.
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 4:55 am
So Dickey is out of the cave and that is not a Freudian slip.
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 7:12 am
(September 13, 2023 at 4:13 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: The 40 year old caver Mark Dickey was throwing out blood because of a gastro-intestinal infection in a very deep cave near the city of Mersin (like two Empire State buildings). Thanks to the efforts of a multinational team he is now back among us. Full story:
For those of us who don't know the height of the Empire State Building, would it be too hard to give it in meters (or even feet if you must)?
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RE: Mark Dickey is out of the Woods
September 13, 2023 at 7:51 am
(September 13, 2023 at 7:12 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: (September 13, 2023 at 4:13 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: The 40 year old caver Mark Dickey was throwing out blood because of a gastro-intestinal infection in a very deep cave near the city of Mersin (like two Empire State buildings). Thanks to the efforts of a multinational team he is now back among us. Full story:
For those of us who don't know the height of the Empire State Building, would it be too hard to give it in meters (or even feet if you must)?
5816 bananas deep.
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