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Holy Shit. Kites kill 6 people by slitting their throats. Injure over 100 others.

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46 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

If you don't have your reading glasses on, you might think it said "Kikes".

That's what I thought.  I was like oh boy the Palestinians are about to kick off another infitada.

14 hours ago, crash_davis said:

There's not enough bandwidth on the internet for that thread.

There’s a river, and it’s full of shit

Heard of these festivals.  They put powdered/crumbled glass or other stuff on the string and compete by trying to cut the other guys string and he loses his kite while their doing the same to you.  

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Imagine all the pussy that you can pull because you are the Champion of Kite Dueling.

Yea, me neither.

i have a friend who was in gujarat during the kite festival maybe 15 years ago.  he had pictures from his hotel.  the sky looked like zilker kite festival except over a larger area.  people were flying them from everywhere-  the ground, rooftops, balconies.  i don't even know how you launch kites from a balcony.  i can understand how passerbys could get wound up in this mess.  he was with a guide but the guide hadn't really told him how dangerous it was til they were walking through the streets.  "yeah people die from this every year.."

One of the saddest things in the world is driving down Barton Springs Road thru Zilker Park the Monday after the Zilker Kite Festival.  Tons of dead soldiers caught in the trees.  And the festival itself - ay yi yi, never seen so many crying kids in one place (my son included).  

On 1/18/2023 at 2:58 PM, GringoSalado said:

I pictured flocks of small raptors getting slicey.

 

lulz. Exactly what I was thinking-- what did an enraged flock escape from a zoo or something?

 

On 1/18/2023 at 2:52 PM, po elvis said:

honestly thought Kites were a people and was going to make a kite joke.

Kiteist!!

On 1/19/2023 at 10:47 AM, gsoda3 said:

i don't even know how you launch kites from a balcony.

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