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Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo

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Who dugg this? Made popular Mar 2, 2008

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  • Nougat, on 03/02/2008, -1/+228You know the guy who wrote that headline was so pumped when it made print.
  • JayKeaton, on 03/02/2008, -3/+115Huh, I thought it was going to be about a bunch of people crossing a river by themselves, but it was actually about a Star Wars convention where Luke Skywalker fans got into a fight with Han Solo. Who would have thought?
  • roadnottaken, on 03/02/2008, -6/+103Ditto on the headline selection.
  • RoanokeRich, on 03/02/2008, -30/+118Ruke, I'm your fadder ruke, cwoss the wiver and re rill wule the gawaxy togewer.
  • mike4410, on 03/02/2008, -3/+84It's really dangerous crossing Han solo! :-)
  • islingt0ner, on 03/02/2008, -1/+72"Foot heads arms body" (As in Micheal Foot is in charge of an arms group.)

    "A massive sperm whale came into the mouth of Tampa Bay this morning..."

    "Holy Shiite tomb attacked"

    all worthy challengers.
  • Garmonbozzia, on 03/02/2008, -10/+78I see what you did there.....
  • sdcarter, on 03/02/2008, -1/+58Unless you shoot first.
  • joshf52, on 03/02/2008, -0/+46The article's from 2007. It's old, but I don't know about old old old...
  • xOKxWhy, on 03/02/2008, -2/+45Try crossing Jabba, you won't make it
  • Craga89, on 03/02/2008, -0/+34How is walking across a 1.2 inch thick cable 72 feet in the air across a river with _no safety nets_ not cool? Jeez some people are so hard to please...
  • Jefkee, on 03/02/2008, -1/+28it wasn't an unintentional pun. Nobody would have read that story if it was a normal title.
  • crossmr, on 03/02/2008, -3/+27I guess you missed this identically named submission? http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Skywalkers_in_Korea_cros ...

    made popular when this story was actually fresh.
  • KYDS3K, on 03/02/2008, -1/+24"An earlier attempt by a Korean named Greedo ended tragically."
  • Ridgedog, on 03/02/2008, -1/+21We demand blood
  • Enfecktion, on 03/02/2008, -1/+20"It feels very good. It feels all right. It was very tight," he said, adding that he got tired about two-thirds of the way...
    i can't believe nobody else commented that.
  • Doktag, on 03/02/2008, -3/+20One of my all-time favourites:

    Depp's 'Chocolate Factory' Has Tasty Opening
    http://www.sandstorming.com/doc/tastyopening.jpg
  • inactive, on 03/02/2008, -33/+47old old old
  • drlha, on 03/02/2008, -1/+15They are all on purpose.
  • brycelb, on 03/02/2008, -6/+18For all of you time stamp Nazi's who feel it's important to point out that an article is more than 6 minutes old, please move on. I don't care if you have already seen this. You're not getting a prize today. If it annoys you there is a very easy fix. DON'T CLICK ON IT.
  • darkchild82, on 03/02/2008, -0/+12"Soldier Uses Wii to Catch Wife Doing Up, Down, Left, Right, A-B-A-B With Another Man" - Gizmodo
    Thats the best headline ever

    S₁C₃R₁A₁B₃U₁L₁O₁U₁S₁ S₁U₁E₁D₂ - was awesome too
  • roho76, on 03/02/2008, -1/+13I see your Schwartz is as big as mine...
  • richardiscool, on 03/02/2008, -8/+20PUN OF THE WEEK!
  • purzzzell, on 03/02/2008, -0/+11Didn't even look at the date, but is it me or is it dumb that the author stated the distances some of them had done before but DIDN'T state the distance across the Han?
  • sarixe, on 03/02/2008, -1/+11interesting how you know these things...
  • mmembrino, on 03/02/2008, -1/+11You forgot "Headless body found in topless bar"
  • sarixe, on 03/02/2008, -0/+9on purpose, even
  • JayKeaton, on 03/02/2008, -5/+14It's pretty old.
  • Soup4Brains, on 03/02/2008, -3/+12Interesting. I wasn't aware my girlfriend was a 40-year-old virgin.
  • CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -0/+8Its more dangerous to cross his Wookiee . . .
  • USCPassionFruit, on 03/02/2008, -2/+8a little old, but still a goody.
  • Goombellaofgoom, on 03/02/2008, -0/+5It's kind of hard to type with your arms pulled off.
  • thesonofdarwin, on 03/02/2008, -1/+6I'd wager most of the diggs came from individuals who read the headline, laughed and dugg, read the first line and saw it was not about Star Wars and closed their Firefox tab.
  • thesonofdarwin, on 03/02/2008, -1/+6And the average Washington Post reader is going to flock to that title? ...
  • milkmage, on 03/02/2008, -1/+6are you looking for something more precise than the fist sentence? "They came from all over the world, poles in hand, and feet ready to inch more than half a mile across a high wire strung over the Han River in a spine-tingling battle of balance, speed and high anxiety."
  • petethepanda, on 03/02/2008, -0/+5I wish I could post that picture of Jesus riding a dinosaur.
  • captaintaco27, on 03/02/2008, -0/+5I buried you because i couldn't read what you just typed.
  • sougly, on 03/03/2008, -0/+4ㄹ is also for their "R" sound. Their "R" and "L" sounds are not as distinct as in English. People digging you up dunno Korean. Anyways, if you do, you should be bagging him on the weirder words like "cwoss" and "togewer." That's just retarded.
  • mwmccullough, on 03/02/2008, -0/+4Don't be a buzzkill.
  • bdbr, on 03/03/2008, -0/+4I believe he's mimicking the voice of Kim Jong Il in Team America, not the average Korean voice.
  • sarixe, on 03/02/2008, -2/+6but you know that one was on purpose...
  • JimJD, on 03/02/2008, -1/+5"Some in the crowd screamed as he splashed loudly into the Han, followed about a second later by his pole."

    Oh! Jesus Christ! Mr Garrison, come quick!
  • Scaryclouds, on 03/02/2008, -0/+4Capt. Obvious reporting for duty.
  • crossmr, on 03/02/2008, -7/+11That would make sense if Koreans had the same accents as japanese. The Koreans have an L sound its the letter ㄹ
  • alexdemers, on 03/02/2008, -0/+3Glad you figured that out =)
  • RyeBrye, on 03/02/2008, -0/+3People with improper understanding of English grammar recklessly sprinkle commas throughout their prose. In this case, no comma is necessary.
  • SaxmanTrav, on 03/02/2008, -1/+4No way...Star Wars pun??? Where!?!?!?!?!
  • edwartica, on 03/03/2008, -0/+3burred, diggers don't have girlfriends.
  • brycelb, on 03/02/2008, -4/+7Thanks *****, I understood that. If you already read this last year why would you bother to click through and leave a comment. In case you haven't noticed the Internet is a pretty big place and maybe some people haven't seen this yet.
  • AsSubtleAsABrik, on 03/02/2008, -2/+5"By BO-MI LIM
    The Associated Press
    Thursday, May 3, 2007; 3:34 PM"

    If something is almost a year old and has some sort of accidental Star Wars reference, why would you think it hasn't already hit digg's front page 10 times?
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