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  • garymartin, on 02/10/2008, -2/+247Damn dude. That would be the saddest freakin' way to die ever. Stay in school, indeed.
    • DSGalvin, on 02/10/2008, -2/+87Really man, death by trashcan. That has to suck.
      • tidu, on 02/10/2008, -0/+10"FOR KLAMRISK"
        • TVarmy, on 02/10/2008, -0/+9Poor Klamrisk, I hardly knew ye.
        • RaDeus, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2suppose to say: VARNING FÖR KLÄMRISK ~ risk of crushing
          the word kläm dosnt quite translate to english... basicly means squeeze or crush
      • anotherjeff, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5better than traffic cone.
        • midbc, on 02/10/2008, -4/+2rectum damn near killed him
          • Netrilix, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5That's pathetic. You didn't even put a question mark.
            Rectum? Damn near killed him!
    • sarge96, on 02/10/2008, -2/+16Most embarassing way too.
      • Jones82, on 02/10/2008, -0/+38What about an autoerotic asphyxiation blunder
      • solarwind24, on 02/10/2008, -0/+12It's not - trust me.
        • greatkingrat85, on 02/10/2008, -1/+25Died before, have we?
        • TVarmy, on 02/10/2008, -2/+7Dang it! Why do we have so many damn ghosts on Digg?
      • sabach, on 02/10/2008, -1/+10I think the guy a couple of years ago who got stomped to death by the horse he was ***** is #1
        • vornan19, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1So was he *that* bad or hung like a....
        • Darkhacker, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5No. The number one death would be the guy who died after getting ***** by a horse. It caused internal damage.
    • sjbdallas, on 02/10/2008, -0/+23It took me a second to figure out how that could happen. You'd think they'd have a better solution than just a warning.
      • D3koy, on 02/10/2008, -6/+1Like kick in the side of your ***** plastic can so it bends and you can move your neck (which you only barely deserve for getting into that position in the first place)?
        • Ansible, on 02/10/2008, -2/+2On the other hand, a sturdy metal can might sort of press its way through your sternum. Ow.
        • rentmitchum, on 02/10/2008, -3/+2But if it wasn't metal, I'd kick that can's ***** in and reclaim my lifeforce from the darkness within it's smelly hide.
      • NoStoppingUs, on 02/10/2008, -0/+21like...an automatic door!

        TO THE PATENT OFFICE
        • rentmitchum, on 02/10/2008, -3/+3Patent the Suicide Booth like in Futurama. We already know it turns out to be as big as phone booths were.
      • essjay, on 02/10/2008, -2/+1Isn't the solution Darwinism?
        • chaoswings, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5You only say that because it wasn't you who died by trash can. If I were to point fingers I'd say the engineer who designed the elevator is to blame. That accident could happen to anyone...
          • FatLoser, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2I agree... This seems like a genuinely honest mistake that practically anybody could make. Darwin awards are for people who go out of their way to do something terribly dangerous or stupid. This guy just rolled his trash can into an elevator and it got caught... OMG WHAT A ***** MORON!! HE WAS ASKING FOR IT!!!

            Here's a horrible thought: maybe this really did happen, but it was a server rack instead of a trash can. The picture shows a trash can because more people can relate to that.
    • Berkana, on 02/10/2008, -0/+9That's not the most bizarre Swedish warning label. Husqvarna chain saws allegedly have a warning label saying "do not attempt to stop chain with hands or genitals." If it must have happened for the warning sign to exist, well, I don't know what to say.

      http://www.rateitall.com/i-57953-do-not-attempt-to ...
      • FatLoser, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2I like how the contextual advertising has chainsaws for sale at the bottom of the page. But since there is no picture of this label, and it was probably a translation, some guy could have just made this up.
    • chaoswings, on 02/10/2008, -1/+2How exactly does that happen anyway? Any elevator I've ever seen won't close its doors or move if there is something too close to the door
      • choba, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5This particular elevator doesn't have doors on the inside, so you see the wall moving as you ride the elevator. These are pretty common in Europe.
    • cabdirazzaq, on 02/10/2008, -7/+1I actually have this EXACT sign on my elevator. My initial reaction: "what the ...."
      Typical Swedish goverment regulatinge everything and placing a lot of laws Vote Ron Paul for crying out loud!
      • alittleroy101, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5Just ***** get off the internet please.
        • cabdirazzaq, on 02/11/2008, -2/+1How can I ever debate an ignorant person like yourself?
    • Cofaloaf, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2If by sad you mean hilarious I totally agree.
    • reubencm, on 02/10/2008, -2/+3unless that elevator and the people who use it are 2d i highly doubt that is possible.
  • mst3000miked, on 02/10/2008, -50/+9bump ~~ dugg for squeeeshed dude
  • rudyntrudy, on 02/10/2008, -29/+7WTF?!! Is this real?! Creepy *****.
    • PleaseJustDie, on 02/10/2008, -18/+3Creepy? Am I the only one who can't stop laughing after looking at that?
  • padrebuf, on 02/10/2008, -5/+160maybe the guy didn't die? depends on the strength of the receptacle and the speed of the lift.
    • lyrica42, on 02/10/2008, -1/+55Well they couldn't very well show the blood splatter and brains in the next pic, could they?
      • celtickuja, on 02/10/2008, -2/+25They could. Heck, it'd certainly make for an effective warning if they did.
    • darlyn, on 02/10/2008, -10/+5You would get crushed regardless of speed/strength.
      • shawnanigans, on 02/10/2008, -2/+25Regardless? That's not true.
      • rentmitchum, on 02/10/2008, -12/+4Yea I'd kick that can's ***** in.
        • idconvict, on 02/10/2008, -2/+12wtf is with you and kicking assholes in?
      • bob12321, on 02/10/2008, -2/+3IF you realized it was falling you would get out of they way so it wouldn't kill you. Or the lift could have a thresh hold resistance below the amount to kill someone for it to stop motion.
    • XxERMxX, on 02/10/2008, -10/+5Jerk, I came here to read funny comments.
    • pirloui, on 02/10/2008, -1/+7Sadly, an elevator gines you many hundred kilo, and a plastic trashbin like that is very solid compared to our construction :|
    • saleens281, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3If he didn't get crushed, the can shattering probably would've sent a shard right through his neck.
      • FatLoser, on 02/10/2008, -2/+4Thanks for that imagery... now I can rest well knowing that this guy either got crushed to death or was brutally torn to shreds by the automagically combusting trash can.
      • calon9, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5If the can were open he would've gotten decapitated, but at least his head would've fallen into the bin.
        • Euler2718, on 02/10/2008, -1/+6Wow, imagine being a person getting onto that elevator.
      • Monkeydew06, on 02/11/2008, -0/+2I wouldn't think it's shatter, it might buckle and flop to the ground, spilling garbage everywhere, which the guy would fall into, with a collasped trachea. < /run-on> I'm sorry I just made it worse..
    • ddouglas, on 02/11/2008, -2/+0That's what she said.
  • edz0nk, on 02/10/2008, -2/+116We have those warning-stickers in a lot of swedish elevators.
    Here is another: http://www.kone.com/static/ImageBank/GetImage_jpg/ ...

    Translation ≈

    Warning
    risk of getting pinned (kläm=pin)
    It is dangerous to transport goods in elevators without innerdoor or gate.
    • Servebot, on 02/10/2008, -2/+29It happened once... somewhere
    • exodii, on 02/10/2008, -12/+2the word 'pinned' cracked me up.
    • noof, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3Yeah, that's one is all over the country. I still laugh when I see it though :)
    • matthew.paul, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3Yep, those are everywhere, but they never get old.
    • kickass911, on 02/10/2008, -1/+2heya sverige
    • MrTeQ, on 02/10/2008, -0/+14Clearly the proper thing to do is post a sticker and not actually fix the flaw in the design. =)
    • calon9, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1Don't the elevators have doors?
      • rootneg2, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2these don't.

        they're very tiny, single (well, maybe a few if you squeeze) occupant elevators with an open front; it's more like a dumb-waiter.
  • ghgh1313, on 02/10/2008, -2/+175holy cow that's horrible. especially since there'd be just enough time for you to totally panic
    • Zpanzer, on 02/10/2008, -0/+19I would already panic when I heard the wife say
      "Honey, will you take out the trash? It's not like it's gonna kill you"
  • Lane, on 02/10/2008, -7/+103"hey guys if we move the door to the floor instead of the elevator cart we can squeeze in another half a cubic foot!"
    • dwninjungleland, on 02/10/2008, -10/+54meter.
      • WolverineBlue, on 02/10/2008, -3/+44.0143263 cubic meters just rolls right off the tongue.
      • mgrest, on 02/10/2008, -6/+21Metre, it's metric, it's Europe.
        • moush, on 02/10/2008, -12/+2it's meter in normal countries
        • dienaked, on 02/10/2008, -3/+2Here is a partial list of non-metric measures still used in France.

          Knot (noeud) for speed of boats, planes and wind
          Nautical mile (mille marin)
          Nautical league (lieue marine), i.e. 3 nautical miles
          Hand (paume) for the height of a horse
          Carat (carat)
          The standard railway gauge is still referred to in feet and inches by railway engineers, although non-specialists have converted it to centimetres.
          Degree of angle. Grades exist (1 right angle = 100 grades) but they are used much less frequently than degrees.
          *****Time***** There was an attempt to convert both the calendar and the clock to a decimal system but it was never popularly accepted and soon fell into disuse.
          League (lieue). The newspaper "La Charente Libre" on Friday 22.2.96 described a village as being less than two leagues from the nearest town: "Le village d'Antezant-la-Chapelle est ... moins de deux lieues de St. Jean d'Angély."
          Handmade leather gloves. The leather is measured for cutting out, using a foot ruler marked in inches, at a factory near Limoges (quoted on TV channel 3 on Saturday, 24 February)
        • dienaked, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1Also " BWMA recently commissioned a survey[1] of British public opinion; this survey shows that the majority of British consumers still demand imperial units: 38% preferred imperial, only 19% preferred metric and 41% preferred a combination of the two systems. Women and the over 35's have a clear preference for imperial measures. Only 1 in 10 supports the EC law prohibiting our traditional measures. John Gardner, Director of the BWMA says that 2010 is a 'Directive too far', and that the EC should withdraw it entirely. This extraordinary restriction on trade must be repealed before it is too late."

          From: http://tiniuri.com/?f=Lxc
        • Schmich, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Depends on the country, I grew up in Switzerland where it's mètre and now I live in Sweden where it is meter. I would presume it's whatever sounds nicest for each language.
    • Schmich, on 02/10/2008, -5/+1Honestly I don't think any construction is wrong. One is just more costy but safer. Adapt to whichever type of elevator you walk into. I wouldn't say the double door has more room though because, if you don't have an inner door, you would want to be a little cautious and maybe not use the whole space.
      • asiarock, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4It's not about right or wrong... not having an inner door on an elevator is unsafe and just plain stupid!
      • bat-21, on 02/11/2008, -0/+2If it collapses or kills people, it's wrong.
  • DSGalvin, on 02/10/2008, -2/+93A very effective warning. I'll certainly think twice about taking a trash can into a undersized elevator.
  • Canada4Life, on 02/10/2008, -4/+99That would be an epic tombstone though. "Killed by a trashcan while in an elevator"
    • Lyanto, on 02/10/2008, -2/+17For some reason, I can't help but think of the Halo cone suicide when I see this...
      • PhantasmXD, on 02/10/2008, -6/+1OMG ME TOO! The ***** just plowed his ass...'twas awesome man.
    • patch6, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2Sounds like something you'd hear from a Nethack spinoff.
    • Fracture98, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3Last time that poor bastard throws out defective tombstones.
    • Joomal, on 02/10/2008, -4/+2buried for saying 'epic'
    • rootneg2, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1i think in that case you just get the same warning sticker on your tombstone.
  • zdiddy85, on 02/10/2008, -22/+539In Soviet Russia, trashcan compacts YOU!
    • Lutremi, on 02/10/2008, -3/+24Isn't that what happened already?
    • rikkdbomb, on 02/10/2008, -1/+26oh ho ho ho cleva boy.
    • Mojin, on 02/10/2008, -40/+5I will probably get dugg down for being the only one, but is anyone else sick of hearing that response to everything? Yeah I saw the episode, but come on, let it die.
      • celtickuja, on 02/10/2008, -1/+12Well, at least you knew it was coming.
      • TheDarkstarter, on 02/10/2008, -0/+13I don't mind it if its good! Most "in Soviet Russia..." jokes are lame, this one was pretty good!
        • AdmiralJimbob, on 02/10/2008, -3/+2I've still yet to hear a better one than "In Soviet Russia, pawns seize Kasparov".
    • TheGeneral69, on 02/10/2008, -3/+28that will NEVER get old. i am jealous that i didn't think of it first. good catch.
    • ross., on 02/10/2008, -2/+16Wow, I haven't seen a Soviet Russia joke in weeks. Bravo.
    • Flashman, on 02/10/2008, -2/+72Now THAT'S how you use the Soviet Russia meme.
    • maelstromwar, on 02/10/2008, -6/+2Brilliant! I LOL'd IRL.

      Thanks.
    • MrSprout, on 02/10/2008, -6/+4Sweden is Russia now?
  • Liembo, on 02/10/2008, -4/+102At least its a semi self-cleaning mess.
  • dwninjungleland, on 02/10/2008, -2/+10Brutal.
  • SuspicionVandit, on 02/10/2008, -47/+3If you'd see Jessica Alba when she was 14, you would've made the mistake of dumping her ass, too.
    • rikkdbomb, on 02/10/2008, -0/+34what the ***** are u talking about
      • ryan83189, on 02/10/2008, -3/+34Jessica Alba, when she was 14. What did you think he was talking about? Something relevant?
        • anononon, on 02/10/2008, -1/+20But I hate broccoli.
        • Robubie, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1actually thats a common misconception dogs are very sophisticated trees.
  • ainsworthboyle, on 02/10/2008, -0/+14makes me claustrophobic.
  • gothsquirrel, on 02/10/2008, -13/+2Mirror
  • DesignerScott, on 02/10/2008, -8/+54Warning: don't use wordpress.
    • Skitals, on 02/10/2008, -2/+13Warning: use wordpress, along with wp-cache.
      • Amadeus2490, on 02/10/2008, -8/+8Warning: live without warning
        I said warning, live without warning
        Without alright.

        Please make a note of it.
  • Funman1, on 02/10/2008, -22/+1http://www.duggmirror.com
  • Funman1, on 02/10/2008, -5/+11And it's down
  • s1mph0ny, on 02/10/2008, -9/+1Thinking that it's a good idea to create a warning for some consequence that has already occurred once isn't very smart. Events that haven't happened for several years don't usually repeat themselves. I just always find the spending for safety equipment based on consequences a bad choice.
  • InspectorGadget, on 02/10/2008, -2/+8I don't think it gets much worse than death face down in a trash can. I think having a dirty diaper be the last thing to cross your mind might be the ultimate humiliation.
  • Soave, on 02/10/2008, -11/+4Wordpress ftl. Mirror anyone?
  • adtthosa, on 02/10/2008, -14/+4Why is this so funny?
  • tones1, on 02/10/2008, -0/+82Mirror: http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5978/iamgeoe8.j ...
  • benroy, on 02/10/2008, -7/+1Server down...shocking.
  • shivanaus, on 02/10/2008, -9/+3uh, Mirror anyone?
  • gethane, on 02/10/2008, -9/+3The timing is impeccable. I just finished watching Darwin Awards.
    • jaynemother, on 02/10/2008, -0/+15Oh yeah, because it's some janitor's fault that they designed the Elevator like that
      • Fracture98, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2He was throwing out the inner door.
  • bacio, on 02/10/2008, -6/+3good lord i already knew that wordpress sucks, kinda obvious for a warning
  • megaton, on 02/10/2008, -5/+11"WordPress -- Error establishing a database connection"

    Yeah, it happens all the time on digg.
  • tehnoobifier, on 02/10/2008, -4/+20something you would see in Portal or a random place in Half-Life 2
    • phobe, on 02/10/2008, -0/+0Same sense of humor, anyway. It *is* humorous, right?
  • rikkdbomb, on 02/10/2008, -5/+2wall-e viral advertising!
    • yuutokun, on 02/10/2008, -2/+1Ah ha ha ha. Brilliant. Thanks for giving me the biggest laugh today. You may have just cured my depression.
  • jerryX0rz, on 02/10/2008, -2/+0Ouch!
  • Jones82, on 02/10/2008, -1/+8That will ruin his weekend
  • centran, on 02/10/2008, -0/+57So, the elevator doesn't have an inner door? That doesn't seem safe.
    • D3koy, on 02/10/2008, -1/+10Yeah, but think of all the awesome graffiti that is probably on the wall...
      • ifirahse, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1...and all the piss that's on the floor.
      • acceleration, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4You'd have to be pretty quick to make it though
    • bonk2k, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4Yeah I blame the designers not the poor guy who got pinned.
    • whiskeyspider, on 02/12/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster
      • Grym11, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1"A paternoster or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two persons) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor they like."

        So, if these things are constantly moving in a loop, what happens if you stay on too long? Does it flip you upside down?
  • doyoulikeworms, on 02/10/2008, -6/+2This isn't funny, but it certainly is bizarre and interesting.
    • yuutokun, on 02/10/2008, -2/+5That's funny because that's exactly what I thought about you.
  • mal1964, on 02/10/2008, -0/+9Those new "Please Recycle" stickers are 100% effective.
  • sdlvx, on 02/10/2008, -21/+10That would be a terrible way to do.
    You'd be like, HUM DEE HUM JUST TAKING OUT THE TRASH. Then, you're like, *****, the elevator is going down, and I'm not.
    OH *****, ELEVATOR STOP, YOUR SQUISHING ME.
    ***** I CANT REACH THE BUTTONS


    GOAWDD NOOOOOO

    *SQUASH*

    You just lost the game
    • BruceBogtrotter, on 02/10/2008, -2/+24That ***** sucked. I hope you never write a book.
      • Fracture98, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3You mean, "I hope you never write a movie, Mr. Uwe Boll, Sir!"
    • avatar28, on 02/10/2008, -1/+8I don't know. I thought it was pretty damned funny myself. Couldn't stop cracking up when I was trying to read it to the wife. Then again, I've had a few shots and that always makes things funnier too.
      • bob12321, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3how many is 'a few'?
        • Zezza, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1by a few he means none, and by wife he means his online "friends"
    • Whaines, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Dammit, I just lost the game...
    • RobsaysHello, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1I was thinking "followed by the unmistakable sounds of Pac-Man meeting his untimely demise"
    • yuutokun, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1dugg for you lost the game
  • vagrantwade, on 02/10/2008, -5/+3I don't know if this has happened before, but to anyone who uses Wordpress then submits it to Digg, should have it happen to them.
  • DouglasScott, on 02/10/2008, -0/+17I once had to fill out a witness statement when I saw someone get scissored by a freight elevator. The guy was part of a crew that was working on the elevator, and the thing was given a command to go up when it shouldn't, trapping a guy on it. This guy thought he would try to bail off at the floor I was on, but got pinned instead. He bleed to death in three minutes. There were eight fire trucks there by the time they started to cut him out. Never underestimate how powerful and elevator is.
    • wafu, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3Mission Impossible?
    • EntangledPhysx, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4If an elevator has a max capacity of 1000 lbs (seems like the usual limit), I know it has some serious power. Thats so sad that happened, though.
    • aoru, on 02/10/2008, -6/+1oooo yeahhh, scissor me xerces!
  • twarner, on 02/10/2008, -4/+16I think we have a death scence for final destaion 4
  • MrSkyGuy, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5Mirror at 276 diggs.. sigh.
  • Kali075, on 02/10/2008, -0/+10thats a very poorly designed elevator
  • stackered, on 02/10/2008, -9/+5Natural selection
    • EntangledPhysx, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4yeah, those engineers who designed that elevator like that are out of a job, and going to live on the street where they cant reproduce. Natural selection FTW!
  • DeadinTheHollow, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3Ill remember not to take a garbage can into elevators with me
  • twarner, on 02/10/2008, -2/+25I think we have a death scene for final destination 4
    • yeskia, on 02/10/2008, -2/+7Why is this guy getting dugg up when he said the exact same thing just a few comments up but fixed a few typos?
    • hoowahman, on 02/10/2008, -0/+8because its cool to fix typos.
    • completerobot, on 02/10/2008, -0/+7So much funnier now than it was five posts ago.
  • twarner, on 02/10/2008, -5/+8Sorry,double post
  • bxblox, on 02/10/2008, -0/+8Why is there no inner door? Ive never seen this. Is it common out there?
    • ghermann4, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1That is strange. It must be more of a partial elevator, like an enclosed one-floor lift, something above a dumbwaiter but not quite as functional or expensive as a regular elevator.
    • acceleration, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1They're not usually for public use, usually in industrial areas and such
    • jdepp, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1I think the idea is people should never ride in that lift, it's only for transporting objects. - you call the lift and load stuff in then send it up to a person on another floor, or take the stairs.
      • de46le, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4It's actually the other way around - The sign says "It is dangerous to transport goods in elevators that lack inner doors". These elevators are pretty common here in Sweden, and there's one in my apartment building.

        They aren't as dangerous as they seem, though. There are usually large kill-switch paddles in the ceiling of the elevator, so if something touches the part of the ceiling where there are no walls, the elevator stops. Which is also a great way to reserve the elevator for yourself (Just jam the kill switch when you leave the elevator :P)
        • Myztry, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1"Just jam the kill switch"
          That's as evil as locking the toilet cubicle then climbing out over the top...
          /end random high school memory
        • gavintlgold, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2I don't understand. Why go through all the trouble and risk when you could just have inner doors?!?
    • tutivlahos, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Here in Greece it's very common.
    • TheTSArt, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Scroll down to "paternoster" in the following link:
      http://deputy-dog.com/2007/10/02/interesting-eleva ...
  • tpzoso, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4Maybe they should make the door go all the way inside the elevator... No exposed stationary flooring...
    • ksong12, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Well, the point is that there is no inner door. And if there were only an inner door..... well.... lets see that wouldn't be a pretty sight at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
  • ShawnIsCool, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4Son of a Wordpress!
  • charlie55, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3the scariest drawing i have ever seen.
  • adooga, on 02/10/2008, -0/+11Why is the front of the elevator open? I wouldn't go near this ***** death trap, with or without a wheelie bin.
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