Would-be rock star plunges from bed to death

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Would-be rock star plunges from bed to death


SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A teenage guitarist got so carried away while bouncing up and down on his bed mimicking a rock star that he flew out of a third floor window to his death, a Singapore newspaper reported Wednesday.

The Straits Times said Li Xiao Meng, a 16-year-old from China who was studying at Singapore's Hua Business School, was a keen musician who liked to jump up and down while playing his guitar in his hostel room.

"But on November 17 he took things a bit too far," the newspaper said, reporting on a coroner's court findings.

Ruling death by misadventure, the court said evidence "points to the deceased unintentionally falling out of the window to his death when he was hyped up with exhilaration, jumping up and down on the bed placed against an open window while mimicking a rock guitarist.""

Normally the windows were locked, the newspaper said, but students sometimes forced them open so they could smoke, something prohibited by the hostel.


Wow...just...wow...who knew playing air guitar could be so dangerous?

[Pretentious]

"He was a teenager, an aspiring rock musician. He liked to play the guitar on his bed. But little did he know, this bed was sinister, it was evil, it was... BED OF DEATH."

[kyaa the catlord]

*cues bad bgm*

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[Jay]

Now that's what you call ownage.

[kyaa the catlord]

Sounds like... splat.

[Jay]

McSplat? With McNuggets and a McRegular McCoke?

[kyaa the catlord]

Scrape it off the ground and put it inna bun. Num num gud.

[Jay]

Isn't that already what McDonalds call their "meat patty"? Nothin' special about that.

[kyaa the catlord]

McSoylent Green, its food from humans.

[Jay]

Wouldn't surprise me bro, it IS McDonalds...

[OliveButtercup]

I feel sad for that guy. That soooo could be me. I'm so clumsy

[Citizen]

"Death by misadventure". Priceless.

[OliveButtercup]

Makes me cry

[Masa the Masta]

I REALLY would love to know what his last thoughts were. Like, "Oh....Fuck. How retarded." *slam.*

[Loc]

I'm not sure if that's incredibly funny or incredibly tragic...

:rofl: :gloomy:

[Citizen]

I REALLY would love to know what his last thoughts were. Like, "Oh....Fuck. How retarded." *slam.*

"Stage dive!"

[Jay]

"In the end, we all get pwned. Well, now's the time to make my pea--" SPLAT!

[Rogue_7]

I'm not sure if that's incredibly funny or incredibly tragic...

:rofl: :gloomy:

a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B.

[Kou123]

Think that counts for a Darwin Award?

[BlackLiger]

More than likely.

[Kwiz]

Poor dolt... makes me wonder what music he was listening to.

[Jay]

I'd give it a Darwin by default.

[Collapse]

This guy's a teen. Adrenaline Rush.

I don't see any problems with him. That's brain development 101. Yet he's too hyped. Too bad he died though.

[h2orowe]

=\ That's not really funny. He did die. Doing something he loved, at least, rocking out!


For those about to rock yourself out a window, we salute you!
\m/

[Jay]

He died doing something he loved, not many people can say that.

[Kusoyaro]

He didn't love falling three stories to his death.

[h2orowe]

He loved rocking out doing it XD

The way I wanna die... I wanna get shot while playing a show, like Dimebag Darrel. That'd be awesome, but it'd be after the encore. After I had my farewell sex. yeah...

[Kusoyaro]

I want to kill my enemy first. Yes. I have a mortal enemy. I'm just that awesome.

[Jay]

I don't have ANY emenies, which makes me awesomer.

[kyaa the catlord]

Blaze of glory! Next competitor, Jon Bon Jovi! BOUNCE JON BOUNCE!

[Kusoyaro]

NO. Every man needs an enemy, someone who is the complete polar of him, his beliefs and his actions. Someone who you hate for no logical reason, someone you want to completely destroy and will never let anyoen else touch. I have someone like that.
A man needs few things in life:
-Life partner
-Friends
-Children
-Family
-Mortal Enemy
Life is complete.
Man, this guy enrages me, I actually went blind for a few seconds teh first time I met him. He started to quiver and shake and then just went inot a daze.
After some introspection, i think I live a very interesting life.

[Ingen]

Hell No, I don't need children.
I mean, forget about the mortal Enemy, who the hell says men NEED children.
I sure don't.

[Praetorian]

I do! It's the only reason we live. I still want my genetics, a part of me, to still be there in 1000 years.

[kyaa the catlord]

I'd rather have my writings read in 1000 years.

Screw procreation.

[Rogue_7]

I'd rather have my writings read in 1000 years.

Screw procreation.

I'll take both!

[Darkblade]

I do believe this would constitute the grounds for the addition of a new category to the death toll record books.

Air guitar fatalities: 1

[Kuhool]

wow, i can't believe people are mocking his death. that's more sad than what happened to him.

[Neon Pink Shoehorn]

I think it's funny. I'm sure his family and friends are sad, but also... they'll laugh about it, eventually.
My favorite darwin award is the one given to the couple that was having sex in the middle of an intersection, and got ran over by a bus.

[Kass]

^I seriously doubt they will ever laugh about it. EVER. This is their child/brother/friend. It isn't funny and never will be.