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Monday, July 13, 2009

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Posted by David Schmader on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM

So here we are on another Monday. What will the forthcoming week hold? Who knows, but you probably won't fall into an open manhole while texting and land in raw sewage. That's what happened last week on Staten Island, where a teenage girl was walking while texting and fell in an open manhole, landing in raw sewage. She also got some deep cuts and bruises, so her family's thinking about suing and rightly so (the open manhole wasn't marked by cones or signs or anything else). Still:

What's your take on the texting teenager who fell in an open manhole and landed in raw sewage?

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Not to be mean, but that screenshot of her doesn't make her look like the sharpest tool in the shed.

Posted by Gloria on July 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM

OMG! Jst fell in2 sewer!!

Sent from my iPhone.

Posted by Say what on July 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM

The American news media knows that by printing any article with the words "teen girl" in it, web hits increase by 40 percent. Sewage or not.

Posted by Wm. Hearst on July 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM

They should both be sued: the utility for leaving an unsafe situation, and the girl for being too fucking dumb to live.

Posted by Greg on July 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM

@2 wins!

Posted by Urgutha Forka on July 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM

How is "an hilarious" optionally correct in this instance? It's not a silent h.

Posted by Mattini on July 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM

I'm sure she'll grow up to be a great little cum-bucket some day. Sounds like she has all the qualifications.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on July 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM

"An hilarious" is completely wrong in these circumstances.

Posted by Dollar on July 13, 2009 at 11:21 AM

"Alexa lost one of her sneakers in the sewer. She does not want it back." rofl

Posted by razorclammer on July 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Oh, Staten Island! Will you never cease to entertain?

Posted by Soupytwist

on July 13, 2009 at 11:36 AM

@2 You owe me a new keyboard!

Posted by T on July 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM

Fifty Two Eighty is officially the worst commenter on Slog, ever since Mr. Poe went back into hiding.

Posted by lizzie on July 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM

I don't get this texting & walking thing- can't you just write & stand still for one moment? Or wait until you get to your destination?

Posted by Katie B on July 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM

More people will receive Darwin Awards for texting and talking on cell phones while walking, biking, driving, and skiing than will die from jumping off of ferries and bridges.

Oh, by the way, it's illegal to text or use a cell while your key is in the ignition in this state.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on July 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Mr. Poe was the BEST commenter on Slog, not the worst. 5280 can't carry Mr. Poe's cum-bucket. Sorry, dude, you know it's true.

Soupytwist has spotted the real tragedy here. That girl was soaking in something a lot worse than any sewer long before she fell in.

Posted by Fnarf

on July 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Lizzie, coming from you that's high praise.

Fnarf, aw, shucks, I couldn't take that honor away from you. Really.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on July 13, 2009 at 12:23 PM

I want a "Ha ha, you said 'manhole'" option.

Posted by Jesse on July 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM

It saddens me that she will undoubtedly sue the utility company, and will win.

What will she do next year when she walks into a tree while texting and breaks her fucking nose? Sue God for planting a tree in her path?

Posted by Reverse Polarity on July 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM

Oh, and I do miss Mr. Poe at times like this. He would be completely merciless on this girl in ways I cannot even imagine, and rightfully so.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on July 13, 2009 at 12:42 PM

Thanks for the grammar option even though I couldn't make that selection - I don't want to throw my vote away unless I get a Ross Perot-type choice that clearly makes a cogent statement similar to the "ha-ha you said manhole" suggested above. Got to run and gun - Namaste, everyone.

Posted by Jaymz on July 13, 2009 at 1:33 PM

I've noticed not one PC protest about the use of the word 'manhole' - is it because only men descend into Stygian depths through these eponymous holes? Shouldn't the hole acquire its adjective from whomever falls through it; so in this pathetic case it was a teenhole; if an ass fell through it - well, you get the picture.

Posted by Rhett Oracle on July 13, 2009 at 2:14 PM