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PEOPLE LIKE TO say that Ireland is a backward country. But we were YEARS ahead of the USA in one crucial field: live news reports featuring men falling hilariously on the ice.
It’s taken America until 2014 to execute a really good guy-slipping-on-ice news video.
Philadelphia finally managed it this week, with some exceptionally slippery weather. Good job America!
Tuesday 24 December, 2024
Tuesday 24 December, 2024
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Guy slips hilariously on ice on US news (in shameless imitation of the RTÉ fella)
PEOPLE LIKE TO say that Ireland is a backward country. But we were YEARS ahead of the USA in one crucial field: live news reports featuring men falling hilariously on the ice.
It’s taken America until 2014 to execute a really good guy-slipping-on-ice news video.
Philadelphia finally managed it this week, with some exceptionally slippery weather. Good job America!
Interesting technique – he went forward and plunged face down, rather than taking the arms-windmilling-backwards approach of the RTÉ guy:
So who did a better job of falling hilariously on the ice?
Poll Results:
Remember the man who slipped on the ice? Here’s what happened next>
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