A nicer way of expressing a less than delicious euphemism that my Dad used to use. I was reminded of the phrase when reading this story from the AP via Fox News.
BEIJING — Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.
Chen fell 26 feet onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, suffering spine and elbow injuries, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
The passer-by, 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng, had been fed up with what he called Chen's "selfish activity," Xinhua said. Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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Ha! This story reminds me of the time my husband was caught in traffic on the 5 Freeway by Oceanside, everyone stalled because of a guy who was threatening to jump off a freeway overpass. My husband is a compassionate man, but after several hours was ready to yell, "Jump! JUMP!!" like the others were doing.
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