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Fair play to this guy
The Scotsman | Submitted by: Danny Dan
"An ex-rugby player relied on his safe pair of hands to catch a baby boy after his mother was forced to drop him out of her burning home." ... "Burly ex-prop forward with Newport Saracens Mr Webber, 38, said he imagined Brandon was a rugby ball as he waited to catch him falling from a first-floor window in Barrack Hill, Newport."
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From: 2muchfun [Wulfgar the having too much fun]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 10:42
Did he do a little victory dance and then spike the little sucka? - No, that's right, rugby player. Never mind.
From: canadagirl78
[God, make me chaste. But not yet.]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 10:45
"Burly ex-prop forward with Newport Saracens Mr Webber, 38, said he imagined Brandon was a rugby ball as he waited to catch him falling from a first-floor window in Barrack Hill, Newport." Rugby players ain't too bright. How high up exactly was this window?
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 10:49
Quote:"Rugby players ain't too bright. How high up exactly was this window?" Oh, you beat me to it CG, but that is funny isn't it? Shit, the first floor, why didn't she just hand the baby to him? Now if the "first floor" is a typo...
From: lordpakul [Lord Pakul]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 10:54
Too bad he wasn't caught by the "safe hands" of Creepy the Clown: 
From: insomniac
[insert wittycism here]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 10:58
That's just language difference between American and British English. In American English 'first floor' is ground level, in Britain it's one floor above that. Not really a large drop either.
From: lollercaust [Lollercaust]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 10:59
If he imagined the baby as a rugby ball, maybe the baby looked like Stewie from family guy? Baby is lucky rugby player stopped imagining after the baby was caught, otherwise the rugby player could have tried a 'Johnny Wilkinson'
From: tonebalone
Date: 11-Dec-2005 11:13
He was a hero alright, until he rammed his thumb up the baby's rectum, thinking he was an opposing team member.
From: markh10 [Mark Haugsten]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 11:22
OMG What a catch.............. "falling from a first-floor window" Astounding! That high was it?? Now, even considering the European count of first floor NOT being the ground floor, but the next one up, OR, as Americans would say, the second story, just what astounding height are we talking about?? 12-15 ft? "An ex-rugby player relied on his safe pair of hands", "said he imagined Brandon was a rugby ball" Now, you Europeans can straighten me out a bit, but do you all have to go into such mental gymnastics when you have to catch a child who has been dropped as GENTLY, and KINDLY as a loving mother is wont to do??? Do you HAVE to build up yourselves so much? How about a quick catch?? How about just realize the bundled child is human, and give due consideration?? Perhaps I am going too fast for you? Gravity, even in Europe, brings objects down at appx 10 meters a second. SO, in your 1/3rd second air time, please just concentrate on your hands and view the object (child) with your eyes. It's not like you have 40% of a second, or anything extensive like that, so think up objective parallels later, on your own time.
From: theallseeingear [Bavid Dyrden]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 11:29
lollercaust: damn right! We're lucky he didn't make a perfect catch, and then drop-kick the baby 50 yards up the field!
From: tsentsen [tsentsen]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 11:47
Aaaahhhhrrrg-slow day on R.com or what? And bavid used the only funny think I could think of!
From: yermortician [Morgana]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 12:01
This story would be so much more interesting if the dude missed "the ball". Then we could all curse and say, "OMG! You had that, you fucking bastard! How could he not catch that?! Damn it. Who's gonna clean up the mess from that watermelon looking thing that was dropped out the window? Can someone grab a water hose and just spray that off of the lawn, please?
From: klepto [Juan Warez]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 12:01
Why cant the english speak real english like the rest of the americans. First floor the second floor? They have to make everything so damn confusing, those bastards!
From: silencer [Chad Irvin]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 12:02
Wow! what a hero! For his next feat he'll cary the hysterical child one hundred feet to the loving embrace of his father's arms.
From: mikeisgreen
[Mike]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 12:18
This is not unprecedented. Maybe it's just what's done in Europe. At least that could be Jackson's next excuse.  Slow news day, slow imagination day.
From: blissfulgirl
[~^-^~]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 13:17
I don't know about "Slow news day, slow imagination day." My imagination went into overdrive when I read "It's lucky Mike has a safe pair of hands..." 
From: tsentsen [tsentsen]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 13:46
lordpakul...thank you for confirming my unwavering belief that clowns are sinister.
From: ciaochowbella [I didn't do it and I wasn't there when it happened]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 14:04
So he caught the baby from a height of, say, 12 feet? Real snappy catch. Unless you're less than 5' tall, this is not "rocket sugery". But at least there is a story of a man and a child and he hasn't commited some atrocity on the kid. Kind of makes me feel all warm and Christmas-y.
From: genitaliaofsatan [Mr. Genitalia to you, pal]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 15:20
This was probably something you had to see in person. Too bad nobody was there to capture it on video.
From: snyznyk [snyznyk]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 16:16
Good thing he wasn’t a soccer (football to you faggots) player. He would have kicked the kid into the neighbor’s carport.
From: poontang [footlong]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 17:24
"a first-floor window" are you shiting me or what...a fuckin first floor window? give me a fuckin break...we have tacos bigger than one story buildings here in Texas
From: miscreant
Date: 11-Dec-2005 18:42
From: retardedmonkey [ISeeYouWhenYouSleep] Date: 11-Dec-2005 11:14 Wheres the finger in the ass part? Oh wait was he playing australain rules or not? Dude! In Australia, this regrettable and illegal tactic is called a 'hopoate' (named after the rugby league player John Hopoate [odps.org] - who couldn't keep his digits outta opposition ass). Australian rules is a noble sport far beyond the likes of either rugby code.
From: miscreant
Date: 11-Dec-2005 19:07
And Hopoate is some kind of pacific islander or Maori.
From: azrael
Date: 11-Dec-2005 20:22
Come on guys...lets go easy on this one. This fella is a hero! I mean at least he caught the baby. I congratulate you sir! Well Done!
From: wulfgartheblack [Wulfgar the Black]
Date: 11-Dec-2005 22:05
ciaochowbella, Keep talking about 'rocket surgery' and you'll have me in launch mode before the time is right.  It's a Christmas-y time of year.
From: d0wnund3r [ZEKE]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 05:42
AFL ROCKS,THANK FUCK HE GOT THE KID.DID HE LET MUM LAND ON HER FACE...MESSY
From: aryan [WHITE POWER]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 06:15
This is your last day on earth Tookie , Die Nigger.
From: ciaochowbella [I didn't do it and I wasn't there when it happened]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 06:24
Oh, my, Wulfgar the Black, I am duly impressed. Between you and Mike, I'm feeling extra-crispy Merry Christmas-y. How shall I chose?? Can I have you both? That would not only be Christmas-y, but Yule-ish and Hanukkah-esque.
From: y0mama [Your Mom]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 08:23
am I the only one that looked at "blanket" and thought "hey, isn't he supposed to be black?" Just because the dad is white now doesn't mean his genetics are white.
From: aryan [WHITE POWER]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 09:49
Less than 18 hours left Tookie you Sick Fucker , Burn in hell.
From: chowdapipe [Dr. Nuge]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 11:04
I hope the "hero" was awarded properly from the mother. Catch the kid and I'll drain your ball sack for you.
From: mikeisgreen
[Mike]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 15:39
From: ciaochowbella [I didn't do it and I wasn't there when it happened] Date: 12-Dec-2005 06:24 "Oh, my, Wulfgar the Black, I am duly impressed. Between you and Mike, I'm feeling extra-crispy Merry Christmas-y.
How shall I chose??
Can I have you both?
That would not only be Christmas-y, but Yule-ish and Hanukkah-esque." ************************************************************************ My dear Ciao, the greatest pleasure a man can have is a happy woman. There is nothing more holiday-like than a woman enjoying herself. A happy woman is chritmas-y, Yule-ish, Channuka-esque, Kwaanz-ish, Ramadan-ding-dong-like, and all that other stuff. On that note, I have to be open-minded. The only question is, who gets the mistletoe?
From: venatius [Squid]
Date: 12-Dec-2005 18:53
ciaochowbella - Here's a hint for future reference, amigo. Try reading other comments BEFORE posting a new one. You'll look completely stone-ignorant a bit less often, instead of shooting off your mouth (keyboard?) before fully grasping what you're talking about.
Updated: 17-Dec-2005 12:15
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