Tourist walks off pier while browsing on Facebook

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One of those moments where you wish emergency units would just let Darwinism prevail for once.

A tourist is lucky to be alive after she fell into Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay while browsing on Facebook, police say.

The woman was walking along St Kilda pier engrossed in social media when she walked off the pier into the dark and chilly water about 11.30pm on Tuesday.

A quick-thinking witness raised the alarm. Police officers were able to point out the distressed woman floundering in the water to the water police, who rescued her about 20 metres from the pier. It is believed the woman did not know how to swim. She was taken to hospital for treatment.

There will be no need for a lost property report as the woman kept hold of her mobile phone throughout the ordeal.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/18/tourist-walks-off-pier-while-browsing-on-facebook
 
There will be no need for a lost property report as the woman kept hold of her mobile phone throughout the ordeal.
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Talk about priorities, lol.
 
Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid", that way people around them can help them avoid doing stupid things!

If she was American (as in US), she'd probably be suing Facebook for the long walk off the "short plank".
 
SO she was on her mobile phone, walking in the dark on a pier she might not have been too familiar with (being a tourist and all), and falls into the water. Hilarious, rather than stupid.
 
[video=youtube;ZBjelRDKHUk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBjelRDKHUk[/video]
 
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