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Old 12-09-2008, 07:27 AM   #11
Nick P.
 
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Re: And the YouTube Ukemi-of-the-Year Award goes to...

Fair enough Alejandro.

By and large, I am disgusted by videos showing this kind of thing, but having taken my share soccer balls, hand-balls (note: never be the goalie in handball) and even those hard plastic orange street-hockey balls to the either the groin or face, if there is no real damage other than to the person's ego, I can see the humour in it, though like Carolyn, there is of course a certain guilt.

I see little difference between the aforementionned video segement watching my 4yr old son riding his Diego car way too fast down the hall (yes, with Mommy and Daddy repeating ad-nauseum "Slow down before you kill yourself...or your little sister!!") then hits the carpet at the end of the hall go arse-over-teakettle, and comes up laughing, Yes the little girl probably came up crying (more from shock than pain, I would suspect) and might have a bruise on her forehead.

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