Pakistan: 11 dead, 100 injured in kite flying festival
At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual spring festival in eastern Pakistan celebrated with the flying of thousands of colourful kites, officials said today.
The deaths and injuries were caused by stray bullets, sharpened kite-strings, electrocution and people falling off rooftops yesterday at the conclusion of the two-day Basant festival, said Ruqia Bano, spokeswoman for emergency service in the city of Lahore.
The festival is regularly marred by casualties caused by sharp kite strings or celebratory gunshots fired into the air.
Kite flyers often use strings made of wire or coated with ground glass to try to cross and cut a rival’s string or damage the other kite, often after betting on the outcome.
I cannot have any caffeine today, since I'm donating platelets tonight.
Wait, what? I never heard that. Huh.
I hope your Dad recovers quickly msbelle.
Yesterday, I was telling Leif he had to take his bath before he could have a brownie. He didn't like this plan so he went and got himself a plastic lid to a storage container and declared, "I'm going to whack you until I get my brownie." This strategy didn't work for him, but it paralyzed my wife with laughter.
I swear,
Family Circus
would be so much better if it was based on Gud's family.
I swear, Family Circus would be so much better if it was based on Gud's family.
Heh.
So I'm sitting here waiting to go out to lunch for my coworker's birthday, which I don't even want to do, and I'm HONGRY. This shit better not take long.
Kite flyers often use strings made of wire or coated with ground glass to try to cross and cut a rival’s string or damage the other kite, often after betting on the outcome.
They neglected to mention the monofilament.
Basant in Lahore...good times, good times....
I swear, Family Circus would be so much better if it was based on Gud's family.
I dunno, there would be a whole lot of sibling bickering and surreal knock-knock jokes.
My goodness, the foamosity!
No wonder Hec wanted them to make out.
He didn't like this plan so he went and got himself a plastic lid to a storage container and declared, "I'm going to whack you until I get my brownie."
This is so funny when it's someone else's kid.
there would be a whole lot of sibling bickering and surreal knock-knock jokes.
That'd still be better than a billion more strips about Not Me!
