American tourist impales himself on spike at Colosseum in Rome - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-05/american-tourist-impales-himself-on-spike-at-colosseum-left-dangling-in-excruciating-pain
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Kalothar@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 1y
TLDR;
He lived, received 80 stitches and was also a resident of Taiwan
ramble81@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Almost had a Darwin Award candidate
Snowclone@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
Hopefully no one starts a religion over this...
BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Oh look, an American who doesn't respect a wall.
blakenong@lemmings.world · 7 pts · 1y
I’m sure there were rules saying not to do whatever he did, which is why he did it
treadful@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 1y
Colosseum demands blood.
cyphear@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
IceFoxX@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
FCK americans
Edit: as German i say fck German Tourist too... oh and fck british Tourist too... Should be the 3 worst sorts of Tourist in the west.
GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
The American in question:
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Ouch! I'm guessing something like those? https://earth.google.com/web/search/Colosseum,+Piazza+del+Colosseo,+Rome,+Metropolitan+City+of+Rome+Capital,+Italy/@41.88982527,12.49215183,24.24652049a,0d,32.21956336y,199.20501311h,92.10494739t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCfyNfWxFlTRAEfmNfWxFlTTAGSflKNVKVEJAIe7Wz0l1Z1DAQgIIASIaChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURodS1uTVhBEAVCAggASg0I____________ARAA
FlembleFabber@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Do you have a maps link?
card797@champserver.net · 1 pts · 1y
Ouch, anyway.