Bedsheet rope fails, drops man seven stories to the ground

Do not do this at home — even if your wife locks you in your bedroom and you really, really want to go out and meet your friends. A 35-year-old man in Tallinn, Estonia, tumbled seven floors after he fashioned a makeshift rope from knotted-together bedsheets. But what works so often in cartoons proved to be somewhat less successful in real life. This story had a happy-ish ending: The unnamed man landed in some snow-covered bushes and, according to police, walked to a waiting ambulance on his own power. We're less hopeful for the state of the marriage. [Source]

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