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What a bummer. First day in new job - get struck by lightning. Sacre Bleu !

  • 15-05-2012 4:39pm
    #1
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭


    Pity it didn't happen to the last bloke in that job. While out walking.


    http://www.thejournal.ie/no-joke-hollande-plane-struck-by-lightning-en-route-to-merkel-summit-452154-May2012/

    No joke: Hollande plane struck by lightning en route to Merkel summit

    14 minutes ago284 Views Image: Laurent Cipriani/AP/Press Association Images

    MERE HOURS AFTER he was sworn in as president of France Francois Hollande faced his first hiccup this evening when his plane was forced to turn back while en route to Berlin after it was struck by lightning.
    Reuters reports that the French president’s plane was forced to turn back after it was struck by lightning during a flight to Berlin where the Socialist Party leader was due to meet with German chancellor Angela Merkel.
    Crucial talks on all matters eurozone have now been postponed until Hollande can make it to the German capital.
    Angelique Chrisafis from the Guardian reports on Twitter that Hollande has since taken off in a second plane that is once again bound for Berlin. Cue talk of lightning not striking twice.
    Reuters adds that Hollande was unharmed in the incident.


Comments

  • #2
    who what when
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭who what when


    That must have been some shock!


  • #3
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    How in the f*ck is this news?


  • #4
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    Shocking stuff

    :o


  • #5
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    This will probably get thunderous applause from AH.


  • #6
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    What does lightning do to a plane? If it could fly back why didn't it just keep going?


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  • #7
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    in before the conspiracy theorists


  • #8
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    In before Omen music..


  • #9
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Did balloons start sticking to him?


  • #10
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    I applaud Zeus' method of protesting against Greek austerity measures, but surely he chose the wrong target.


  • #11
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,708 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    I was in a plane before that was struck by lightning and we continued on with hardly a mention from the captain about it
    Untitled Image




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  • #12
    podgemonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭podgemonster


    Is this a sign for another French Re-volt-ution....... :pac:

    one more....

    Did this happen over Le Ch-Amps elysees?

    /i'll get me coat


  • #13
    who what when
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭who what when


    Guy on the news described it as Hollande's first u-turn!


  • #14
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Was it Greeced Lightning? :pac::pac::pac:















    I don't get it. :(


  • #15
    dogyworld1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭dogyworld1


    shocking news!!!!


  • #16
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    He set off to Berlin again in another plane.

    Bet it wasn't as flash as the first one.




    :o


  • #17
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Sarkozy is a sore loser.


  • #18
    jaykay74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,594 ✭✭✭jaykay74


    Quick as a flash the french retreated


  • #19
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    From the locked thread:
    God hates socialists

    My faith in God is on the road to recovery.


  • #20
    nice_very
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


    der blitzenkriegen?


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