surely the punchline is
that his girlfriend(?) broke her hip (or maybe some other bones) a couple of summers ago when she bounced off the safety net.
Edit: sorry fact fans it was the g/f of the guy who was doing the launching, not of the guy who was launched.
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Jim Pooley,
Thu 5 Dec 2002, 16:34,
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It was the same guy
well it serves him right. Tosser.
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Baz Fuck off,
Thu 5 Dec 2002, 16:44,
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Oh dear...
I just got that. Time to go home and deal with my severe lack of alcohol...
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psychobabble,
Thu 5 Dec 2002, 17:46,
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