The Post That Has Been Bombarded By Durians

Hello people,

Whether we like it or not, death is a part of life. We all have and will encounter this along the way to our own eventual demise. Over the past year, we've lost countless celebrities and other regular people, just like us. This blog is about the latest life that we lost.

While I've been back in Penang, I've come across a few people's Facebook statuses in which they've been RIP-ing a girl called Anya. If anyone is unfamiliar with this, please read: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/anyamichellemckinney

Done? Good.

I didn't know about what happened before visiting that website, of course. So I assumed the girl died of cancer, which is terrible, or AIDS, which is terrible.

But no. She fell off a roof.

Which begs the question! Why was she on the roof in the first place? One does not have to be Einstein to realise that playing on a roof is NOT the safest thing to do. Besides, it's not like the girl was a toddler. She's ELEVEN. This, sad to say, deserves an honourable mention in the Darwin Awards (http://www.darwinawards.com/), along with her parents. Why her parents, you might ask? Well who else would teach her the common sense not to play on roofs?

It's safe to say not many people would take notice if a 40 year old man fell from a roof while playing on it. In fact, many would call him a dumbass. Most of us are sympathising with Anya's family because she was only a child. And yes, what's happened is incredibly sad, but it was definitely preventable.

Thongster, out.