I am sure that Mr. Rothwell had learned from his Mother's knee about the story of David and Goliath.

This ancient and potent story of courage undoubtedly gave Mr. Rothwell the courage to portray young "David" to the Bus' "Goliath".

It seems that Mr. Rothwell was involved in a dispute of some kind with another passenger on a city bus at 1 am. This little tiff resulted in Mr. Rothwell being asked with emphatic finality to remove himself from the mobile premisis from the bus driver.

Apparently, Mr. Rothwell did not like being "assisted" in his removal from the bus, and decided to grab a brick and jump in front of the bus to show just how much he was peeved. While like David, his aim was true and he struck the vehicle with the brick, the bus, unlike Goliath, proceeded to strike him back with much force, making him quite dead.

As I am sure David will tell him now from "a better place", it helpes to have divine intervention on ones behalf when battling objects that outweigh you roughly 10,000 to 1.

Submitted on 12/16/2004

Submitted by: Charlie Smith
Reference: Manchester Online

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Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Here's more information and a link. While I'm not really that happy about the story, I have to say that it seems to meet the criteria for a Darwin Award.

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I agree with Jack -- it meets the criteria, but it is somehow unsatisfying. Perhaps I'll feel better about this one as more information comes in...

Daniel said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
more info about a story in the queue.

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