did anyone see this.... (on cnn)

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May 6, 2001 | 06:27 PM

Schatten

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From: Austin

the story about the city of Berlin being polled whether or not to give away a new Carrera or drop it from a crane. They ended up dropping it.

Vid anyone or link to more detailed story?

May 6, 2001 | 06:35 PM

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haha.. makes sense.. if they drop it everyone gets to enjoy at least watching a once-in-a-lifetime event rather than betting on the slim chance that one of them might win it. Although I'm sure plenty of people couldnt watch without becoming sick.

May 6, 2001 | 08:07 PM

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That does make me absolutely sick to my stomach, but hey no one losses and no one wins and i had no chance of winning it so ill be fine in a few minutes.

May 6, 2001 | 10:27 PM

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From: palo alto

didn't bill veeck say "if you give 20 thousand people one hotdog each they'll eat it and watch the game....if you give one guy 20 thousand hotdogs...everyone will remember it for the rest of their lives."..well..give some poor schmuck a new por-sha and yawn, who cares??....but just drop that puppy from a crane and BLAMMO!!!.. it's on CNN!!!!!...god i love this place....