From The Book of Lists by David Wallenchinsky and Amy Wallace, here is the 9 People Who Died Laughing. For example:
1. CALCHAS (Greek soothsayer, c. 12th century BC)
Calchas, the wisest soothsayer of Greece during the Trojan War, advised the construction of the notorious wooden horse. One day he was planting grapevines when a fellow soothsayer wandered by and foretold that Calchas would never drink the wine produced from the grapes. After the grapes ripened, wine was made from them, and Calchas invited the soothsayer to share it with him. As Calchas held a cup of the wine in his hand, the soothsayer repeated the prophecy. This incited such a fit of laughter in Calchas that he choked and died. Another version of Calchas' death states that he died of grief after losing a soothsaying match in which he failed to predict correctly the number of piglets that a pig was about to give birth to.
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Previously on Neatorama: 30 Strangest Deaths in History
Comments (2)
The guy who died watching "The Goodies" reminds me of a more recent instance of a guy who survived a heart attack he suffered from laughing hysterically at George (Larry David's character) on the TV sitcom "Seinfeld."
the Loremo LS model goes from 0 to 100 km/h (that's 0 to 62.1371194444 mph) in 20 seconds. the Loremo GT model does it in 9 seconds.
also, the FAQ says the doors open "nach oben" -- upward, i guess like a De Lorean. maybe if you get it up to 88mph you can go back to the future.
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Der Loremo wird leider erst ab 2009 in Serie gehen. Gerne informieren wir Sie bis dahin über wichtige Meilensteine, so dass Sie zu den ersten gehören, die sich über einen eigenen Loremo freuen können.
(The Loremo will unfortunately not go into production until 2009. Until then, we'll gladly inform you about important milestones, so you can be among the first to hear how to get your own Loremo.)
Nachname = (last name)
Vorname = (first name)
Straße = (street address - street, city, state/province, zip/postal code, for all you north americans)
PLZ Ort (Land) = (country)
Unternehmen = (company/business)
Telefon = (phone number)
E-Mail = (three guesses...)
Bisheriges Auto = (your current car model)
Straße = (street address)
PLZ Ort (Land) = (postal code, city, country if outside germany)
so it doesn't exactly fit the american or canadian way of addressing things.
since canadians and brits have letters at the start of their postal codes, and since europeans generally write a letter country code before the numeric postal code, europeans usually tend to write american addresses like this:
your name
123 main street
beverly hills
CA 90210
USA
anyway, do the best you can :)
or try emailing Loremo in english and see what you get. mail@loremo.com