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but I just can't help it. Yes, this is a real story from the BBC.
Edit: Okay, apparently it is fake, but it is still funny. Dang it, am I a bad person because I am dissappointed it is fake?
Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight
An African Lion much like this is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of K�mp�ng Chhn�ng.
The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.
Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine."
This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted.
An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located K�mp�ng Chhn�ng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city�s coliseum.
The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.
The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.
Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they �� could out-wit and out-muscle [it].�
Unfortunately, he was wrong.
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You could have made me laugh with the title alone. TFF 
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OH NO, I feel bad for laughing at the death of other men, but everyone of them dumbazzes are Darwin Candidates, add more chlorine. Les
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they had to stop the fight because of the participants who were not dead had missing limbs...that is great. sound like something out of Monty Python. I'm sorry, but that whole story is funny.
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Back in the heartland, Thank God!
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I find myself trying not to laugh,too!
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine." Call me twisted, but I'm not even going to fight the urge to laugh. I want to see 42 midgets taking on some kind of 10 foot tall gladiator robot. That's entertainment.
Last edited by NH K9; 11/14/08. Reason: spelling AND punctuation
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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While humorous, this is identified as a rogue story by the BBC ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4566079.stm).
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