Speaking of awkward for everyone...

I collect tales of esoterica and in turn -out of pique or genuine fascination- share them with you. One subset has always amazed me, the very bizarre, but true, deaths of people. Like

• Greek philosopher Chrysippus, who died laughing while watching his donkey eat grapes.
• Good ole' Crassus whom the Parthians made to ingest molten gold  for his brazen attack on otherwise-peaceful lands
• Sir Arthur Alston, who was beaten to death with his own wooden leg.
• George Plantagenet, the 1st Duke of Clarence, who was drowned in a cask of wine...at his request.
• Jim Creighton, baseball player from antiquity who died after taking a massive swinging miss...and ruptured his bladder.
• The author Sherwood Anderson who swallowed a toothpick, puncturng his stomach and causing fatal infection.

But this one just plain takes the cake in terms of lacking dignity: Hippos, dwarfs, trampolines. It is the ultimate "fuck you" from life to this poor man...

Really, Life, wasn't beeing a dwarf enough?