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Man Attempts To Play Real-Life Frogger, A La Costanza
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Ben Yakas
Published Dec 29, 2010
Modified Dec 29, 2010
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Not everyone in the US is as obsessed with the snowpocalyptic Boxing Day Blizzard as we are. Some people are just going about their normal, regular, everyday lives, such as a 23-year-old man from South Carolina who was hit by an SUV while trying to play a real-life version of the arcade classic Frogger.
According to Anderson Chief Jimmy Dixon, the man had been discussing the game with his friends prior to the incident; he allegedly yelled "go" before darting into oncoming traffic in the four-lane highway. Of course, the incident resembles the late-season Seinfeld episode where George Costanza attempts this very thing (see the video below). We hope the young man doesn't continue mimicking Costanza, and risk inheriting the life of a bitter Latvian Orthodox double dipper who once tried to seduce his cousin.
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