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by fl7305 1166 days ago
Good point! I hadn't thought of that.

If that is the case, it would downgrade the achievement from "super impressive" to just "impressive".

I spent some time trying to find it in other languages, but couldn't. Doesn't prove much of course, hopefully native speakers can weigh in on this.

I did find this though:

'TIL that a young stripper named Shelly Bauman lost her leg in a freak confetti cannon accident. She sued and used the money from the settlement to open Seattle's first gay bar, which she named "Shelly's Leg."'