Man showing off for a woman falls from 6th floor balcony...and survives.

[flvegan]

ST. PETE BEACH — He wanted to show a woman afraid of heights that it was safe to lean over a sixth-floor hotel balcony.

Instead, the man fell four stories onto a second-floor concrete ledge Tuesday night, the president of the company that owns the hotel said today.

The unidentified man survived and was flown to Bayfront Medical Center, where he is recovering, authorities said.

Police are still investigating the incident, which happened around 11:15 p.m. at the Grand Plaza Beachfront Hotel.

The man was not a registered guest and "not a spring breaker," said James Kotsopoulos, president of Grand Plaza Resorts Inc., but had met the occupants of the room — an unidentified man and his nephew — earlier Tuesday and was visiting with a group of women.

"From the conversation we had with people in the room, he wanted to impress the young ladies," Kotsopoulos said. "One was concerned about the height, so to sort tease her he leaned back onto the rail and went over."

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/article984937.ece

[TZ]

1. This guy should really have been a Darwin award winner!

More Florida weirdness...I like how they made sure to mention he was NOT a spring breaker...Though something tells me alcohol was involved...:crazy:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Yo! Sweetie!

Hold my beer, and watch this!

:rofl:

(yeah, there may have been alcohol in the area)

[CreekDog]

10. it's pretty sad when you can't even earn a Darwin award

what other chances at fame does he have? :shrug:

[Gormy Cuss]

2. That showed her.

:eyes:

[motely36]

3. Gee...I never would have guessed this was Florida

:P

[Mollis]

4. haha

I wonder how impressed they were that he survived the fall.

[arcadian]

5. I was in Waikiki once

I think it was the Prince Kuhio Marriott or Hilton? anyway, the building is something like 40 stories high and they have these little tiny balconies with this little rickety guardrail. We were high up, scared the shit out me just going out there.

[Schema Thing]

7. hope he gets laid!

[Marrah_G]

8. Why are these stories always in FL?

I mean, I am sure people do stupid ass shit in every state.....I just don't get why the Fl ones always make the AP!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Because lots of people want to move to Florida because it's awesome...

...and when you have lots of people, you are guaranteed to get a fair share of nutbars. We're actually not any crazier on a percentage basis than, say, North Dakota, but the scenery is a hell of a lot better.

[Strong Atheist]

9. Men are idiots when women are around that they want to impress. I used to

say that women are weird (when I was younger), and a friend always replied that no, men are stupid and women are evil.

Given that he now has a girlfriend he can't get enough of, I guess he doesn't believe THAT last part anymore...:rofl:

[jobycom]

11. Proved his point, didn't he? Did he look like Bruce Willis or Hayden Panettiere?

[Sequoia]

12. Q: Why did Little Moron fall off the balcony?

A: To show his girlfriend he had guts.