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When I criticize my girlfriend's outfit... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]pingthepong 101 points102 points ago

An American reality show contestant, lucky to escape injury after catapulting a watermelon into her own face. Claire Champlain was competing on challenge show The Amazing Race in a segment that required contestants to use a watermelon-hurling slingshot to knock down targets a short distance away. But Champlain's efforts backfired when a watermelon she was attempting to fling stayed in the slingshot's pouch and was flung back at her. The watermelon smacked Champlain in the face, exploding on impact. "I can't feel my face," Champlain said when her partner and Home Shopping Network co-host Brooke Roberts went to her aid. "I have the worst headache ever."

[–]RobotsCostRent 27 points28 points ago

I found video of it if anyone is curious like I was.

[–]kingvolcano 158 points159 points ago

i prefer the nsfw version (NSFW)

[–]mg7fan 6 points7 points ago

awesome

[–]kingvolcano 0 points1 point ago

sure makes a common man like me humble...

[–]cumtea 1 point2 points ago

I don't know what I was expecting, but that definitely wasn't it

[–]kiwiJONES 11 points12 points ago

Riight in the kisser

[–]Protikon 1 point2 points ago

Right in the honor.

[–]AetherIsWaiting 6 points7 points ago

she looked totally fine.

[–]KevinGenoves3 3 points4 points ago

"We've got to finish"

What the fuck was that stupid bitch thinking?

[–]kungtotte 0 points1 point ago

That's why that show is fucking awesome, watching how different people are in the face of adversity. These people will tear each other's heads off if someone isn't running fast enough or if someone happens to misread a map.

You can watch their relationships fall apart on screen and I love it.

[–]IvyGold 0 points1 point ago

Imagine if that season had been filmed in HD like the seasons since!

[–]dcpeon 0 points1 point ago

Back...and to the left.

[–]soupbrah 8 points9 points ago

Holy crap. At first I didn't notice that it was a watermelon and thought that she just blew her head off and was killed.

[–]conspiracy_thug 39 points40 points ago

to this day im still amazed this bitch didnt die.

[–]rallydsm 11 points12 points ago

Me to, or at least have a serious injury. There had to be a ton of force on that watermelon.

[–]rjw57 7 points8 points ago

Given she pulled it back manually with no mechanical advantage, I'd say the force on the melon had an upper bound of the force gravity exerts on her body. So, certainly less than a kN.

[–]BallsackTBaghard 2 points3 points ago

Watermelon breaks easily and is not that heave. I don't think she even broke her nose.

[–]conspiracy_thug 0 points1 point ago

why arent teenagers having watermelon fights?

[–]BallsackTBaghard 1 point2 points ago

cuz it be delicius dawg

[–]SnitchingOnSRS 7 points8 points ago

FYI: The feminazis over at /r/shitredditsays has linked your comment. Regardless of content I do not feel that talking about someone behind their back is healthy for anyone. As such I'm here to inform and upvote in a tiny gesture to offset their rudeness.

Also cunt because they hate that word.

[–]abSYNTHeCyber 0 points1 point ago

Cunt waffle.... Just saying.

[–]conspiracy_thug -5 points-4 points ago

they linked it?

im glad to know im popular somewhere!

can you provide a direct link? id like to talk shit to them.

thanks.

[–]happlepaff 1 point2 points ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/ShitRedditSays/comments/vvjna/contestant_is_hit_in_face_during_catapult/

If it was me, I'd consider getting on SRS to be something to check off my bucket list.

also Cunt

[–]conspiracy_thug 0 points1 point ago

thanks a bunch! those hateful women are no better than Westboro Baptist Church.

[–]happlepaff 6 points7 points ago

fair warning; they swing the banhammer like nobody's business.

[–]conspiracy_thug 1 point2 points ago

banning is just another way of saying "OMG U RAGED ME SO MUCH WITH YOUR VALID ARGUMENT"

bring it, bitches.

[–]katmaidog 5 points6 points ago

Why is she a "bitch"?

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[–]conspiracy_thug 2 points3 points ago

upvote for you! you caught that shit too!

"thats my bitch!" "i made it my bitch!"

[–]happlepaff 4 points5 points ago

Actually, I think I've been banned (at least, I can't comment on anything). I've never posted in SRS or commented on anything in there.

Wat.

[–]Kanin 0 points1 point ago

hahah Reddit is slowly imploding.

[–]Whiskey_Fred 3 points4 points ago

Still the best .gif ever!

[–]Alias135 0 points1 point ago

"We have to keep going, that's why it's called the amazing race"

[–]NNYPhillipJFry 0 points1 point ago

Lets just stroll over to her nice and slowly and then tell her she must finish the challenge. Ha!

[–]ManofToast 18 points19 points ago

So every time you criticize your girlfriend's outfit, someone gets hit in the face with a watermelon? Interesting.

[–]Shey16 2 points3 points ago

No, no. He hits himself in the face with a watermelon.

[–]greenbee202 -3 points-2 points ago

No, no. He uses italics with a watermelon.

[–]quitte 21 points22 points ago

She was so crazy lucky. That melon traveled about 4m before coming back. The Watermelon came back in less than a second. As it had to travel those 4m twice in less than a second it was at least 8m/s fast. Even faster, as it had to accelerate. For convenience sake I'll use 10m/s. That's a 36km/h or 22mph watermelon to the face.

Edit: Here is a blogpost that does a more in depth analysis. It concludes that the speed is 15m/s.

[–]greenbee202 1 point2 points ago

SHE was so crazy lucky????? Lets talk about how lucky that show/station was that they captured such an incredibly funny thing on video.... I must have seen this clip nearly 50 times over the course of a few years. God bless both of them..... or dont god bless em... idc, whatever its 5am....

[–]brendan87na 1 point2 points ago

I wish it was possible to do that with the puck that nailed me... alas the video evidence isn't quite so good.

[–]Breguenait 9 points10 points ago

There's a really thin line between funny and NSFL if you watch it thinking it was a cannon ball instead of a watermelon

[–]nanonanopico 3 points4 points ago

Yeah. I was pretty scarred for a moment.

[–]gH0o5T 7 points8 points ago

People post the most unfitting gifs & pics on their situations. ಠ_ಠ

[–]real_nice_guy[!] 2 points3 points ago

how did that not break her face?

[–]Tymo55 2 points3 points ago

That was the best thing to ever happen on reality television to date.

[–]bagada 1 point2 points ago

She accepts constructive criticism so she rewards you with a free watermelon?

[–]CriesWhenEjaculates 1 point2 points ago

It looks like brain matter when it hits her.

[–]ziemkeguy 0 points1 point ago

Ouch. Just ouch.

[–]SexyWhitedemoman -4 points-3 points ago

I laughed for 2 min. straight while whtching her get nailed in the head over and over again, upvote for you good sir.

[–]slick949 0 points1 point ago

best money shot ever!

[–]mcfinegan 0 points1 point ago

Dat head snap.

[–]The_Interweb 0 points1 point ago

Best moment in reality show history, IMO.

[–]QuietNiceGuy -4 points-3 points ago

Hahahaha, I had completely forgotten about that episode of The Amazing Race. She was completely fine afterwards, the watermelons were quite ripe.

[–]Sv98 1 point2 points ago

This was on the Amazing Race, not the Biggest Loser

[–]HaxorusOG 4 points5 points ago

Ahh, what you can learn from the top comment.

[–]QuietNiceGuy 0 points1 point ago

His was posted after mine, I used to watch both a lot but not for years. All reality shows seem pretty much the same to me now.

[–]HaxorusOG 0 points1 point ago

Yes, but Sv98's comment was made after the top comment. I wasn't talking about your comment, although I can see how that might have confused you.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

She was the biggest loser in the Amazing Race.

[–]Sv98 1 point2 points ago

Exactly.

[–]QuietNiceGuy -1 points0 points ago

Was it? I could have sworn Biggest Loser did one, my mistake.

[–]Sv98 -1 points0 points ago

They might've but I'm pretty sure the watermelon to the face was amazing race.

[–]runningwithtubas 0 points1 point ago

With her head just out of the shot like that I thought it was her face exploding not a watermelon...kind of disappointed now...

[–]ratpac_m -1 points0 points ago

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time, thank you for making a sick guys day better.

[–]guillotine17 0 points1 point ago

that's p cray.

[–]wogs94 -1 points0 points ago

If she was black that would be like heaven

[–]tronka -5 points-4 points ago

did i just saw someone died? :(

[–]ZombieDog[S] 0 points1 point ago

Nope - believe it or not she was injury free. This happened on the Amazing Race.

[–]d0m1n4t0r 0 points1 point ago

Is it her head exploding please tell.

[–]neotopian 0 points1 point ago

nope

[–]Pigweed1 0 points1 point ago

I can't stop watching

[–]ThePlatniumLantern 0 points1 point ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY

[–]sniper101 0 points1 point ago

It's all fun and games until someone gets a watermelon in the face

[–]madarapt1 -4 points-3 points ago

You can actually see the arterial spray. AWESOME!

[–]madarapt1 2 points3 points ago

Wait. Those are melons. Well now i just feel silly.

[–]Coloneljesus 8 points9 points ago

I like how you yelled "AWESOME" when you thought a cannon ball annihilated a woman's visage.

[–]guido32 -2 points-1 points ago

She had to have gotten dead!!

[–]ZombieDog[S] 2 points3 points ago

She was fine but I don't believe the watermelon survived.

[–]ispariz 2 points3 points ago

This kills the watermelon.

[–]guido32 0 points1 point ago

LOL! Thanks!

[–]guido32 -4 points-3 points ago

Probably not what she had in mind when she woke up morning wanting a facial!

[–]Jeffrey88 -1 points0 points ago

Thank you for posting this. I saw the video quite a while back. This is now my favorite gif!

[–]soajao -1 points0 points ago

this gets funnier the longer you watch it

[–]Natethesnake81 -2 points-1 points ago

I just watched this for 2 fucking hours!!!

[–]oblivitor -1 points0 points ago

I honestly don't care if/how many times this gets re-posted under different premises - I will watch this GIF for like five minutes each time. I'm like Cartman with Styx's "Come Sail Away" with this GIF...once it's posted, I have to finish it.

[–]DavidAAxelrod -1 points0 points ago

1) the impact looks like JFK's head on the zapruder film

2) that bitch got her fucking mugg busted

3) if the bitch hadda been a nigger, she would have swallowed the recoiling melon and immediately eaten all the other melons, all while washing them down with malt liquor.

[–]sirdickwellington -2 points-1 points ago

I could watch this all day

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[–]ZombieDog[S] -2 points-1 points ago

You wouldn't - more than once. It's like a kid sticking their hand in a flame.

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