tomb-stoning
今日は久しぶりにA30に出勤。午前中は某県教採の一次試験を突破した学生への二次試験指南。午後は卒業生の教員と，ある出版物の作業をすることになっていましたが，さすが現役教員 突発的なことが起きたらしく，彼がA30に到着するのが大幅に遅れ，結局，仕事にはなりませんでした。
閑話休題。詳細はまだ分かっていませんが，アイス・バケット・チャレンジ発案者の事故死に続いて，今度は「チャレンジ」に関連して英スコットランドの少年が崖からquarry（水が溜まった採石場？）に転落して亡くなったとのこと。
tomb(-)stoningは，tombstone「墓石」からの発展的な言い回しでしょうか，「崖などの高所から海や川に飛び込むこと」を意味します。わたしの電子落ち穂ファイルには2年前に英国で流行しはじめたというdailymailの記事がありました。今回は「チャレンジ」と，この「墓石づくり」を合体させ，世間の注目を集めようとしたものだったのでしょうか。何事も行き過ぎはいけないということでしょう。（UG）
Scottish Teen Dies in ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Related Tragedy
Cameron Lancaster, 18, died in a tragedy linked to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
The death of an 18-year-old Scottish man in a flooded quarry is being linked to the “ice bucket challenge.”
Cameron Lancaster, of Burntisland, Fife, died Sunday. Emergency services — Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and the Scottish Ambulance Service — were called to Preston Hill Quarry near Inverkeithing after he disappeared at around 5 p.m. His body was recovered at around 9 p.m. after four hours underwater.
In a statement, Lancaster’s family said: “Cameron died in a tragic accident. His death is such a great loss. During his short life, he touched so many people with his friendliness, kindness and thoughtful generosity of spirit. He will be hugely missed by his family and friends. The family are finding it hard to come to terms with this sudden loss and would ask for privacy.”
Although the exact circumstances of Lancaster’s death are yet to be established, locals say youths have been “tomb-stoning” into the quarry in a new take on the “ice bucket challenge,” which has gone viral recently. Usually participants are drenched in freezing buckets of water for charity.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scottish-teen-dies-in-ice-bucket-challenge-tragedy-95761970734.html
