NFL Helmet Safety Researchers Could Learn A Lesson From Egyptian Protesters
Protesters in Tahrir Square face truncheons, Molotov cocktails and flying rocks. NFL players face James Harrison, aiming for the head. Both need serious protection.
Our favorite in this collage is obviously bread guy, with his perfectly placed hot dog buns covering the ears, and what looks like some kind of danish on the forehead, all held down with masking tape. We shouldn't make fun, we know. But still: bread.
Egyptian protesters' makeshift helmets – in picture [Guardian]
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